Montana IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE)

Please join us in celebrating Ann Bertagnolli’s retirement!

After 28 years of distinguished service to Montana State University, Honors College - Montana State University professor and Montana INBRE Program Coordinator Ann Bertagnolli is officially calling it a career.

An event celebrating Bertagnolli's work and achievements will take place on September 17, 2024, from 4:00-6:00 PM in Norm Asbjornson Hall’s Inspiration Hall. This event, hosted by the Montana INBRE, MSU’s Honors College, and the Center for American Indian and Rural Health Equity (CAIRHE), is free open to all colleagues, collaborators, and students wishing her well in retirement.

More info on Ann's Career: https://www.montana.edu/calendar/events/51312

Details on Sept. 17 Celebration:
https://www.montana.edu/calendar/events/51028

An update for Emily Matt Salois' retirement celebration, taking place this Friday, May 24, at 2:00 p.m.

The luncheon and celebration will take place at Blackfeet Community College's South Winds Lodge, Room 103/104. This location is accessible from the main campus entrance and will be marked for visitors to easily see where to go.

Our dear friend and colleague, Emily Matt Salois, plans to retire after many years of dedicated service and contributions to improving the health and well-being of Native people living across Montana and beyond.

The Montana IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE), Blackfeet Community College, and MSU’s Center for American Indian and Rural Health Equity (CAIRHE) are pleased to invite Emily's colleagues and friends to join us in honoring her career and retirement at a celebration of service taking place on Friday, May 24, 2024.

The event will be held at Blackfeet Community College in Browning, MT, beginning at 2:00pm. To accommodate as many people and schedules as possible, no official end time is preplanned. Additional reminders and details will be provided to those who RSVP.

For those attending the event in Browning, please RSVP ASAP and no later than May 13, 2024, at: https://www.montana.edu/cope/rsvp/front-end/rsvp.php?unique_id=65f9eba5389d865f9eba5389da

For those unable to attend in person, there will be a book to sign and wish Emily well located in Bozeman at MSU’s Health Sciences Building, first floor, near the INBRE and CAIRHE offices available through roughly May 22. For those unable to sign the book in Bozeman, please email any comments you’d like to have incorporated in the book to Cori Huttinga at [email protected] no later than May 13, 2024.

For event information, please contact: Ann Bertagnolli: [email protected]

All of us at Montana INBRE are sad to say goodbye to our dear friend and colleague, Joe Brain. Joe has been on our External Advisory Committee since the beginning of the Montana INBRE program. He always spoke lovingly about Montana and was invested in our program and committed to our success. He will be genuinely and deeply missed.

In memory of Joe Brain | Countway Library The Countway Library was deeply saddened to hear of the passing of Dr. Joseph D. Brain on January 29, 2024. Dr. Brain, Cecil K. and Philip Drinker Professor of Environmental Physiology, Emeritus, at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, was -- in addition to teaching and conducting research...

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Former Montana INBRE-supported researcher, Raina Plowright, recently published an article in Nature titled, "Pathogen spillover driven by rapid changes in bat ecology."

Raina's work on bat ecology is also featured in today's The New York Times:

Deforestation Brings Bat-Borne Virus Home to Roost Habitat loss and food shortages have pushed bats into closer proximity to horses and humans, fueling Hendra virus spillover, a new study suggests.

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MSU student and Montana INBRE Scholar, Mayuri Singh, wins prestigious Schwarzman Scholarship to study in China. Congratulations!

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Montana INBRE's latest newsletter is now available online. In "the Wildfire Issue" MSU's Dave McWethy discusses how changes in climate, fuels and human activity are driving longer, more destructive fire seasons. Montana Tech's Dan Autenrieth wants to know whether simple, homemade air-filtration systems can remove wildfire smoke particulate from indoor spaces. And more ...

https://inbre.montana.edu/news/newsletter.html

All work and no play makes for a dull summer in Bozeman. Montana INBRE Scholar summer students took a break from the lab last weekend to enjoy a local trail.