MBRS PROGRAM AT UNIVERRSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD

化身世界大学(UIW)的多学科MBR项目旨在加强以少数族裔为主的学院的教师研究，并通过让少数族裔学生与教师一起参与比较免疫学、寄生虫生态学和肿瘤细胞生物学领域的研究项目，鼓励他们考虑生物医学职业。学生将接受各种方法的培训，包括显微解剖、组织技术、显微镜、重组DNA技术、动物诱捕和处理、寄生虫分离和诊断、免疫细胞化学、原位杂交、图像分析和统计分析。为了实现这些目标，提出了以下项目：(1)John Sullivan博士将通过研究曼氏血吸虫感染抵抗力过继转移的机制，继续他对血吸虫传播蜗牛--光滑生物的移植免疫生物学的研究。(2)Sara Kerr博士将通过调查墨西哥利什曼原虫、褐斑潜蝇和南部林木动物新图玛微体之间的相互作用，研究德克萨斯州皮肤利什曼病的人畜共患循环。

The multi-disciplinary MBRS program at the University of the Incarnate Word (UIW) is designed both to strengthen faculty research at a predominantly minority institution, and to encourage minority students to consider biomedical careers by involving them with faculty in research projects in the areas of comparative immunology, parasite ecology, and tumor cell biology. The students will be trained in a variety of methods including microdissection, histotechnique, microscopy, recombinant DNA techniques, animal trapping and handling, parasite isolation and diagnosis, immunocytochemistry, in situ hybridization, image analysis, and statistical analysis. To accomplish these goals, the following projects are proposed: (1) Dr. John Sullivan will continue his studies on the transplantation immunobiology of a schistosome-transmitting snail, Biomphalaria glabrata, by investigating the mechanisms underlying adoptive transfer of resistance to infection with Schistosoma mansoni. (2) Dr. Sara Kerr will study the zoonotic cycle of cutaneous leishmaniasis in Texas by investigating interactions between Leishmania mexicana, Lutzomyia anthophora, and the southern woodrat, Neotoma micropus.