REQUEST FOR APPLICATIONS: UW Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowships - These competitive awards are for full-time independent, mentored research in UW biomedical labs. Start date of 10 week session: May 19th. Fellows present their research at the UW Summer Research Symposium on July 24th. Awards are paid hourly at $16/hr up to $6400. Research proposals/application materials and faculty letters are due Friday March 28, 2025 by 5 pm MST. Application closed for this opportunity.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: 2025 Wyoming INBRE 5 Student Research Program (SRP) Collaborative Research Project Grant Competition - WY INBRE requests proposals from WY Community College & UW faculty. The goal of this program is to support research projects that engage University and Community College researchers and students in projects that provide rigorous research experience for students and have potential to produce publishable results and develop into fundable programs at NIH and other federal agencies. Max request not to exceed $25k/year up to two years with some conditional exceptions. Additional conditions apply. Full Proposals due by 5:00 PM on Friday 1/24/25. Application closed for this opportunity.
OCTOBER 31, 2024 - From UW this Week: UW’s INBRE Receives NIGMS Sandbox Grant to Study
Biomedical Science Datasets - The University of Wyoming’s Wyoming IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence
(INBRE) will enhance biomedical research infrastructure, research competitiveness,
training and workforce development with the assistance of a federal grant to develop
a cloud-based genomics data learning module. Read More>
EXPANDED EDITING SERVICES: The Wyoming INBRE is pleased to announce the expansion of our scientific editing services. This service is now freely available to faculty seeking to improve their extramural grant and peer-reviewed manuscript submissions, with the goal of improving outcomes and increasing success rates and competitiveness. This service is geared mainly toward improving the clarity, accuracy, consistency, and grammar of written documents but may also include some evaluation of the underlying science and conclusions. To use this free service, certain conditions apply. Learn more or request editing services>
SAVE THE DATES! Fall 2024 WY INBRE Video Conference Seminar Series - More information and updates to follow along with Zoom links:
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: 2024 Wyoming NIH INBRE Pilot Project Type 1 (PP-1) - The PP-1 mechanism is open to tenured and tenure-track biomedical, research-active faculty at all career stages. PP-1 grants may serve one of the following intended purposes. (1) PP-1 funding is available to promising early-stage principal investigators (PIs) in cases where (higher-level) INBRE Research Projects (RPs) might be considered premature due to the stage of the project or the investigator’s background. (2) PP-1 funding is also targeted to well-qualified early-stage or established PIs who are branching out into new areas of biomedical research. (3) PP-1 funds may be used as a bridging-type mechanism to support highly productive PIs who may be between grants. Note: justification conditions apply for intended purposes 2 & 3. Letters of Intent due 5:00pm October 14, 2024.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Regional Alliance of INBRE Networks (RAIN) Collaborative Research Grant - The purpose of the RAIN FOA is to stimulate collaborative, competitive biomedical research between two researchers in two Western IDeA states of Alaska, Hawaii, Idaho, Montana, Nevada, New Mexico, and Wyoming․ Pre-proposal due by 10/11/2024. Application closed for this opportunity.
OCTOBER 3-5, 2024: Wyoming INBRE Network Fall Retreat - The Retreat will include tours and activities on the UW main campus for visiting students from the community colleges & UW-Casper, as well as presentations from the students on their current research projects. The Retreat offers a chance for visitors to network with their peers from across Wyoming and for students to see what it might look like to take the next step into a future career in biomedical research.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: Wyoming Community College / UW-Casper
STEM Seed Grants - The goal of this program is to support community college and UWCasper faculty engaged
in research and education that will enhance the preparation and numbers of community
college students transferring to the University of Wyoming in biomedical-related disciplines.
Proposals can request support for a variety of research or education needs. Proposals
are due 5:00 PM Wednesday, September 25, 2024. Application closed for this opportunity.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY: 2024 Wyoming INBRE Research Project (RP) - The main goal of the Research Project (RP) mechanism is to provide support to early career faculty pursuing well-developed high-impact biomedical research projects that will be competitive for NIH R-type or other external health-related funding sources. Letter of Intent due Wednesday 5:00 PM – 9/18/2024. Application closed for this opportunity.
WY INBRE announces Fall 2024-Spring 2025 Research Assistantships available to UW undergrads - Each Fall-Spring and Summer, the Wyoming INBRE program funds about 10 UW undergraduates applying to engage in biomedical research. The undergraduate assistantship is open to any University of Wyoming (Laramie campus) rising SOPHOMORE, JUNIOR or SENIOR student interested in biomedical research. Applications due FRIDAY September 20, 2024 by 5:00 pm MDT. Application closed for this opportunity.
