UTSA MBRS SCORE PROGRAM

UTSA MBRS SCORE计划旨在为创新，尖端的生物医学研究项目提供支持，并提高教师和机构的研究能力。UTSA SCORE计划的总体目标是提高教师的研究生产力和竞争力，并显着增加从事和追求生物医学研究事业的少数民族教师和学生的数量。拟议的研究项目将提供一个环境，MBRS教师和学生可以积极从事令人兴奋和具有挑战性的生物医学研究。UTSA有一个行之有效的承诺，雇用和少数民族教师的进步。此外，UTSA招收了大量，越来越多的代表性不足的少数民族学生（主要是西班牙裔7，797或42.4%），并在全国前五名的西班牙裔教育大学之一开发了一些积极的，联邦支持的少数民族增强计划。 此外，UTSA在授予西班牙裔生命科学本科学位的数量方面排名全国第二。对UTSA MBRS计划的持续资助将使UTSA能够开发和支持21个基础生物医学研究实验室，为研究活动提供必要的支持，并为代表性不足的本科生和研究生少数民族学生提供良好的指导和培训机会。这些研究机会将得到许多现有的共享机构和部门资源的支持。MBRS SCORE研究将在新的生物科学大楼的最先进的研究实验室进行，该大楼于今年春天开放（98）。这座耗资1720万美元、3层楼高、62,000平方英尺的研究设施一直致力于研究和研究培训。MBRS SCORE项目和主要研究者包括：1）E博士。Barea-Rodriguez“Agrin and Integrin Expression in Learning and LTP”; Cassill Derrick“新奇诱导的海马LTP促进作用; 5）M. Gdovin“发育中两栖动物呼吸的神经生物学”; Gorski“基于壳聚糖支架的酶电极”; 7）L.哈洛“45 kDa人生长激素变体的生物学意义”; 8）H.博士。Heidelberg“藓类Furin内切蛋白酶的表征”; R. Leblon“角膜中人p68（BIG-H3）蛋白的功能特性”; 1）A. Martinez“Role of ApoE Isoforms in Development of AD-Like Pathology in Transgenic Mice”; 12）Dr. J. McBucky“Development of Polyurethane with Enhanced Biostability; 13）Dr. G. Negrete“Conformationally Promoted Degradation of BPDE-DNA Adducts”; 14）R. Renthal“Membrane Protein Folding”; 15）A. Tsin“眼睛中的11-顺式视黄酯水解酶”; 16）J. Walmsley博士“鸟嘌呤和腺嘌呤核苷酸的金属介导的分子聚集体”; 17）E.惠勒“发展中的肌肉和异常的Trk B受体表达”;媒体曝光和心理和身体健康。

The UTSA MBRS SCORE Program is designed to provide support for innovative, cutting-edge biomedical research projects and to enhance the research capabilities of the faculty and institution. The overall goals of the UTSA SCORE Program are to increase the research productivity and competitiveness of the faculty as well as significantly increase the number of minority faculty and students engaged in and pursuing biomedical research careers. The proposed research projects will provide an environment where MBRS faculty and students can actively engage in exciting and challenging biomedical research. UTSA has a proven commitment to the hiring and advancement of minority faculty. Moreover, UTSA enrolls a large, growing number of under-represented minority students (primarily Hispanic 7,797 or 42.4%), and has developed a number of active, federally-supported minority enhancement programs in one of the nation's top five Hispanic education universities. In addition, the UTSA is ranked second in the nation in the number of undergraduate degrees awarded to Hispanics in the Life Sciences. Continued funding of the UTSA MBRS Program will allow UTSA to develop and support 21 basic biomedical research laboratories, providing essential support for research activities, and excellent mentoring and training opportunities for under-represented undergraduate and graduate minority students. This research opportunities will be supported by many existing, shared institutional and divisional resources. MBRS SCORE research will be conducted in state-of-the-art research laboratories in the new Biosciences Building which opened this past Spring (98). This $17.2 million dollar, 3-story, 62,000 square feet research facility has been fully dedicated to research and research training. MBRS SCORE Projects and Principal Investigators include the following: 1) Dr. E. Barea-Rodriguez "Agrin and Integrin Expression in Learning and LTP"; 2) Dr. A. Cassill Derrick "Novelty-Induced Facilitation of Hippocampal LTP; 5) Dr. M. Gdovin "Neurobiology of Respiration in the Developing Amphibian"; 6) Dr. W. Gorski "Enzyme Electrodes Based on Chitosan Scaffolding"; 7) Dr. L. Haro "Biological Significance of 45 kDa Human Growth Hormone Variant"; 8) Dr. H. Heidner "Characterization of the Mosquito Furin Endoprotease"; Dr. R. Lebaron "Functional Properties of Human p68 (BIG-H3) Protein in Cornea"; 1) Dr. A. Martinez "Role of ApoE Isoforms in Development of AD-Like Pathology in Transgenic Mice"; 12) Dr. J. McClusky "Development of Polyurethanes with Enhanced Biostability; 13) Dr. G. Negrete "Conformationally Promoted Degradation of BPDE- DNA Adducts"; 14) Dr. R. Renthal "Membrane Protein Folding"; 15) Dr. A. Tsin "11-cis Retinyl Ester Hydrolase in the Eye"; 16) Dr. J. Walmsley "Metal-Mediated Molecular Aggregates of Guanine and Adenine Nucleotides"; 17) Dr. E. Wheeler "Developing Muscle and Aberrant Trk B Receptor Expression"; Media Exposure and Psychological and Physical Well-being.