Lisa Spellman
Novice scientists showcase summer research projects
College students from across the state are showcasing their biomedical research work this week at a UNMC-led conference in Grand Island.
Aug 9, 2007
UNMC dance on Aug. 18 to honor late MMI board member
Dress as your favorite rock star and get ready to boogie at the first annual Carol Goranson Memorial Dance on Aug. 18.
Aug 8, 2007
UNMC researcher brings pilot project to West Africa
UNMC researcher Georgette Kanmogne, Ph.D., recently received $386,422 from the National Institutes of Mental Health to launch a pilot project on the neurological impact of HIV in West Africans living in Cameroon.
Aug 3, 2007
UNMC seeks nominations for J.G. (Jack) Elliott Award
UNMC is currently accepting nominations for the 2008 J.G. (Jack) Elliott Award.
Aug 2, 2007
New splash pad keeping MMI campers cool
Slowly the boy approaches the pole with the cone-shaped buckets at the top. He looks up.
Wait for it. One more second. Whoosh! A stream of water splashes down on his head. Laughing the boy in the bright red swim trunks runs to the next water station on the newly installed splash pad at the Munroe Meyer Institute (MMI).
Jul 26, 2007
Dr. Persidsky’s $2.3 million NIH R01 grant renewed
Yuri Persidsky, M.D., Ph.D., recently received renewal of an important grant that will allow him to continue his work on understanding the mechanisms of blood brain barrier injury caused by neuron-inflammation and HIV-1 brain infection.
Jul 25, 2007
Fifth and sixth graders get hands on at science camp
If you told eleven-year-old Angelica Gutierrez that science camp is boring, she would beg to differ. “It’s a blast,” Gutierrez said. “I love science!” That was music to the ears of Maurice Godfrey, Ph.D., the UNMC associate professor of pediatrics who hosted the four-day July science camp at Liberty Elementary School in Omaha for fifth- and sixth-graders.
Jul 25, 2007
Two from UNMC receive Presidential Graduate Fellowships
LINCOLN — University of Nebraska President James B. Milliken has announced the eight 2007-08 recipients of Presidential Graduate Fellowships.
Jul 19, 2007
UNMC researchers write groundbreaking textbook
Three years ago when the department of pharmacology merged with the Center for Neurovirology and Neurodegenerative Disorders to become the UNMC Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience, there were a lot of questions about the connection between neuroscience, immunology and pharmacology.
Jul 10, 2007
Disaster Behavioral Health Conference July 12-13
For the fifth consecutive year, area mental health professionals will gather July 12-13 to look at the psychological aspects of dealing with disasters. About 200 people are expected to attend the Nebraska Disaster Behavioral Health Conference at the Embassy Suites Hotel, 555 S. 10th St., in downtown Omaha.
Jul 9, 2007