Abstract

The MARCU*STAR program at U.T. El Paso will continue to seek out and nurture young minority students who possess the capacity to enter into the highest level of biomedical research career activity within the USA. In addition to the regular courses expected for the students major, the program will contain a mandatory on-campus research experience, culminating in the oral defense of a written Honors Undergraduate Thesis. Off-campus research experiences will also be encouraged. The MARCU*STAR scholars will take a special """"""""Introduction to Research"""""""" class each semester covering a range of topics including the ethical aspects of scientific research, special seminars by on campus and off campus experts. Furthermore, each student will be exposed to the highest level research findings at an annual MARC symposium held on campus. Each student will be expected to present their research data at national meetings in addition to participation in the regularly scheduled MARC/MBRS meetings. An evaluation process is included in the program run by a professional evaluation group associated with U.T. El Paso. ? ?

  Funding Agency

Agency
National Institute of Health (NIH)
Institute
National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS)
Type
MARC Undergraduate NRSA Institutional Grants (T34)
Project #
5T34GM008048-24
Application #
7413575
Study Section
Minority Programs Review Committee (MPRC)
Program Officer
Tupas, Jermelina
Project Start
1985-06-17
Project End
2010-05-31
Budget Start
2008-06-01
Budget End
2009-05-31
Support Year
24
Fiscal Year
2008
Total Cost
$318,288
Indirect Cost

  Institution

Name
University of Texas El Paso
Department
Chemistry
Type
Schools of Arts and Sciences
DUNS #
132051285
City
El Paso
State
TX
Country
United States
Zip Code
79968

  Publications

Castillo, Maximiliano; Barreda, Omar; Maity, Arnab K et al. (2016) Advances in Guanidine Ligand Design: Synthesis of a Strongly Electron-Donating, Imidazolin-2-iminato Functionalized Guanidinate and its Properties on Iron. J Coord Chem 69:2003-2014
Robles-Escajeda, Elisa; Das, Umashankar; Ortega, Nora M et al. (2016) A novel curcumin-like dienone induces apoptosis in triple-negative breast cancer cells. Cell Oncol (Dordr) 39:265-77
Torres, Oscar V; Walker, Ellen M; Beas, Blanca S et al. (2014) Female rats display enhanced rewarding effects of ethanol that are hormone dependent. Alcohol Clin Exp Res 38:108-15
Nunes, Larissa M; Robles-Escajeda, Elisa; Santiago-Vazquez, Yahaira et al. (2014) The gender of cell lines matters when screening for novel anti-cancer drugs. AAPS J 16:872-4
Ashmus, Roger A; Schocker, Nathaniel S; Cordero-Mendoza, Yanira et al. (2013) Potential use of synthetic ?-galactosyl-containing glycotopes of the parasite Trypanosoma cruzi as diagnostic antigens for Chagas disease. Org Biomol Chem 11:5579-83
Li, Xiujun James; Valadez, Alejandra V; Zuo, Peng et al. (2012) Microfluidic 3D cell culture: potential application for tissue-based bioassays. Bioanalysis 4:1509-25
Varela-Ramirez, Armando; Costanzo, Margaret; Carrasco, Yazmin P et al. (2011) Cytotoxic effects of two organotin compounds and their mode of inflicting cell death on four mammalian cancer cells. Cell Biol Toxicol 27:159-68
Tolonen, Ellen; Bueno, Brenda; Kulshreshta, Sanjeev et al. (2011) Allosteric transition and binding of small molecule effectors causes curvature change in central ?-sheets of selected enzymes. J Mol Model 17:899-911
Pal, Sangita; Santos, Andres; Rosas, Juan M et al. (2011) Influenza A virus interacts extensively with the cellular SUMOylation system during infection. Virus Res 158:12-27
Vargas-Pineda, Diana Gabriela; Guardado, Tanya; Cervantes-Lee, Francisco et al. (2010) Intramolecular chalcogen-tin interactions in [(o-MeEC6H4)CH2]2SnPh(2-n)Cl(n) (E = S, O, CH2; n = 0, 1, 2) and intermolecular chlorine-tin interactions in the meta- and para-methoxy isomers. Inorg Chem 49:960-8

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