USM Center for Molecular and Cellular Biosciences

DEADLINE ALERT‼️: The USM Biological Sciences Graduate Program deadline for acceptance prior to the spring semester is 10/15/2024. Enhance your graduate studies with the CMCB Graduate School Program and submit your program inquiry prior to application at the following link: https://www.usm.edu/molecular-cellular-biosciences/graduate-studies.php

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We are hiring! The University of Southern Mississippi is currently accepting applications for the CMCB Core Facility Manager position. If you have a Master's or PhD and advanced imaging experience, submit your application today! ⬇

https://usm.csod.com/ats/careersite/JobDetails.aspx?id=4263&site=1

🔎 🔍 Dr. Hao Xu’s lab is investigating mast cell exocytosis, a cellular process linked to immunity, allergies, and cancer. Their work could lead to revolutionary new treatments for these and other conditions. 💊

Interested in collaborating? Feel free to send us a message or reach out at https://usmforms.formstack.com/forms/cmcb_contact

Big news for the CMCB! 🎊 Dr. Vijay Rangachari and Dr. Tristan Clemons recently published groundbreaking research in the prestigious Journal of the American Chemical Society. Their work on how cysteine helps form crucial cellular structures could lead to innovative redox-sensitive materials. This is a major achievement, and we’re incredibly proud of our team’s dedication to advancing biosciences research.

Read the article here: https://pubs.acs.org/doi/10.1021/jacs.4c09557

Southern Miss College of Arts and Sciences

The Center for Molecular and Cellular Biosciences (CMCB) at The University of Southern Mississippi in Hattiesburg is an excellent program for aspiring USM graduate students to gain the skills and experience necessary to obtain a research position after graduation.

Are you an undergraduate planning to apply for Spring 2025 admission to the USM Biological Sciences Graduate Program? Click here to learn more about how the CMCB can enhance your graduate studies: https://www.usm.edu/molecular-cellular-biosciences/graduate-studies.php

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CMCB Faculty Spotlight 🔎: Dr. Jacques Kessl is an Associate Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry at Southern Miss and Program Coordinator of Mississippi INBRE. Research in Dr. Kessl's lab focuses on understanding the intricate molecular mechanisms of HIV replication, using a combination of biochemistry, biophysics and ex vivo approaches to discover critical interactions in order to devise novel molecular strategies capable of blocking viral replication.

Newly found inhibitors emerging from these studies can serve as powerful molecular probes to observe unknown aspects of viral biology, in turn revealing new unexploited targets. Dr. Kessl has discovered that pursuing these two research directions simultaneously, viral biochemistry and antiviral drug discovery, maximizes scientific productivity.

Dr. Kessl has been continuously funded at the highest level by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) since 2011. He was recently awarded a competitive R01 research grant totaling $1.8M to continue his HIV research.

Learn more about Dr. Kessl's research: https://www.usm.edu/molecular-cellular-biosciences/research.php

We give you the skills and experience you need to obtain a high-caliber research position after graduation: https://www.usm.edu/molecular-cellular-biosciences/graduate-studies.php

USM Chemistry and Biochemistry Summer Semester Graduate Program Deadline: 5/10/2024

DEADLINE ALERT: The USM Chemistry and Biochemistry Graduate Program deadline for acceptance prior to the summer semester is 5/10/2024. Learn more about the CMCB Graduate School Program and submit your program inquiry at the following link: https://www.usm.edu/molecular-cellular-biosciences/graduate-studies.php

Southern Miss College of Arts and Sciences

CMCB Faculty Spotlight 🔎: Dr. Vijay Rangachari, Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry in the Southern Miss School of Mathematics and Natural Sciences, leads a research lab dedicated to understanding the molecular mechanisms involving intrinsically disordered proteins (IDPs). These proteins play a pivotal role in processes related to the development of neurodegenerative diseases like Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, dementia and others.

Learn more about Dr. Rangachari's research: https://www.usm.edu/faculty-directory/profile.php?id=1936716

We are pleased to announce one of our former graduate students, Shailendra Dhakal, PhD, was recently accepted as a Postdoctoral Research Fellow in Dr. Clotilde Lagier-Tourenne's lab at the Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School.

Southern Miss College of Arts and Sciences

Discover the CMCB Core Facility. Housed within the Johnson Science Tower at The University of Southern Mississippi, the CMCB Core Facility offers Mississippi faculty members, undergraduate students and graduate students access to top-of-the-line research equipment at no-cost.

Learn more: https://www.usm.edu/molecular-cellular-biosciences/core-facility.php

Southern Miss College of Arts and Sciences

URGENT: The deadline for the USM School of Biological, Environmental, and Earth Sciences Biological Sciences Graduate Program is 2/15/2024. If you're interested in joining the CMCB Graduate Program, submit your program inquiry ASAP!*

https://www.usm.edu/molecular-cellular-biosciences/graduate-studies.php

*Now offering research stipends for