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The University of Nebraska Medical Center has received a
\nfive-year grant totaling almost $17 million from the National
\nInstitutes of Health (NIH) to further its goal of building a statewide
\nbiomedical research infrastructure among undergraduate and graduate
\ninstitutions. This is the largest grant in history received by UNMC. <\/p>\n

“With the support of this grant we will be able to establish a platform
\nof scientists for the development of a 21st century biomedical
\ntechnology industry in Nebraska,” said Harold M. Maurer, M.D., UNMC
\nchancellor. “This speaks volumes about our researchers and their
\ntalents and the collaborative relationships they have built with the
\nstate’s undergraduate institutions. I applaud their efforts.” <\/p>\n

Tom Rosenquist, Ph.D., vice chancellor for research, said: “We are
\nextremely pleased to have landed the largest NIH grant in Nebraska
\nhistory. This comes on the heels of UNMC setting a record of more than
\n$68 million in research grants during the past year, and it keeps us on
\ntrack to reach our goal of $100 million by the end of 2005.”  <\/p>\n

James Turpen, Ph.D., professor in the UNMC department of genetics, cell
\nbiology and anatomy, is the principal investigator on the grant, which
\nis through the Institutional Development Award Program (IDeA) Networks
\nof Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE). The grant, which totals
\n$16.9 million, comes from the National Center for Research Resources,
\nwhich is a division of the NIH. <\/p>\n

“The whole idea is to expose students to serious biomedical research,”
\nDr. Turpen said. “This is a statewide effort, with UNMC as the lead
\ninstitution, that will provide research opportunities for undergraduate
\nstudents and serve as a pipeline for those students to continue in
\ngraduate research.” <\/p>\n

Dr. Turpen said another major goal of the INBRE grant is to enhance the
\nscience and technology knowledge of the state’s workforce, which will
\nhopefully attract more biotech industry to the state. It also will
\nprovide support for core facilities in bioinformatics, proteomics and
\nmicroarray technology for biomedical research.<\/p>\n

“Dr. Turpen is an outstanding scientist who has become a national
\nleader in the design and implementation of these kinds of programs,”
\nsaid Dr. Rosenquist. “We’ve been told that our grant application has
\nbecome the new standard by which other similar grant applications will
\nbe measured in the future.”<\/p>\n

This is the second NIH grant to support this effort. In 2001, UNMC
\nreceived nearly $8 million in funding over three years to create the
\nBiomedical Research Infrastructure Network (BRIN). The goal of the BRIN
\nprogram is to strengthen an organization’s infrastructure and increase
\nits capacity to conduct cutting-edge biomedical and behavioral research.
\n 
\nThe number of undergraduate students participating in the BRIN program
\nhas increased each year, Dr. Turpen said, with 15 students
\nparticipating the first year, 24 students the second year and 26
\nstudents the third year. <\/p>\n

The students, who enter the BRIN program after they complete their
\nsophomore year of college, are recommended for the BRIN program by
\ntheir college professors. They come from 10 different undergraduate and
\ncommunity college programs – the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, the
\nUniversity of Nebraska at Omaha, the University of Nebraska at Kearney,
\nCreighton University, Nebraska Wesleyan University, Doane College,
\nChadron State College, Wayne State College, Priest Tribal College and
\nWestern Nebraska Community College. <\/p>\n

Each undergraduate school nominates approximately three students each
\nyear for the program, Dr. Turpen said. Once in the BRIN program, the
\nstudents are given two-year scholarships worth $11,000. The scholarship
\nprovides students with $2,500 during each of their next two
\nundergraduate years and $3,000 during each of their next two summers.
\nDuring the school year, the students conduct research on their home
\ncampuses. During the summers, the students have the option of staying
\non their home campus or coming to UNMC, UNL or Creighton and conducting
\nresearch.<\/p>\n

For graduate students, the BRIN program can provide $20,000 in funding
\nfor one year for up to 10 students per year. BRIN scholar, Kay
\nCrabtree, said she would not have been able to pursue her interest in a
\nresearch career if not for the support provided by the grant. Crabtree,
\nwho received the $20,000 graduate stipend, is a graduate research
\nassistant working with Charles Wood, Ph.D., director of the Nebraska
\nCenter for Virology and the Lehr\/3M Professor in the department of
\nbiological sciences at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln.<\/p>\n

“The biggest benefit of this grant is that it increases awareness about
\nopportunities to do biomedical research in Nebraska among the state’s
\nundergraduates,” said Crabtree, who applied for a BRIN scholarship when
\nshe was studying biology as a graduate student at the University of
\nNebraska at Kearney.<\/p>\n

A BRIN conference, showcasing the research work of undergraduate
\nstudents who are current BRIN scholars, will be held Aug. 11 and 12 in
\nGrand Island.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<\/div><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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