Provost and Wallert publish review article in themed journal “Beyond the $100 Genome”

Drs. Joe Provost, Chemistry, and Mark Wallert, Biosciences, review article “Inside Out: Targeting NHE1 as an intracellular and extracellular regulator of cancer progression” was accepted for publication in the journal Chemical Biology and Drug Design. The article was part of a theme whose focus is on beyond the $100 genome. The themed journal is about the potential therapeutic possibilities after […]

MSUM students receive Mary Jo Langenwalter Scholarship

MSUM Medical Technology majors Sonam Dekyi and Amber Heitmann, along with NDSU students Colton Knox and Troy Longtin, were named as the 2012 recipients of the Mary Jo Langenwalter Sholarship. This scholarship is available to medical laboratory science students interning at Sanford Health. The scholarship was established in memory of Mary Jo Langenwalter who was very active in the field […]

Biosciences faculty accepted into yearlong functional genomics residency

Faculty from the Biosciences Department: Shireen Alemadi, Becky Andres, Sara Anderson, Tamara Mans and Alison Wallace were accepted into a yearlong functional genomics residency. The residency kicked off with participation in the 2012 ASM/JGI Functional Genomics Institute: Connecting Bioinformatics-Driven Hypotheses to Wet Lab Projects. The Institute was held June 24 – 28 at Hiram College in Hiram, Ohio.

Brain-eating amoeba in Lake Lilly kills young boy

Dr. Ellen Brisch, MSUM, provides information on Naegleria fowleri. By: WDAY Staff Reports, WDAY Lake Lilly, MN (WDAY TV) — A warning, but also some assurances, from the Minnesota State Health Department tonight concerning that horrible brain-eating death of a 9-year old boy. The health department is investigating the Naegleria fowleri, as the amoeba responsible for the boy’s death. The […]