Kyrilos Sadaka, 
a junior at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock, has been accepted into the Summer Mentored Research Program, part of the Arkansas IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (INBRE) at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences. The program allows undergraduate STEM majors to take part in an ongoing research project, as well as helping them develop career-related skills.
For 10 weeks from May to July, Sadaka will work in Dr. Rushita Bagchi’s lab. Bagchi, an assistant professor in UAMS’s Department of Physiology & Cell Biology, leads a lab that focuses on cardiovascular disease. After those 10 weeks, Sadaka will write a journal-style paper and design a poster to present at the research symposium that caps off the program.
“I am thankful for this opportunity to work in Dr. Bagchi’s lab,” Sadaka said. “I am excited to join the lab in late May and work with a new research team, gaining invaluable research experience that I can bring back to UA Little Rock and implement with Dr. Mohammad Goodarzi.”
Sadaka, a chemistry major, has been working in the lab of Dr. Goodarzi, an assistant professor of chemistry, studying how bacteria adapt to antibiotics.
Students in the INBRE program receive a $6,000 stipend, and they can also receive a travel award to present their INBRE summer research at a scientific conference or meeting.