JULY 25, 2024: 2024 INBRE Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium - This year's cohort of INBRE undergraduate summer interns will present results of their summer WY INBRE supported biomedical research projects on July 25th in the Wyoming Union Ballroom from 8:00am to 3:00pm.
JUNE 16-19, 2024: National IDeA Symposiom for Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE) - Faculty, students and staff attend the 9th Biennial NISBRE at the Washington Hilton on June 16-19 in Washington, DC, which showcases the scientific and training accomplishments of the IDeA program of the National Institute of General Medical Sciences (NIGMS).
MAY 28-31, 2024: Regional Alliance of INBRE Networks (RAIN) Collaboration Studio @ Wyoming INBRE - Wyoming INBRE hosted the 2024 RAIN Collaboration Studio at the University of Wyoming, from May 28 – May 30, where faculty from all seven RAIN states met to explore interstate collaborative opportunities across the region. Participants enjoyed an evening reception on the first night.
The first day of the Studio, Wyoming INBRE Program Director and Principal Investigator (PD/PI), Dr. Scott Seville, delivered a welcome and outlined the meeting goals to help faculty gain the skills to develop interdisciplinary collaborations across the RAIN states. The keynote address by Dr. Jeffrey B. Arterburn, Regents Professor in the Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry at New Mexico State University, was titled “How collaboration can enhance your career”. Every participating faculty member presented a three-minute lightning talk to introduce their scientific interests and skills to the group. These sessions were moderated by Dr. Cindy Knall, Program Coordinator for Alaska INBRE and Dr. Carolyn H. Bohach, PD/PI for Idaho INBRE. The day concluded with a collaboration mixer, moderated by the ‘mix-master’ Dr. Brian Bothner, PD/PI for Montana INBRE. In this session, faculty participated in speed-dating-style conversations in small groups to find others with complimentary attributes for potential collaborations. That evening, participants were on their own for dinner to enjoy the small-town charms that Laramie, WY has to offer.
Day two of the Collaboration Studio began with an expert panel and Q&A session, moderated by Dr. Shelley Lusetti, PD/PI for New Mexico INBRE, that included topics such as, “how to identify and avoid a bad collaboration”, “what does a successful collaboration look like?”, and “tips for communicating with collaborators”, among other themes. Panelists included Dr. Ann Bertagnolli, Program Coordinator/Core Director-Community Engagement for Montana INBRE, Dr. Brian Cherrington, Professor at University of Wyoming/past Studio awardee, Dr. David Fay, Core Director for Wyoming INBRE, and Dr. Eduardo Robleto, Program Coordinator for Nevada INBRE. Next on the agenda, an open session allowed faculty to solidify their interstate teams, work together to define experimental approaches to test a hypothesis, and build a presentation to explain the collaboration. Moderated by Dr. Seville, each group of 2-3 faculty had 10 minutes to present their planned collaboration and try to win the $2,000/faculty prize. Teams drew numbers to determine the order of presentation as follows:
And the winner is… it’s a tie! Faculty from groups 4 and 7 will each receive $2,000 from their home INBRE state to pursue their interaction. Thanks to Dr. Peter Hoffman, PD/PI for Hawaii INBRE, for facilitating the voting, announcing the awardees, and providing closing remarks. All participating faculty were encouraged to pursue a RAIN Collaborative grant this fall to fund their ideas and scientific relationships cultivated at the Studio.
Questions, concerns, access to photos, presentations or more details may be directed to Wyoming INBRE’s Administrative Associate, Yana Nightingale, at ynightin@uwyo.edu. New Mexico INBRE will host the 2025 RAIN Collaboration Studio, dates TBD.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY - 2024- 25 Collaborative Research Project
The goal of this program is to support research projects that engage University and
Wyoming Community College researchers and students in projects with the potential
to produce publishable results and develop into fundable programs at NIH and other
federal agencies. Full Proposals are due by 5:00 pm on Friday, January 19, 2024. Application closed for this opportunity.
FUNDING OPPORTUNITY - 2024-25 Graduate Research Assistantship
The purpose of the Wyoming INBRE Graduate Assistantship is to provide support for
training Ph.D. students in biomedically related sciences. Applicants for the award
must be qualified to advise Ph.D. students. Applications are due by 5:00 pm on Monday,
January 12, 2024. Application closed for this opportunity.
