Building biomedical research capacity in North Dakota
by serving public universities and tribal colleges within the state
NDINBRE Supported By
Institutional Development Award (IDeA)
National Institute of General Medical Sciences
National Institutes of Health
North Dakota IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence
University of North Dakota - School of Medicine & Health Sciences
1301 N. Columbia Road, Stop 9037 - Grand Forks, ND 58202-9037
Telephone: (701) 777-6376 - Fax: (701) 777-6372
2023 ASPET/SURF FELLOWS
Alex Smith
College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University
Mentor: L. Keith Henry, PhD
Project: Functional Characterization of C580, a Major Palmitoylation Site in Human Dopamine
Transporter, using a Drosophila Model.
Caitlin Shaw
College of St. Benedict/St. John’s University
Mentor: James Foster, PhD
Project: Functional Significance of Serine to Alanine Mutation at Position 585 within the C-Terminus of the Rat Dopamine Transporter.
Hailey Rosenfield
University of Vermont
Mentor: James Foster, PhD
Project: Characterizing the Role of Cysteine-5 in the Human Dopamine Transporter (DAT) Through a Naïve Drosophila DAT Model.
Rain Freidt
University of North Dakota
Mentor: Colin Combs, PhD
Project: Alterations in neutrophil phenotype during Alzheimer’s disease mouse model.
