Current Montana INBRE Faculty Research Projects and Student Research Programs (2024-2025)

listed alphebetically by institution

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Blackfeet Community College

Betty Henderson-Matthews | Traditional Cultural Practices and Their Place in Today's World | Type: Student Research Program

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Carroll College

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Chief Dull Knife College

Dianna Hooker | Building Research Teams for Undergraduates | Type: Student Research Program

 

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Flathead Valley Community College

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Montana State University Billings

David Butler | Undergraduate Research Program and Medical Laboratory Internships | Type: Student Research Program

Madison Collins | Investigating the Modulation of Neutrophil Autophagy by Staphylococcus aureus | Type: Major Research Project

Richard Warner| Discovery and Evaluation of B7-H3 Interacting Proteins in Melanoma Pathology | Type: Major Research Project (Multi-PI collaboration with Joshua Heinemann at MSU)

Jennifer Scroggins |The Influence of Medication Contracts on Health Disparities in Yellowstone County | Type: Pilot Planning Grant

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Montana State University - Northern

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Montana State University

Alyssa Evans | Elucidating human microglia responses to encephalitic orthobunyaviruses | Type: Pilot Research Project

Marcy Hanson | Improving Sexual and Reproductive Health Outcomes Among Congolese Adolescents | Type: Pilot Research Project

Joshua Heinemann | Discovery and Evaluation of B7-H3 Interacting Proteins in Melanoma Pathology | Type: Major Research Project (Multi-PI collaboration with Richard Warner at MSUB)

Nadya Modyanova| Improving Language Comprehension via Gestures in Rural Montana DLD/ASD Children | Type: Major Research Project

Heidi Smith | Real-time Imaging of Transient Protein-protein Interactions in Bacterial Biofilms Using Förster (Fluorescence) Resonance Energy Transfer and Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy | Type: Major Research Project

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Montana Technological University

Katie Hailer | Undergrad Research, Public Health Internships and Outreach at Montana Tech | Type: Student Research Program

Raja Nagisetty | Montana Statewide Satellite-based Wildfire Hazardous Particulate Early Warning System | Type: Student Research Program

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Rocky Mountain College

Amanda Carroll | Assessing the Health Needs of Montana Veterans Using a CBPR Approach | Type: Pilot Research Project

Twylla Kirchen | Sensory Integration in Native American Youth | Type: Major Reserach Project

 

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Stone Child College

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The University of Montana

Katie Holick | Exploring Indigenous Healthcare Experiences in Montana: Shaping Tomorrow's Healthcare Providers with Immersive Training| Type: Pilot Planning Grant

Levi McClelland | Driving forces of Ric-8 regulation of G-protein signaling | Type: Pilot Research Project

Beverly Piggot| pH regulation of neural development | Type: Major Reserach Project

Jennifer Schoffer Closson | Qualitative Inquiry into First Responder Interactions with Autistic Individuals in Montana | Type: Pilot Planning Grant

Jingjing Sun & Anisa Goforth | Supporting Indigenous Children's Mental Health through Community-engaged Research | Type: Major Reserach Project (Multi-PI)

Lucia Williams| Closing the gap between theory and practice on strain-level viral assembly | Type: Major Reserach Project

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Former Montana INBRE Faculty Research Projects

INBRE IV (May 1, 2019 - April 30, 2024)
Project Leader
Institution
Project Title(s)
Years Active
Erik Adams
Montana State University
2019-2021
Daniel Autenrieth
Montana Technological University
2020 - 2023
James Becker
Montana State University
Quantifying Biomechanical and Functional Deficits When Returning to Activity Following Bone Stress Injury
2022 - 2023
George Belcourt
Stone Child College

2021-2024

Diane Bimczok
Montana State University

Role of gastric E-cadherin positive and negative dendritic cell subsets in the immune response to H. pylori infection

A Regional Alliance of INBRE Networks (RAIN) Collaboration: Nitric oxide sensing of Vibrio cholerae in biofilm formation and virulence of the human intestine | Project Type: RAIN Collaboration Grant

