News Release
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June 13, 2006
Thirty-five Idaho Undergraduates Awarded Summer Fellowships
to Conduct Biomedical Research
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Boise State senior and INBRE fellow Alonzo Rivas uses an inoculating
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The Idaho IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence has awarded 35
summer research fellowships to undergraduate students currently enrolled in
seven colleges and universities across Idaho.
The INBRE fellows received scholarly awards of up to $5,000 to conduct
biomedical research at Boise State University, Albertson College of Idaho,
Idaho State University, Northwest Nazarene University and the University of
Idaho. In addition to students enrolled in those schools, other participants
are from Brigham Young University-Idaho and North Idaho College.
As part of the 10-week program, the students are working with experienced
research scientists and attending seminar presentations. They will present
their results at the annual INBRE research conference in Coeur D’Alene Aug.
6-8. The Idaho INBRE program is funded by a five-year, $16.1 million grant
from the National Institutes of Health.
“It’s a great opportunity. Conducting hands-on work in the lab makes what
I’ve learned in the classroom much more understandable and relevant,” said
Boise State senior and INBRE fellow Alonzo Rivas. Rivas, who is from Ashton,
is working with Boise State biology professor Juliette Tinker on research
that could someday lead to the development of a vaccine for the plague.
This is the second year that Rivas has received an INBRE fellowship to work
in Tinker’s lab. “It feels really good to be working on research that has
the potential to someday be used to help save lives,” said Rivas, who hopes
to earn a Ph.D. in microbiology and conduct medical research.
Carolyn Hovde Bohach, Idaho INBRE director and UI professor of microbiology,
said the fellows benefit both now and in the long term because of their
summer research experience. They learn the intricacies of a working research
laboratory. They also interact with other students and scientists more
closely than they normally would in a laboratory course or classroom.
“They get to experience the excitement of asking questions we don’t know the
answers to, and then, with hard work and luck, finding those answers,”
Bohach said.
The recipients of the 2006 INBRE fellowships are listed below. Students are
conducting research at their home institutions unless otherwise indicated.
Albertson College of Idaho
Megan Blanksma, Mountain Home; Derek Erstad, Boise; Paris Humphries,
Middleton; Lindsey Hunt, Ontario, Ore.; April Reimers, Star; Jackeline
Rodriguez Reyes, Boise.
Boise State University
Chelsea Isom, Caldwell; Jamie Montgomery, Kenai, Alaska; Jennifer Rice,
Pocatello; Alonzo Rivas, Ashton; Andrei Rudyi, Boise; Wee Seng Wong,
Malaysia.
Brigham Young University - Idaho
Kwang ho Ha, Ulsan, South Korea, UI; Nathaniel Schaefer, Silverton, Ore.,
ISU; Jadd Shelton, Pocatello; NNU; Christopher Vanderbeek, Rigby, ISU.
Idaho State University
Ratimo Aduke, Eldoret, Kenya; Kristina Edgley, Pocatello; Richard Holsten,
Bancroft; Bikul Koirala, Kathmandu, Nepal; Darrell Roberge, Pocatello; John
Thorne, Pocatello.
North Idaho College
Matthew Bauer, Hayden, UI.
Northwest Nazarene University
Zachary Beech, Nampa, BSU; Karen Faucette, Fallon, Nev.; Brittni McLam,
Fairfield.
University of Idaho
Donna Clark, Blackfoot, Idaho State University; Erin Garrison, Weiser; Sara
Gilmore, Caldwell; Richard Henderson, Genesee; Andrew Johnson, Nassau Bay,
Texas; Rebecca Memmott, Ammon; Richard Pendegraft, Moscow; Tony Rhodes,
Lewiston, Idaho State University; Dylan Sinclair, Twin Falls.
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BSU Contact: Henry Charlier, Department of Chemistry, (208) 426-3474,
hcharlie@boisestate.edu
INBRE Office: Carolyn Hovde Bohach, Idaho INBRE director, (208)
885-5906, cbohach@uidaho.edu
Media Contact: Janelle Brown, University Communications, (208)
426-1790, jbrown2@boisestate.edu
July 12 is the deadline for degree-seeking students to submit admission
materials to Boise State University for the fall 2006 semester. Students
must meet the deadline if they plan to take more than seven credits or apply
for federal financial aid. For more information, call (208) 426-1820 or go
online at
http://admissions.boisestate.edu.
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