Jeff Gray, Ph.D., vice president for research and global initiatives at DMU, recently won kudos on the University’s behalf from some prestigious national science organizations, but he’s quick to point out that recognition was the result of a team effort. […]
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Recent research conducted in a lab at Des Moines University shed new light on monitoring the transport of ions in and out of cells by specialized transporter proteins. The researchers used proton-selective electrodes and patch clamping methods to measure the
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The recently discovered species Homo naledi may have had a pint-sized brain, but that brain packed a big punch. New research by a group of scientists including Heather Garvin, Ph.D., D-ABFA, associate professor of anatomy at DMU, examines the imprints
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The Des Moines University (DMU) Office of Research (OOR) had a productive year in 2017. The key successes are contained in the infographic below. Faculty and staff secured twenty externally-funded grants in the areas of mental health, prediabetes and diabetes,
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Ashley Bedi, D.O.’18, is passionate about osteopathic manual medicine (OMM). An OMM fellow in DMU’s College of Osteopathic Medicine, the hands-on technique fits her views of health care. “I chose DMU because of the OMM department here. I knew it
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Main Street, Wyoming goes exploring in Natural Trap Cave, which is located on the northernmost edge of Wyoming in the Big Horn Mountains. It provides a unique combination of landscape characteristics and specimen preservation that makes for a perfect place
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Muhammad Spocter, Ph.D., has been awarded a fellowship that, in a way, will take him home. The associate professor of anatomy received a Carnegie Alumni Diaspora Fellowship from the University of the Witwatersrand, South Africa, where he earned his bachelor’s,
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Listen to Dr. Fang on Quirks and Quarks According to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, approximately 12,000 women in the United States are diagnosed with cervical cancer each year. One of the most common treatments for cervical
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The DMU Research Symposium on Dec. 7 provided the opportunity to recognize the research and scholarly excellence of faculty and staff over the past year (Dec. 1, 2016 – Nov. 30, 2017). The awards focused on individuals who had an
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Keynote speaker Dr. Melissa Burroughs Pen᷉a and Dr. Jeffrey Gray The eighth annual DMU Research Symposium, held December 7, successfully brought together a record-breaking 70 poster presentations, four student oral presentations, a globally focused keynote speaker on environmental conditions and
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