News from the University of North Dakota School of Medicine & Health Sciences
“This is the thing many scientists wish for but rarely find,” smiles Keith Henry, Ph.D., from his office in the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences (SMHS). “That direct link to treatment and making a difference immediately in the lives of others.” With genuine excitement at the thought that his team may have made […]
Categories: Research
Attention researchers! UND’s Histology Core, located in suite W162 in the Grand Forks SMHS building, has updated its pricing and services for the new fiscal year. The core allows investigators to access the equipment and technical expertise they need to prepare samples for a wide variety of high-resolution imaging projects. Core technical staff provide training […]
“Look, I never wanted to lead a boring life,” explains Dr. Jonathan Geiger from his office in the UND Neuroscience Research Center. “And I think that I’ve done pretty well in that regard.” Reflecting on his 23 years at the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences – and 50+ years as a scientist – […]
Congratulations to Dr. Darius Quansah, a postdoctoral researcher in Dr. Jonathan Geiger’s laboratory, who recently won first place out of postdoctoral scientists nationwide presenting at the Division of Neuropharmacology section of the annual at American Society for Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) meeting in Minneapolis, Minn. Quansah’s poster was titled “Endolysosome Re-acidification Rescues Lysosomal Progranulin […]
Did you miss the National Institute on Aging (NIA) Regional Directors Conference at UND in May? Fear not: each of the NIA presentations are available online. Thank you to everyone who attended the two-day conference!
If you are applying for a federal grant, you may need a data management and sharing plan that explains how scientific data will be managed, stored, preserved, and shared throughout the course of a research project. The DMPTool is an online platform that helps researchers create these plans using funder-specific templates and institutional guidance. It […]
Have you noticed recurring questions or patterns during patient care that deserve a closer look? The Office of Research Affairs & Compliance in the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences is working to strengthen collaboration across all four campuses and with our health system partners, and we’d love to hear from you. We are […]
The 11th Annual University of North Dakota Epigenetics & Epigenomics Symposium will be held May 18-19, 2026, at the Memorial Union on the campus of the University of North Dakota. Researchers and participants from around the Midwest will share their research on epigenetic mechanisms in health and disease. Activities will include talks, poster sessions, and […]
Dr. Jonathan Geiger, Chester Fritz Distinguished Professor in the UND Department of Biomedical Sciences, recently presented the Opendra “Bill” Narayan Memorial Lecture at the 30th Annual Meeting of the Society on Neuroimmune Pharmacology (SNIP). His lecture, “Lysosomes Serve Important Roles in the Pathogenesis of Neurodegenerative Diseases, as well as the Safety and Efficacy of Modern […]
Kaitlyn Gura, a doctoral student in the UND School of Medicine & Health Sciences Department of Biomedical Sciences, was awarded second place for her poster presentation at the Fourth Annual Tick Borne Diseases Symposium, held recently at Johns Hopkins University. Gura recently successfully defended her doctoral dissertation, and will be graduating from UND next week […]