Alaska INBRE
PO Box 757040
202 West Ridge Research Bldg.
Fairbanks, Alaska 99775

email: inbre@alaska.edu
phone: 907.474.2669
fax: 907.474.6745


This publication was made possible by Grant Number RR016466 from the National Center for Research Resources (NCRR), a component of the National Institutes of Health (NIH). Its contents are solely the responsibility of the authors and do not necessarily represent the official view of NCRR or NIH

Biomedical Research Focus

Class working on cell culture for a molecular toxicology lab
Class working on cell culture for a molecular toxicology lab

Interface Environmental Agents and Disease

The research is focused on the interface of the environment and disease.   We investigate the chemical and microbial agents that cause disease and fundamental cell biology that may be relevant to their impacts.

The Alaska biomedical research network includes the three campuses of the University of Alaska Anchorage , Fairbanks and Southeast ( Juneau ) and the State of Alaska Division of Public Health.

Our Anchorage campus places particular emphasis on health providers and clinical/translational applications.

Biomedical Academic Focus

Graduate students discuss toxicology science during a specialized summer sessions class

Support of Students

Graduate and Undergraduate Students:  Seeking Doctoral, Master, Bachelor degrees in biological sciences and working with an INBRE supported faculty members.

Students are eligible to apply for funding to support travel to conferences and specialized training.  There are also research fellowships available on a competitive basis.


Biomedical Community Focus

RAHI student pipets samples into gel electopheresis equipment to identify bands of traget DNA

Building a Biomedical Pipeline

Our connection to Alaskan communities is through working with children in grade school through high school.  Our future biomedical scientist and health care professional are youngsters in grades K-12. 

Through our outreach activities we seek to ignite the passion for science and general learning.  Our expertise is biomedical research with a focus on molecular biology.  Students in high school (11th- 12th grades) have the opportunity to participate in real time research through summer programs located at on the Fairbanks campus through the Rural Alaska Honors Institute (RAHI).

Younger students can attend the Alaska Summer Research Academy (ASRA) on the Fairbanks campus to explore health careers or physiological research or any number of other science experiences.


Alaska INBRE Faculty

Faculty members have research programs that investigate the chemical and microbial agents that cause disease and fundamental cell biology that may be relevant to their impacts.

There are faculty located at all three campuses of the University of Alaska .  Each of these faculty members pursues research in partnership with students.

Anchorage :       

                    Loren Buck

                    Miki Ii

                    Jocelyn Krebs

                    Frank von Hippel

Fairbanks :        

                     Karsten Hueffer

                    Todd O’Hara

                    Jon Runstadler

                    Marvin Schulte

                    Naoki Takebayashi

Juneau :         Brian Edmonds

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