(Sept 6, 2024) Dr. Robert Shields, assistant professor of microbiology at Arkansas State University has received a $1.77 million R01 grant from the NIH National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research to conduct extensive research into oral health. Shields’s R01 is a result of Arkansas INBRE funding. More

(Sept 6, 2024) Dr. Tsunemi Yamashita, biology professor at Arkansas Tech University, and researchers from the University of Arkansas have a recent publication in the journal G3: Genes, Genomes, Genetics. Yamashita has been a recipient of several AR INBRE funding mechanisms – research awards (Research Development Grant, Summer Research Grant), and most recently a Summer Manuscript support award (1 month salary). More

(Aug 6, 2024) UAMS hosted students from 39 colleges and universities across the nation at the 11th Annual Arkansas Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium. More than 125 student researchers were registered, and more than 100 faculty and administrators provided support for the symposium (feat. AR INBRE and IDeA National Resource). More

(Aug 5, 2024) UAMS, the University of Arkansas at Fayetteville and the Arkansas Children’s Research Institute are collaborating on a yearlong project to make decades of maternal health research readily available for future researchers. The project is funded by a $310,000 grant from the NIH, in the form of a supplemental award to AR INBRE. More