SAU team performing neuroscience and genetic research – Magnoliareporter

Jeremy Brown of Magnolia is part of a group of Southern Arkansas University students formed to pursue neuroscience and genetic research projects in the College of Science and Engineering during the spring 2017 semester.

Brown is a junior pre-health biological science major.

His project has an SAU-supported grant of $1,250 to research possible genetic engineering techniques.

I believe research plays a big part in applying to professional schools, said Brown. It is also very rewarding to apply concepts and ideas I've learned in class.

Under the guidance of Dr. Mikolaj Sulkowski, assistant professor of biology, and Dr. Gisela Sulkowski, pre-health advisor, the research group meets weekly to conduct presentations on student progress and to facilitate communication among the group.

Throughout the rest of the week, however, students maintain a self-driven schedule.

Dr. Mikolaj Sulkowski says this style of work helps prepare students for research opportunities in their future career.

He was responsible for opening the SAU Laboratory of Neurogenetics in 2016 and was granted an SAU faculty research grant to study gene regulation in the brain.

He has experience writing grants to NASA and the Arkansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (Arkansas INBRE) program aimed at student research opportunities.

Additionally, he has collaborated with National Institute of Health (NIH) researchers in publishing a manuscript to "PLOS Genetics," a peer-reviewed open-access journal.

Southern Arkansas University students and faculty formed to pursue neuroscience and genetic research projects, left to right, Lane Smith, Aniebietabasi Akpan, Dr. Gisela Sulkowski, Dr. Mikolaj Sulkowski, Joseph McDowell, Jeremy Brown, Brishna Hedstrom and Robert Sann. Not pictured, Rebecca Jane Vance (Parnell).

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