Delaware INBRE

12/11/2023

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04/06/2022

Resistance to chemotherapy is a major challenge in the treatment of non-small cell lung cancer. By profiling the spectrum of outcomes arising from CRISPR-based knockout of the NRF2 protein, which contributes to chemoresistance, Eric Kmiec Ph.D. and Kelly Banas Ph.D. of the ChristianaCare Gene Editin...

03/20/2022

ChristianaCare’s Gene Editing Institute is the latest organization to contribute to a video series building awareness of job opportunities in Greater Philadelphia’s cell and gene therapy and gene editing sectors. Created by the Chamber of Commerce for Greater Philadelphia’s CEO Council for Gro...

02/18/2022

INBRE Pilot Project Investigator, Dr. Hakeem Lawal, presented at UCLA Black History Month Neuroscience Lecture | youtube :

Joint Seminars in Neuroscience (JSN)Inaugural Black History Month Lecture“All In The Head: Synaptic Neurotransmission Relevant to Aging and Parkinson's Disea...

02/18/2022

02/11/2022

Feb. 15-16: Darwin Day to feature expert speakers, varied topics

02/09/2022

INBRE Scholar spotlight Gwyn Tulsky!!

"I've always been interested in a field that did something to benefit others in my community. I've been told that I'm empathetic, so I thought that fit the role of nursing. Nurses are very one-on-one, hands-on with patients, and I think that's something that I do best.

I've been working with Mari Griffioen since February of my freshman year. She started training me to take on research participants, which I've been doing this semester. I applied for the Delaware INBRE Summer Scholar internship and got that, so we started working on this new project, which I decided to develop into a senior thesis. Quantitative Sensory Testing (QST) tests sensory function in individuals. Most of the research I've worked on with Mari is focused on chronic pain in older adults, and just assessing the function in those populations. Sensory function and pain influence each other, so both chronic pain and QST are the basis of my research, and the focus for this project specifically is to compare different kinds of QST instruments to a population of individuals who don't suffer from any pain. During the INBRE Winter Scholar internship this winter session, I further developed that project and wrote up the first draft of the thesis.

I'm also involved in the on-campus volunteer EMT organization, the University of Delaware Emergency Care Unit (UDECU). We take ambulance calls around campus and the Newark community. It's similar to an RSO since we have meetings and training every month, but it's different in the fact that we're also hands-on. We don't get an emergency clinical rotation, so it's cool to see that side of things and how to care for people before they're in the hospital.

I definitely see myself being a practitioner. We'll see where the road takes me when the time comes, but that's something I've strived for. As for now, I want to specialize in pediatric oncology. That incorporates a lot more than just empathy and skill. I think research skills can come in handy in that sense, too. I work really well with kids and I completely enjoyed my rotation at Nemours. It's hard because it's very heavy to see every day: Some patients surviving or on the road to recovery versus some not having a good outcome. It's definitely going to be really hard.

Being in clinicals and being a patient care technician at ChristianaCare has helped me realize that I'm doing what I want to do. I'm always enjoying my time in the hospital and I've been told by many patients that I've always made their day better. Just hearing that is really reassuring that I'm doing something right. And that's exactly why I wanted to go into nursing."

-Gwyn Tulsky, UD Nursing Class of 2022

02/02/2022

DE-INBRE change in leadership. Congratulations Dr. Melinda Duncan! “The thing I have always enjoyed the most is helping other people be successful,”

Duncan appointed research AVP, Delaware INBRE director

01/20/2022

ORIGINAL SOURCE: ChristianaCare– $1M grant focuses on cancer stem cell research in an effort to advance the pace of bench to bedside cancer treatments –

01/19/2022

Two UD PCS programs teach in-demand skills

01/12/2022

A Delaware State University scientist has received a research grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) for his work in developing novel protein/RNA interactions, and their incorporation into a technology capable of fixing adverse RNA mutations. http://ow.ly/N10z30s6YqM