Building Infrastructure Leading to Diversity
Title of Research Project: Biofilm formation Research Description: Candida albicans is a naturally occurring fungus in the gut microflora that can become deadly through the formation of biofilms on medical implants in immunosuppressed patients. Biofilms form in four steps, adherence, where yeast cells adhere to a medical implant or device, initiation, where the yeast cells Read More …
Title of Research Project: Role of Tau myopathies in neurodegeneration Research Description: The ubiquitin proteasomal system (UPS) provides both a precise and a general means for the cell to dispose of biologically non-useful proteins, including mutant, misfolded, damaged, terminally modified or over-accumulated proteins. The ability of UPS to cause rapid substrate-specific proteolysis also allows it Read More …
Title of Research Project: Understanding Ubiquitin ligases in Skin Development Research Description: The epidermis, the outermost layer of skin, serves as a critical barrier against the outside environment. A common feature among epithelial tissues is the proper maintenance and formation of cell junctional protein complexes. Desmosomes are a type of cell-cell junctional protein complex that Read More …
Title of Research Project: Understanding the role of Yorkie in Drosophila eye development. Research Description: My lab uses Drosophila melanogaster (fruit flies) to understand how cell division and cell growth are regulated in development. These processes are conserved through evolution and are also the same processes that often disrupted in human cancer development. This particular Read More …
University of Detroit Mercy students of Biology 3510 presented their semester-long research posters Dec. 4, in the Fountain Lounge in the Student Union. Thanks to an NIH Pilot Grant, Professor of Biology, Gregory Grabowski and Associate Professor of Biology, Rachelle Belanger were able to transform the traditional Histology Lab into an inquiry-based Histotechnology Lab. Read More …
The 2018 Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) was held November 14-17 in Indianapolis, Indiana. This was the 18th iteration of the conference and its purpose is to increase representation of underrepresented minorities in science, technology, engineering and mathematics. During the four-day conference, students that attend have the opportunity to present their academic Read More …
The summer ReBUILD Poster Symposium is an opportunity for our students to display their completed research during the five-week Summer Research Experience program. Scholars participated in the Summer Research Experience, a faculty-mentored laboratory experience based on their chosen research track. Scholars select their research trajectory from one of the following Research Coordination Network (RCN) courses: Read More …
ReBUILD cohort 4 scholars spent the summer preparing for their high school to collegiate academic transition paired with faculty mentors, attending lectures and conducting research. To celebrate the successful completion of the rigorous Summer Enrichment Program (SEP) a closing ceremony was held to honor the students in front of family and friends. Dr. Read More …
Area of research: Internal Medicine, Center for Molecular medicine and Genetics, Cardiovascular Research Institute – molecular mechanisms of smooth muscle dysfunction in vascular diseases, Research Focus
Research Area: Biological Sciences – microbiology, virus, host defenses http://www.clas.wayne.edu/biology/