{"id":8464,"date":"2013-05-30T13:30:41","date_gmt":"2013-05-30T17:30:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/murc\/?p=8464"},"modified":"2013-06-18T14:33:00","modified_gmt":"2013-06-18T18:33:00","slug":"marshall-hosting-students-from-eight-institutions-for-biomedical-research-internships","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.marshall.edu\/murc\/marshall-hosting-students-from-eight-institutions-for-biomedical-research-internships\/","title":{"rendered":"Marshall hosting students for biomedical research internships"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thursday, May 30,\u00a02013<\/strong><\/p>\n[social_share\/]\n

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\"AshleaHUNTINGTON, W.Va.\u00a0<\/strong>\u2013\u00a0Twelve undergraduate students from eight institutions are spending their summer doing biomedical research in Marshall University\u2019s laboratories. The students are participating in nine-week programs sponsored by the West Virginia IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (WV-INBRE) and the university\u2019s Summer Research Internship for Minority Students (SRIMS) program.<\/p>\n

Dr. Elsa I. Mangiarua, a professor in the Department of Pharmacology, Physiology and Toxicology at Marshall\u2019s Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine, directs the WV-INBRE summer program. She said both programs give participants the opportunity to do meaningful research and much more.<\/p>\n

\u201cOver the summer, these students will gain valuable, hands-on experience doing graduate-level research in the labs of some of Marshall\u2019s finest scientists,\u201d she said. \u201cWe also teach them how to share their findings at a scientific meeting and to network, all of which helps them build academic competitiveness for graduate school.\u201d<\/p>\n

Diana R. Maue, who coordinates the SRIMS program agreed, adding, \u201cIt\u2019s exciting that we are able to provide these in-depth, mentored research opportunities for very talented undergraduates, and it\u2019s equally important that these programs promote awareness of graduate degree programs and careers in biomedical research. We are helping to develop a pipeline for training tomorrow\u2019s scientists.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Manny<\/p>\n

While at Marshall, the interns are working in state-of-the-art facilities on research projects related to cancer, cardiovascular disease, obesity and diabetes, neuroscience, toxicology and environmental health, infectious diseases and bioinformatics. The students will present their research results at a symposium on July 29 at the university\u2019s Memorial Student Center.<\/p>\n

In addition to the formal research training they each receive from their Marshall faculty mentors, the interns are taking part in workshops and seminars about a variety of topics related to research and graduate education. Students in the two programs attend many of the same seminars and interact socially through a bowling outing, ice cream socials and other special events intended to help them get to know one another outside of the laboratory environment.<\/p>\n

Students participating in the WV-INBRE summer program include:<\/p>\n