IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE)
11th Annual Tribal College Research Symposium
The Eleventh Annual Tribal College Research Symposium will be hosted by United Tribes Technical College, April 16-17, 2025, at the Gateway to Science Museum in Bismarck, ND. This symposium will include a poster session featuring student research, a keynote address, and breakout sessions. The symposium will begin with a poster session and reception Wednesday evening, followed by the Keynote Address and Breakout Sessions on Thursday.
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Through a collaboration of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS), Google-GCP, Amazon-AWS, and the NIH’s Institutional Development Awards (IDeA) states making use of its IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) program, a multi-disciplinary team of scientists has developed the NIGMS Sandbox Modules, a set of interactive GitHub repositories and videos that enable self-learning and use of any researcher’s own data.
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North Dakota INBRE Annual Symposium
The ND INBRE Annual Symposium with be held Saturday, Oct. 12 at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences. Undergraduates from across the state will present their research in a series of morning oral sessions and an afternoon poster session. There will be presentations on the application process for medical and graduate school as well.
Summer Undergraduate Research Poster Session
Students, faculty, and staff are invited to attend the Summer Undergraduate Research Poster Session on Thursday, Aug. 1, at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS). The one-day event will be held from 9 a.m. to noon on the second floor of the UND SMHS building at 1301 North Columbia Road, Grand Forks, N.D.
For the past 10 weeks, 52 students from UND, as well as from rural and tribal colleges in North Dakota, Minnesota, and across the nation, have conducted research and participated in a professional development activities. Students worked with thei r mentor scientists from the UND Department of Biology, the UND SMHS Departments of Pathology and Biomedical Sciences, Cankdeska Cikana Community College, Turtle Mountain Community College and Sitting Bull Community College.
Virtual Indigenous Data Science (VIDS) Academy
The Virtual Indigenous Data Science Academy is a program hosted by the UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences in partnership with area Tribal colleges to begin to address the growing demand for data science education. A week-long training academy (July 12 & July 15-19) will introduce students to the foundations of data science and analytics. The Virtual Indigenous Data Science Program introduces students to data, computational approaches, access to resources, and career opportunities in data science, and address the under-representation of American Indians and Alaskan Natives in the biomedical research workforce.
The Initiative builds on the NIH-funded ND INBRE Health & the Environment program, which is housed at the UND School of Medicine and Health Sciences.
The deadline to register for the 2024 Virtual Indigenous Data Science Academy is April 15, 2024.