APRIL 20, 2024: Undergraduate Research and Inquiry (URID) Day - Calling all undergraduates, faculty, family, staff, and friends! You are invited to participate in Wyoming’s Undergraduate Research and Inquiry Across the Disciplines event, formerly Undergraduate Research Day.
APRIL 18 - 19, 2024: Wyoming INBRE Spring Research Conference at the UW Conference Center, Salon E.
WY INBRE UW Summer 2024 Undergraduate Research Experience in Gigley Lab - For WY Community College transfers to UW only. You must by transferring to UW for Fall 2024. Application closed for this opportunity.
UW INBRE Summer 2024 Undergraduate Research Internship - research proposal/application and faculty letters due ONLINE FRIDAY April 5, 2024 5pm MDT. Summer Award is $6000 (400 hours at $15/hr) for May 20-July 26, 2024. Application closed for this term.
2024 Wyoming INBRE Community College-University of Wyoming Transition Student Program RFA - offers competitive awards for outstanding community college life science students who are transferring to the University of Wyoming to pursue careers in the biomedical sciences and/or allied health fields. Applications and letters of recommendation due by Friday, March 22, 2024 by 11:59 pm, late or incomplete applications will NOT be considered. Application closed for this term.
DECEMBER 2023: Dr. Bret Freudenthal from the University of Kansas Medical Center gives a talk titled “Visualizing DNA Repair at the Atomic Level” on Friday, December 1, 2023 from 12:00 pm - 1:00 pm at UW Casper, University Union Building, Room 421.
Request for Letters of Interest for WY INBRE Bridge Funding due by 5:00 pm on Monday, November 27, 2023 in order to explore the possibility of providing bridge-type funding to investigators who are actively competing for grants from the NIH or other major funding agencies focused on human health and disease.
NOVEMBER 2023: Novartis Biomedical Research Summer Industry Intern Opportunities for undergrads/postbacs webinar -Tuesday, November 14 at 4:00 pm. Visit US BR Internship Programs for more information or to apply.
OCTOBER 2023: WY INBRE Network Fall Retreat - Thursday, 10/26 - Saturday 10/28 30 students and 20 faculty members from across the Wyoming INBRE network visit the UW campus to tour biomedical research facilities, talk with recruiters and collaborate with their peers.
OCTOBER 2023: FUNDING OPPORTUNITY - 2023-24 WY INBRE Research Network Equipment Supplement Proposals due 5pm November 10 for research/teaching equipment (generally not to exceed $20,000)
OCTOBER 2023: FUNDING OPPORTUNITY - Montana INBRE / RAIN Technology Access Grants 2023-2024 Priority review deadline is November 15, 2023, then rolling through mid-January 2024
(or until available funds are exhausted)
OCTOBER 2023: FUNDING OPPORTUNITY - 2023 WY INBRE 4 Pilot Grant Program - invited full proposal Letter of intent due 10/6, Invited full proposal submissions due 11/13
SEPTEMBER 2023: FUNDING OPPORTUNITY - RAIN Collaborative Research Projects Pre-proposals due October 13, 2023, Invitations to submit a full proposal by October 31, 2023, Full proposals due February 2, 2024 (11:59 pm PDT)
SEPTEMBER 2023: UW INBRE Fall 2023-Spring 2024 Undergraduate Research Program - research proposal/application and faculty letters due ONLINE FRIDAY September 29, 2023 5pm MDT. Fall-Spring Award is $2400 (160 hours at $15/hr). APPLY ONLINE.
OCTOBER 2022: UW INBRE Year 4 Thematic Research Projects FOA. Letter of Intent due 5pm Monday, October 24.
OCTOBER 2022: Wyoming INBRE Research Network Equipment FOA Due 5pm October 14. Full FOA
OCTOBER 2022: UW INBRE Year 4 Thematic Research Projects FOA. Letter of Intent due 5pm Monday, October 3.
SEPTEMBER 2022: Annual Wyoming INBRE Network Fall Retreat. Sept. 22-24, UW/Casper-Casper College UU 328. Registration and abstract submission (due Sept. 18th)
AUGUST 2021: Wyoming INBRE and the UW Sensory Biology Center are pleased to announce the addition of Dr. Ken Gerow, UW Professor of Statistics and Mathematics, to the INBRE Data Science Core as affiliate biostatistician. This will facilitate research and training for INBRE and COBRE funded investigators, students, and other users by creating a team of support scientists that can provide seamless consultation from study design to data management and analysis.
