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September 3, 2019

MSUM students participating in classroom-based undergraduate research project

MSUM students are now participating in a unique Classroom-Based Undergraduate Research (CURE) project, which aims to tackle antibiotic resistance. “SEA-PHAGES (Science Education Alliance-Phage Hunters Advancing Genomics and Evolutionary Science) is a two-semester, discovery-based undergraduate research course that begins with simple digging in the soil to find new viruses, but progresses through a variety of microbiology techniques and eventually to complex […]

Academics
September 3, 2019

Leach presents at national symposium

This summer, sophomore MSUM Biochemistry and Biotechnology major Kelsey Leach was invited to give an oral presentation at the national SEA-PHAGES Annual Symposium organized by Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI). Her presentation was entitled “Isolation and Characterization of Microbacterium phage Etta and Discovery of Bacteriophage Vers using a Novel Antarctic Cryobacterium Isolate.” This research project began as part of a […]

Chemistry & Biochemistry
August 23, 2019

Welcome to the #DragonFamily: Cheryl Brown

Meet MSUM’s Lab Services Specialist, Cheryl Brown. Thanks to Cheryl, the chemistry materials are prepared every week for the whole school year! Start date: August 1, 2019 Q: What drew you to MSUM?A: A lot of my friends and family went here, as well as my husband. Everyone talks about how much they liked it and it just seems like […]

Chemistry & Biochemistry
April 30, 2019

Noyce internships available

Interested in sharing your enthusiasm for Science and Math? Noyce internships are available for Math and Science majors. Interns are being recruited to help with summer K-12 science and math enrichment activities. Preference is given to first and second year undergraduates. Internships pay $1,000 for approximately 100 hours of work. Noyce Internship applications are open until April 30. See the […]

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