The 2011 Summer Undergraduate Biology Research poster session took place at the School of Medicine and Health Sciences on August 11 in the Vennes Atrium of the School. For the previous 10 weeks, students from UND, as well as rural and tribal colleges, had conducted research and participated in a number of related educational opportunities. Faculty from the School’s departments of Anatomy and Cell Biology; Biochemistry and Molecular Biology; Pathology; Pharmacology, Physiology and Therapeutics; as well as the UND departments of Biology and Atmospheric Sciences mentored the undergraduate researchers.
     Funding for the students came from a variety of organizations, including the National Institutes of Health and the National Science Foundation.
     One of the goals of the summer research program is to provide students with the opportunity to work side-by-side with an established research scientist. An additional goal is to recruit students from rural and tribal colleges for future participation in UND undergraduate and graduate programs. The summer research program is designed ultimately to bolster the workforce pipeline of biomedical research scientists and health care professionals.
     In addition to the University of North Dakota, this year’s participants were from Concordia College (Minn.); Hamilton College (N.Y.); Lycoming College (Pa.); Sitting Bull College (N.D.); Southwestern Baptist (Mo.); Turtle Mountain Community College (N.D.); University of Minnesota, Twin Cities and Morris Campuses; Wartburg College (Iowa); and Waynesburg University (Pa.).