Abstract

The goals of the Multi-ethnic Biomedical Research Support (MBRS) Program on the TWU campus are: 1. to increase the number of minority students who successfully complete the baccalaureate degree in the biomedical sciences; 2. to increase the number of minority students who pursue advanced degree programs in the biomedical sciences; and 3. to increase academic and career competitiveness of 'I'WU MBRS students. The specific objectives of the program for the 4-year funding period are: 1. to train 10 minority MBRS undergraduates in the pursuit of research; 2. to train 10 minority MBRS graduate students in the pursuit of research; 3. to encourage 5 minority freshman undergraduates per year to choose biomedical science and research participation as part of their career goals and to assist them in the successful completion of this goal; 4. to increase the retention rate of MBRS undergraduate participants at TWU to 90%; 5. to increase the percentage of MBRS undergraduate participants that pursue advanced degrees to 75%; 6. to increase the percentage of MBRS M.S. graduate students that pursue the Ph.D. to at least 50%; 7. to increase the percentage of Ph.D. MBRS graduates that attain postdoctoral positions in biomedical research to 100%; 8. to increase the GRE score of MBRS undergraduate and graduate M.S. participants by an average of 150 points.

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Type
Education Projects (R25)
Project #
2R25GM055380-05
Application #
6224336
Study Section
Special Emphasis Panel (ZGM1-MBRS-9 (SD))
Program Officer
Zlotnik, Hinda
Project Start
1997-03-01
Project End
2005-03-31
Budget Start
2001-06-01
Budget End
2002-03-31
Support Year
5
Fiscal Year
2001
Total Cost
$464,705
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
Texas Woman's University
Department
Biology
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
068979848
City
Denton
State
TX
Country
United States
Zip Code
76201

  Publications

Samuel, Filsy; Reddy, Jairus; Kaimal, Radhika et al. (2014) Inhibiting geranylgeranylation increases neurite branching and differentially activates cofilin in cell bodies and growth cones. Mol Neurobiol 50:49-59
Cummings, David F; Canseco, Diana C; Sheth, Pratikkumar et al. (2010) Synthesis and structure-affinity relationships of novel small molecule natural product derivatives capable of discriminating between serotonin 5-HT1A, 5-HT2A, 5-HT2C receptor subtypes. Bioorg Med Chem 18:4783-92
Seifert, Jennifer L; Som, Sonyta; Hynds, Dianna L (2009) Differential activation of Rac1 and RhoA in neuroblastoma cell fractions. Neurosci Lett 450:176-80
Uphouse, Lynda; Hiegel, Cindy; Guptarak, Jutatip et al. (2009) Progesterone reduces the effect of the serotonin 1B/1D receptor antagonist, GR 127935, on lordosis behavior. Horm Behav 55:169-74
Subramanian, Mangalam; Gonzalez, Rhiannon W; Patil, Hemangi et al. (2009) The nucleosome-binding protein HMGN2 modulates global genome repair. FEBS J 276:6646-57
Uphouse, L; Hiegel, C; Sarkar, J et al. (2008) Female gonadal hormones, mild restraint, and male preference. Pharmacol Biochem Behav 90:758-62
Maswood, Navin; Sarkar, Jhimly; Uphouse, Lynda (2008) Modest effects of repeated fluoxetine on estrous cyclicity and sexual behavior in Sprague Dawley female rats. Brain Res 1245:52-60
Sarkar, Jhimly; Hiegel, Cindy; Maswood, Navin et al. (2008) Daily male exposure attenuates estrous cycle disruption by fluoxetine. Behav Brain Res 189:83-91
Selvamani, Amutha; Lincoln, Christi; Uphouse, Lynda (2007) The PKC inhibitor, bisindolymaleimide, blocks DOI's attenuation of the effects of 8-OH-DPAT on female rat lordosis behavior. Behav Brain Res 179:99-106
Quinones, M; Knesek, J E; McIntire, S A (2001) Sequence and gene expression analyses of plasmid pHPM8 from Helicobacter pylori reveal the presence of two operons with putative roles in plasmid replication and antibiotic activity. Plasmid 46:223-8