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A mouse model of wildfire smoke-induced health effects: sex differences in acute and sustained effects of inhalation exposures

The current publication in Inhalation Toxicology is a collaborative project between the Slattery/Lacher laboratory at the University of Minnesota Medical School, Duluth Campus, and the Center for...

Biomedical, Duluth, Faculty

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Biomedical Sciences (BMS) Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI)

The BMS DEI Committee organized a Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion retreat at the stately Glensheen mansion in Duluth, May 7, 2024, for an afternoon of community and learning. Matt Amundson, Learning...

Biomedical, Diversity & Inclusion, Duluth, Leadership

Tick Talk with Shannon Redbrook

Tick Talk with Middle School Students

Shannon Redbrook, research assistant and community outreach support for the Clarke lab, delivered a 20-minute presentation about ticks in our area to seventh-grade science classes at Cloquet Middle...

Biomedical, Community Engagement, Duluth, Education

Detlef Heck

Dr. Detlef Heck Keynote speaker at the Second Global Meeting of the Posterior Fossa Society

Dr. Heck is set to deliver the Keynote presentation at the Second Global Meeting of the Posterior Fossa Society, scheduled to take place in Memphis, TN, from April 12 to 14, 2024. His presentation...

Biomedical, Duluth, Leadership, Research

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TC Communications interviewed Dr. Zimmer about recent research publication

Anna Freed, TC Communications, connected with Dr. Sara Zimmer, Associate Professor in the Biomedical Sciences Department, Medical School Duluth Campus, to find out more about the Trypanosoma...

Biomedical, Duluth, Faculty, Leadership, Research

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Dr. Sarah Lacher recipient of the Year 1 & 2 Educational Innovation Award!

The Medical School Honors and Awards Committee selected Sarah Lacher, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Biomedical Sciences Department, at the Medical School Duluth Campus, to receive the Year 1 &...

Biomedical, Duluth, Education, Faculty, Leadership

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Dr. Aubie Shaw publishes about an Independent Learning Time module related to the ethics of abortion

Congratulations to Aubie Shaw, PhD, Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, at the University of Minnesota Medical School Duluth Campus, for co-authoring an article published in...

Biomedical, Duluth, Education, Faculty, Students

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Circadian neurogenetics and its implications in neurophysiology, behavior, and chronomedicine

Drs. Owen Chao and Amy Yang co-authored a newly published article in the journal Neuroscience & Biobehavioral Reviews. Volume 157, 2024. Kudos to both!The article presents recent...

Biomedical, Duluth, Faculty, Research

Sabrina and Doug Scroggins

Dr. Sabrina Scroggins and Doug Scroggins, a partnership dedicated to maternal health and research

Elena Montanye, Communications Specialist, UMN Twin Cities, interviewed Dr. Sabrina Scroggins, Immunology Assistant Professor in the Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Minnesota Medical...

Biomedical, Duluth, Faculty, Research

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Pedro Fernandez-Funez, PhD, Recognized for Outstanding Contributions to Graduate and Professional Education

Congratulations to Pedro Fernandez-Funez, PhD, who will be recognized with a 2024 Award for Outstanding Contributions to Graduate and Professional Education! Dr. Fernandez-Funez is a dedicated...

Biomedical, Biobehavioral, Duluth, Education, Faculty

Clara Smoniewki

The Zimmer lab publishes new findings of their research of the Trypanosoma brucei parasite

Congratulations to Clara Smoniewski, PhD, first author and former Graduate Research Assistant in the Zimmer Lab, Austin Petersen, current Graduate Research Assistant, and Sara Zimmer, PhD,...

Biomedical, Duluth, Research

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'Day of Science' for Nett Lake Elementary School

The Nett Lake Elementary School was invited to the Duluth Campus for a ‘Day of Science’ in October 2023. The visit started at the UMD Planetarium for the showing “Living in Balance: Anishinaabe...

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Dr. Alexandra Zachwieja will attend the prestigious COP28 as a UMN Delegate!

The Department of Biomedical Sciences, Medical School, Duluth campus, is proud to announce that Dr. Alexandra Zachwieja, Tenure-Track Assistant Professor, was selected as one of two faculty to attend...

Biomedical, Duluth, Faculty, Leadership

View of Pa Hang Mountain by Dr. Alexandra Zachwieja

Why our species relied more on rainforest resources than Denisovans, while living in the same region?

Congratulations to Dr. Alexandra Zachwieja and collaborators! The team published a new paper titled “Paleoenvironments and hominin evolutionary dynamics in southeast Asia” in the journal Scientific...

Biomedical, Faculty, Research

Biomedical Sciences Seeks Applicants for Assistant or Associate Professor of Neuroscience

The Department of Biomedical Sciences (BMS) invites applications for the position of Assistant or Associate Professor of Neuroscience.The Department of Biomedical Sciences at...

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Alpha-Gal Sugar from Hard-Bodied Ticks Leads to Red Meat Allergy

Northern News Now interviewed Dr. Ben Clarke’s regarding the emergence of the Alpha-gal Syndrome, which causes red meat allergy due to a tick bite. Dr. Clarke is a professor in the Department of...

Biomedical, Duluth, Faculty, Research

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An antioxidant response element regulates the HIF1α axis in breast cancer cells

Congratulations to Dr. Sarah Lacher and team on their new publication on breast cancer!Cells have evolved many strategies to deal with various types of stress. One way our cells deal with oxidative...

Biomedical, Duluth, Faculty, Research

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Breathing in waves: Understanding respiratory-brain coupling as a gradient of predictive oscillations

Dr. Heck and his group collaborators have been working on the influence of breathing on brain activity for over a decade. In 2014 Dr. Heck and colleagues published a seminal paper in which they...

Biomedical, Duluth, Faculty, Research

Alexandra Zachwieja

Dr. Alexandra Zachwieja shares perspectives from her research trip in Southeast Asia

Elena Montanye, Communications Specialist, UMN Twin Cities, interviewed Alexandra Zachwieja, PhD, about her recent research trip to Southeast Asia. Dr. Zachwieja is an Assistant Professor in the...

Biomedical, Duluth, Faculty, Research

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The cerebellum contributes to generalized seizures by altering activity in the ventral posteromedial nucleus

What is the role of the cerebellum in epilepsy? As neuroscientists, Drs. Heck and Liu from the Department of Biomedical Sciences, Medical School, Duluth campus, study the disease in their lab....

Biomedical, Duluth, Faculty, Research