JULY 2021: INBRE Summer 2021 Undergraduate Research Symposium: Thursday, July 29, 2021. Interns will present their research 9am-3:40pm in the WY Union Yellowstone Ballroom
JUNE 2020: Wyoming INBRE recieves new 5-year award from NIH NIGMS IDeA for Phase 4
MARCH 2020: Wyoming INBRE Videoconference Seminar Series: "Right-Sided Heart Failure: The Heart is Only as Strong as its Weakest Ventricule" by Dr. Danielle Bruns (Department of Kinesiology, University of Wyoming). Statewide locations: TBA. Friday, March 27th, 2020. 12-1PM.
FEBRUARY 2020: Wyoming INBRE Videoconference Seminar Series: "Uncovering Molecular Mechanisms of
Human Disease Using Basic Biology" by Dr. Todd Schoborg (Department of Molecular Biology,
University of Wyoming)
Statewide locations: TBA. Friday, February 7th 2020, 12-1PM.
OCTOBER 2019: 2019 NIH IDeA Western Regional Conference October 7-9, 2019. Click to request travel support from Wyoming INBRE.
OCTOBER 2019: WY INBRE Bioinformatics Core (IBC) free two-day workshop October 24-25th “Microbial Communities Profiling via QIIME2”. Apply. Limited enrollment and registrations will be confirmed by September 23rd.
Fall 2019 Wyoming INBRE video conference seminar series: October 18th, 2-3pm- "The Road Less Traveled: A Story of the Molds, Selenium and Evolution in Wyoming" by Dr. Ami Wangeline (LCCC).
SEPTEMBER 2019: Registration and Abstract submission for the WY INBRE Research Network Annual Fall Retreat Sept. 12-14. Casper WY. DUE 5 PM September 8.
SEPTEMBER 2019: Several WY INBRE-supported projects highlighted in latest issue of UWYO Magazine focused on Native American Partnerships.
SEPTEMBER 2019: INBRE-funded UW Assistant Professor Domen Novak Recieves NSF Award to Study Back Pain Relief with Intelligent Trunk Exoskeletons
SEPTEMBER 2019: INBRE-funded UW Assistant Professor Domen Novak Recieves NSF Award to Study Back Pain Relief with Intelligent Trunk Exoskeletons
MAY 2019: Wyoming INBRE Undergraduate Transition Fellow Hunter McCurdy Credits Research Opportunities for Admission to Yale School of Medicine
MARCH 2019: Wyoming INBRE Undergraduate Fellow Jasper Hunt Accepted into University of Oxford Neuroscience Doctoral Program
JANUARY 2019: Former INBRE Fellow and current WWAMI medical student Ryan Winchell is leading a series of Stop the Bleed workshops in Laramie over the next few months- WPR News Report
JANUARY 2019: Wyoming INBRE Transition Fellow Jelard Aquino recieves prestigious Smithsonian Fellowship
SEPTEMBER 2018: UW Center for Business and Economic Analysis- 2018 Wyoming INBRE Impact Analysis
OCTOBER 2017: 2017 Western Region IDeA Conference: October 18-20, Jackson, Wyoming Snow King Resort. Hosted by Wyoming INBRE. Details posted as available.
APRIL 2017: 2nd Annual Wyoming INBRE Conference: April 27-29, 2017, Laramie, WY, University of Wyoming Conference Center and Marion H. Rochelle Gateway Center
Spring 2017 Wyoming INBRE Videoconference Seminar Series:
Fall 2016 INBRE Videoconference Seminar Series:
OCTOBER 2016: Northwest College opens new INBRE Molecular Techniques Lab with Open House
JUNE 2016: National IDeA Symposium of Biomedical Research Excellence (NISBRE) Conference: June 26-28, 2016. Washington DC.
APRIL 2016: All Wyoming INBRE Conference: April 28-30, 2016. Laramie, Wyoming
Spring 2016 INBRE Videoconference Seminar Series:
OCTOBER 2015: Fourth Biennial Western Regional IDeA Scientific Conference, October 12-14, 2015, Cour d' Alene ID.
Fall 2015 INBRE Videoconference Seminar Series:
NOVEMBER 2014: Fall 2014 Wyoming Bioinformatics mini-Symposium: Dr. Jason Gigley presents "NK Cells in Adaptive Immunity and Immune Regulation during Toxoplasma gondiiinfection". 12-1 pm on Friday, November 5, 2014.
