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News Release BOISE STATE NEWS RELEASE / July 30, 2008 Boise State Hosts Annual Idaho Biomedical Research Conference, Undergrad Research Highlighted Boise State University hosts Idaho’s growing biomedical research community Aug. 5-6 when about 150 scientists and students from colleges and universities from throughout the state gather for the 7th annual IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) Scientific Research Conference. Networking and idea exchange among the state’s biomedical researchers will be the central focus of the two-day conference, the theme of which is “Biomedical Research in Idaho: Advancing Knowledge and Education.” The conference will be held at the The Grove Hotel in downtown Boise. INBRE is funded by a five-year, $16.1 million grant from the National Institute of Health (NIH) that provides resources to enhances research infrastructure, science education, bioinformatics, and expand biomedical research opportunities for faculty and students at every college and university in the state. It is the continuation and expansion of a previous three-year, $5 million NIH program between Boise State, Idaho State University and University of Idaho, is the single largest NIH grant in state history. “One of the primary objectives of the INBRE Summer Research Conference is to connect people from all corners of Idaho with the ability and desire to do biomedical research,” said Carolyn Hovde Bohach, director of the INBRE program in Idaho. “What better place to do this than our state’s beautiful capital city where representatives from every corner of our state routinely gather?” A key part of the program will be to highlight the work of 38 undergraduate fellows and scholars from eight colleges and universities in Idaho – 14 from Boise State. Through INBRE, these undergraduate researchers receive $5,000 summer research fellowships to conduct biomedical research work side-by-side with principal researchers in laboratories at Idaho research institutions. Here are a few of the highlights from the two-day conference: • Poster presentations by the undergraduate students on research involving breast cancer, West Nile Virus, turf-related football injuries, chemotherapeutic drugs, nanomedicine, studying the human genome using bioinformatics, Alzheimer’s disease and many other topics. • Seminar presentations from INBRE-funded researchers on breast cancer, Alzheimer’s disease and other topics. • Workshops geared for teachers, faculty, graduate students, and undergraduates. • A keynote address by Boise State University President Bob Kustra during a Tuesday evening banquet at the Boise Centre on The Grove. On Wednesday evening, Mark Rudin, Boise State’s vice president for research, will speak. “INBRE is a model for collaboration among Idaho’s educational institutions to help address vital biomedical research questions and prepare students for careers that will make a difference,” Kustra said. “These efforts build an interdisciplinary research network, enhance undergraduate science education and create a work force that will sustain a developing biomedical industry in Idaho.” In addition, an INBRE summer scholars program is currently under way at Boise State University. The program brought 11 students from institutions from throughout the state to the Boise State campus for two weeks of laboratory-based training in molecular biology. INBRE institutions include Boise State, the University of Idaho, Idaho State University, Brigham Young University-Idaho, College of Southern Idaho, Lewis-Clark State College, Albertson College of Idaho, North Idaho College, Eastern Idaho Technical College and NNU. The Boise Veterans Affairs Medical Center and Mountain States Tumor and Medical Research Institute are also participants. -30- Media Contact: Mike Journee, University Communications, (208) 426-1517, mikejournee@boisestate.edu Boise State University is emerging as a metropolitan research university of distinction. This transformation is being powered by the university’s first comprehensive campaign to support its people, places and programs. That’s why the campaign to raise $175 million in private support is called Destination Distinction.
Last reviewed on Wednesday, July 30, 2008
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