Congratulations to Student Research Grant award winners in Biosciences and Chemistry

Students in the Departments of Biosciences and Chemistry submitted proposals for the Fall 2012 Student Research Grants offered by MSUM. Students who received grants were announced in mid-November. Congratulations to Biochem/Biotech students: Harrison Pantera, Rachel Walsh, Nicholas Berthelsen, Alex Novak, and Clarice Wallert. Also, congratulations to Biosciences students: Calvin Flander, Olivia Hansen, Julie Piche, Brittney Rother, Evangeline Holley, Kari Mrosla […]

National Science Foundation Robert Noyce Grant awarded to six MSUM faculty members

A two-year $262,000 grant was recently awarded from the National Science Foundation’s Robert Noyce Teacher Scholarship Program to co-PIs Tim Harms (Mathematics) and Alison Wallace (Biosciences). Senior personnel include: Linda Houts-Smith (Languages and Cultures), Richard Lahti (Chemistry; Physics and Astronomy), Steve Lindaas (Physics and Astronomy), and Teresa Shume (School of Teaching and Learning).

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 […]

BCBT program at NHCC featured in Bio-Link Connection

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 hosted undergraduate research meeting

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 […]