2019-2021
Robin Bullock
Montana Technological University
Use of Indigenous Knowledge in Environmental Decision Making (Pilot Planning Grant)
2023-2024
Co Carew
Salish Kootenai College
2020-2021
Mary Cloninger
Montana State University
Novel Alzheimer's Disease Therapeutics using Highly Selective DYRK-1A Ligands
2022-2023
Giuseppe Paolo Cortese
Montana State University - Northern
Identifying Synaptic Mechanisms Underlying Neuronal Hyperexcitability in Alzheimer’s Disease
2023-2024
Kalli Decker
Montana State University
2019-2021
Virgil Dupuis
Salish Kootenai College
2019-2022
Mari Eggers (MT Lead)
Montana State University
A Regional Alliance of INBRE Networks (RAIN) Collaboration: Improving geospatial environmental health research with Tribal communities in Montana and New Mexico
2021 - 2023
Lynn George
Montana State University - Billings

Investigating titin as a novel nucleolar protein (RAIN Collaboration Grant)

2022-2024
Joel Graff
Montana Technological University

Really Interesting New Gene (RING) Proteins in Antiviral Defence

Taking an Immersive Look at the Impact of RING-UIM Proteins on Cellular Processes

2019-2023
David Graham
Montana State University
2020-2022
Vernon Grant
Blackfeet Community College
2021-2022
Chelsea Heveran
Montana State University
2020-2022
Alyssa Hahn
Carroll College
2021 - 2023
Terri Hildebrand
Montana State University - Northern
2020-2021
Grant Hokit
Carroll College
2019-2023
Vikki Howard
Montana State University - Northern
Feasibility Study of the Good Behavior Game in Native American Youth in Montana
2019-2020
Lu Hu
University of Montana
2019-2022
Laura Jennings
Montana State University
Epigenetics and Programmed Heterogeneity in Multidrug-resistant Bacteria
2022-2024
Margie Kinnersley
University of Montana
2021 - 2023
Catherine Kirkland
Montana State University
2020-2022
Jennifer Lachowiec
Montana State University
Prediction of dependable gene promoters for edible plant-based vaccines
2019-2020
Erin Landguth
University of Montana
2019-2020
Mary Ellen Larson
Salish Kootenai College
Student Program: STEM Academy at SKC
2019-2020
Randy Maglinao
Montana State University - Northern
Renewable Diesel in Underground Mining
2022 - 2023
Alma McCormick
Messengers for Health
2021-2022
Sally Moyce
Montana State University
2019 - 2023
Raja Nagisetty
Montana Technological University
2020-2022
Corey Pew
Montana State University
Automated Functional and Mobility Testing for Lower Limb Amputees
2023-2024
Matthew Queen
Montana State University - Billings
2019-2020
John Quindry
University of Montana
A Regional Alliance of INBRE Networks (RAIN) Collaboration: The Effects of Circadian Rhythm Disruption on the Inflammatory Response to Particulate
2021 - 2023
Aga Rynda-Apple
Montana State University

Determining how immune recognition of virus capsid shapes host susceptibility to BSIs; Identification of an anti-viral signaling pathway initiated by recognition of capsid subunit pattern

Understanding the Immune Consequences of Respiratory IDV Infection

2019-2021
Patrick Secor
University of Montana
Defining the Immunogenicity of Tick Saliva in Mice and Men
2022 - 2023
Kelly Shepardson
Montana State University
2020-2022
Laurie Slovarp
University of Montana
2019-2022
Chad Spangler
Montana State University - Northern
New Use of Mixed Methods to Study Vitamin D and Respiratory Illness in a Pilot Cohort
2022-2023
Aaron Thomas
University of Montana
2019 - 2023
Dong Wang
University of Montana
2021 - 2023
Wendy Westbroek
Salish Kootenai College
2019-2020
Daniel Willems
Montana State University - Billings
2022-2024

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