APRIL 2014: Spring 2014 Wyoming Bioinformatics mini-Symposium: April 16 8 am-3 pm, Wyoming Union Yellowstone Ballroom. Speakers include Matthew B. McQueen from the Department of Integrative Physiology in the Institute for Behavioral Genetics University of Colorado, Greg Voth, Haig P. Papazian Distinguished Service Professor in the Department of Chemistry at The University of Chicago and Rongsong Liu from UW.
APRIL 2014: "Chemical Castration of the Coyote (Canis latrans): From the laboratory to the field" by Marjorie McGregor, Ph.D. candidate, Department of Zoology and Physiology, University of Wyoming. 12-1 pm on Friday, April 4, 2014.
Spring 2014 INBRE Videoconference Seminar Series:
Fall 2013 INBRE Videoconference Seminar Series:
APRIL 2013: Wyoming Undergraduate Research Day: 27 April 2013, University of Wyoming Laramie, WY More Information
APRIL 2013: Spring External Advisory Committee Conference: 9-10 April 2013, UW Conference Center and Hilton Garden Inn, Laramie Wyoming
MARCH 2013: NSF EPSCoR Workshop in Bioinformatics:3-5 March 2013 Little Rock, AR Funding Available for Ph.D. Student(s).
Fall 2012 Committee Meetings
November 14 INBRE Internal Advisory Committee Meeting
November 19-20 INBRE External Advisory Committee Conference
Spring 2012 Wyoming INBRE External Advisory Conference: 9-10 April 2012, UW Conference Center and Hilton Garden Inn, Laramie Wyoming
Spring 2011 INBRE Community Videoconference Seminar Series Schedule:
28 January, Dr. Stephen Ford (presenting from Laramie). Fetal programming or you are what your mother eats.
25 February, Dr. Min Du (presenting from Laramie). Maternal obesity and fetal skeletal muscle development.
8 April, Dr. Paul Johnson (presenting from Laramie). A low-cost, point-of-care system for real-time diagnosis of invasive aspergillosis.
29 April, Dr Ami Wangeline (presenting from LCCC). Ultrastructural changes and crystal formation in filamentous selnophilic fungi.
Fall 2011 INBRE Community Videoconference Seminar:
Nov 9, 2012 TRP Channels: Truly Remarkable Proteins in Physiology and Disease
11 November 2011, Dr. John Oakey (presenting from Laramie) Microfluidics for diagnostics and therapeutics.
WY INBRE Sponsored Events:
Dr. David Pollock, PhD from University of Colorado will present "Transposable elements, mutation, and the evolution of vertebrate genomes" at 2pm on 1/23/13 at the University of Wyoming in HS 463.
September 13-15, 2012, Community College 2012 Retreat in Jackson Hole, WY.
Dr. Peter Grant and Dr. Rosemary Grant presenting, The Evolution of Darwin's Finches.
September 26, 2012, Casper Outreach Building Rm 150 (951 N. Poplar Street) at 7pm
September 27, 2012, Laramie Berry Center Rm 138 (10th and Lewis) reception at 3:40pm and seminar at 4:10pm.
July 13, 2012, Undergraduate Research Symposium
June 25-27, 2012, National IDeA Meeting in Bethesda, MD.
Wednesday April 27, 2011, 12:00 PM. Pharmacy Building 293. Ming-Hui Zou, M.D., Ph.D. Redox Regulation of Endothelial Cell Phenotype: Role of AMP activated protein kinase
Wednesday April 4, 2012, Nutrition Science Seminars.
Wednesday April 11, 2012, Mobile Technology and Rural Health Conference.
Saturday April 21, 2012, Wyoming Undergraduate Research Day hosted with Wyoming EPSCoR.
Western Region INBRE Summer 2011 Internship Programs:
Montana State, Bozeman MT
University of New Mexico Undergraduate Pipeline Network
INBRE Meetings:
National Center for Genomic Research New Mexico Bioinformatics Population-level Genetic Diversity Symposium, Santa Fe, NM, March 24-25, 2011
Western INBRE Biannual Conference- University of Nevada- Reno, June 6-7, 2011
March 22-23, 2012, New Mexico IDeA Networks of Biomedical Research Excellence (NM-INBRE) and the National Center for Genome Resources (NCGR) 2012 New Mexico BioInformatics, Science and Technology Symposium (NMBIST) focusing on the study of functional genomics.