MBRS PROGRAM AT UNIVERRSITY OF THE INCARNATE WORD

在化身字（UIW）的大学的多学科MBRS计划的目的是加强教师的研究在一个占主导地位的少数民族机构，并鼓励少数民族学生考虑生物医学的职业生涯，通过让他们与教师在比较免疫学，寄生虫生态学和肿瘤细胞生物学领域的研究项目。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博士将继续他的移植免疫生物学研究，通过调查曼氏血吸虫感染抗性过继转移的机制，研究一种传播血吸虫的蜗牛，光滑双脐螺。(2)Sara Kerr博士将通过调查墨西哥利什曼原虫、花虱和南方林鼠Neotoma micropus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周期。

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.