MSUM’s Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry and Biotechnology degree at North Hennepin Community College has been recognized as an innovative program in the October issue of Bio-Link Connection, the newsletter of the National Advanced Technological Education Center for Biotechnology. The program allows students to complete an entire MSUM B.S. degree at the NHCC campus, giving them the benefit of an […]
MSUM was host to the 7th Annual Undergraduate Research in the Molecular Sciences (URMS) meeting October 28-29, 2011. Students and faculty from as far away as Minot State University, South Dakota State University and Saint Mary’s University of Minnesota (Winona) enjoyed two days of stimulating scientific discussions and debate. The 110+ participants took part in oral and poster presentations of […]
Donna Bruns Stockrahm, Biosciences, received the Mother Clarissa Dillhoff Award for Distinguished Achievement in Mentoring at Marian University’s (Indianapolis, Ind.) distinguished alumni awards dinner Oct. 7. The award is given to an individual who has demonstrated the spirit of mentoring by providing guidance, support, encouragement and leadership to students, faculty, staff or to individuals in the broader community; and contributed […]
MSUM Biochemistry and Biotechnology students and graduates are published in the Journal of Cellular Biochemistry. The article, entitled “α1 –Adrenergic receptor-induced cytoskeletal organization and cell motility in CCL39 fibroblasts requires phospholipase D,” appears in the October issue of the journal. Authors that participated in the research as MSUM undergraduates included Andy McCoy, Justin Voog, Jennifer Taves-Patterson, Nicole Korpi-Steiner, and Tony […]
Brian Wisenden, Biosciences, gave an invited talk at the 2011-2012 Colloquium Series of the Department of Psychology, Neuroscience and Behaviour at McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, on Oct. 13. The title of his lecture was “Co-evolution of parental care and anti-predator competence of the young in a biparental cichlid fish.”