Schmidt, Rebecca

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Rebecca Schmidt

Rebecca Schmidt, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Biology
970-870-4433 | rschmidt3@coloradomtn.edu

Education

  • Ph.D., Mayo Clinic Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Rochester, MN
  • B.A., Lawrence University, Appleton, WI

Awards

In 2018, Rebecca was recognized with the LSAMP-IINSPIRE Program Award for Excellence in Mentoring promoting under-represented minority participation in STEM.

Selected Publications

  • Clark SE, Schmidt RL, Aguilera ER, Lenz LL. (2020) IL-10-produing NK Cells Exacerbate Sublethal Streptococcus penumoniae infection in the lung. Translational Research. 226:70-82. doi: 10.1016/j.trsl.2020.07.001
  • Van Sciver RE, Lee MP, Dasom Lee C, Lafever AC, Svyatova E, Kanda K, Collier AL, Siewertsz van Reesema LL, Tang-Tan AM, Zheleva V, Bwayi MN, Bian M, Schmidt RL, Matrisian LM, Petersen GM, Tang A. (2018). A New Strategy to Control and Eradicate “Undruggable” Oncogenic K-RAS-Driven Pancreatic Cancer: Principles Learned from Developmental and Evolutionary Biology. MDPI Cancers. May 14;10(5)
  • Schmidt, R.L. (2014) A Roadmap to Understanding Toll Pathway Changes: An Educational Primer for use with "Regulation of Toll signaling and inflammation by β-arrestin and the SUMO protease Ulp1" GENETICS 196:923-929.
  • Schmidt, R. L. and Lenz, L.L. (2013) “Adjuvants Targeting the DNA Sensing Pathways– Cyclic-di-GMP and Other Cyclic-di-Nucleotides” Book Chapter in DNA Sensing: The impact of dsDNA on Disease and Vaccinology ed. Ishi, K., and Tang, J.C.K. Elsevier
  • Schmidt, R.L. and Lenz, L.L. (2012) Distinct Licensing of IL-18 and IL-1β Secretion in Response to NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation. Public Library of Science ONE 7(9): e45186. Epub Sept 18.
  • Schmidt, R.L., Trejo, T.R., Plummer, T.B., Platt, J.L., Tang, A.H. (2008) Infection-induced proteolysis of PGRP-LC controls the IMD activation and melanization cascades in Drosophila. FASEB J. Mar;22(3):918-29. (Epub Oct 16, 2007)
  • Schmidt, R.L., Ahmed, A., Park, C.H., Gundelach, J.H., Cheng S., Knudsen B. and Tang A.H. (2007) Inhibition of RAS-Mediated Tumorigenesis by Blocking the SIAH-E3 Ligase-Dependent Proteolysis. Cancer Res. Dec 15;67(24):11798-810.

Professional Interests/Associations

I am interested in all types of cells, from bacteria to human physiology and cancer biology. I love thinking about how cells interact with each other, whether these are microbial cells fighting for resources, pathogens interfering with our immune system, or transformation of cancer cells. I enjoy staying current with these fields as a member of the American Society of Microbiology and the American Society of Cell Biology. I am passionate about helping everyone gain a foundational knowledge of biology and its relevance to daily life!

CMC Steamboat opens nursing simulation lab; first of three labs planned on West Slope

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nursing simulation lab

Assistant Professor Courtney Smazinski works with a training manikin at the CMC Steamboat Spring nursing simulation lab. Photo by Benjamin Suddendorf

This story appeared in the Steamboat Pilot & Today on August 30, 2021

By Dylan Anderson, Steamboat Pilot & Today

Vernon Watkins wasn’t doing so well, evident by the hospital bed he was in. He has a line of stitches in his abdomen from surgery, and when nurse Mikaelyn Sullivan checks them, he can’t help but cry out in pain.

While Sullivan, a nursing professor, has his recovery on track, Watkins won’t be leaving the recreated hospital suite at Colorado Mountain College Steamboat Springs Campus anytime soon. Rather than a patient, Watkins is the teaching tool at the heart of three planned nursing simulation labs, the first of which opened last week in Steamboat.

The state-of-the-art lab on the Steamboat campus is built out like to look like several rooms in a hospital nursing suite, with high-tech patients that have vital signs, can tell students where their pain is and can be programmed for various medical scenarios.

“It allows the opportunities in our rural community,” professor Courtney Smazikski said. “We sometimes have more limited experiences for students here just because we don’t see as much.”

Nursing students are allowed to complete as much as half of their clinical hours in a simulation lab like the one now open in Steamboat, which can be crucial in mountain towns as clinical hours in smaller hospitals can be limited. Read the full story

Carbone, Jamie

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Jamie CarboneEducation

  • MSN, Colorado Technical University
  • BSN, Regis University
  • BA in English, University of Colorado at Boulder

Professional Associations

  • American Nurses Association
  • Sigma Theta Tau International

Buzz worthy: Honey Stinger collaborates with CMC on new beehive

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Buzz worthy: Honey Stinger collaborates with CMC on new beehive

This story appeared on the front page of the Steamboat Pilot & Today on June 10, 2021

By Suzie Romig, Steamboat Pilot & Today

After 20 years as a Steamboat Springs-based company specializing in energy foods made from honey, Honey Stinger now has its first local, company-managed beehive.

In partnership with Colorado Mountain College Steamboat Springs and biology professor Becky Edmiston, the Honey Stinger hive was installed last month in an electrified enclosure on the hillside above the college campus. The location is home to three other hives managed by Edmiston and the college’s student Beekeeping Club that started in 2012. Read more.

Bees and beekeepers at CMC Steamboat's apiary

At CMC Steamboat’s apiary, Honey Stinger beekeepers, from left, Kate Burleson and Shannon Grasser search for healthy signs of the queen bee, which means finding eggs or larvae. Photo Stephanie Stocking

 

 

 

 

Sullivan, Mikaelyn

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Mikaelyn Sullivan

Mikaelyn CL Sullivan, MSN, RN, FNP

Assistant Professor
mcsullivan@coloradomtn.edu

Education

  • Master of Science, Family Nurse Practitioner, University of Northern Colorado
  • Bachelor of Science, Nursing, Michigan State University

Publications

  • Law M. (2016). Making Your Voice Heard. How Nurses Can Advocate for Improved Care--at Any Level. ONS connect, 31(3), 10–14.
  • Law M. (2016). What Nurses Need to Know About Private Patient Advocates. ONS connect, 31(2), 23.
  • White, M., Law, M., and Wenger, B. (2018 January). Is it Accurate? Assessing Core Temperatures in Cancer Patients. Poster presented during Magnet Recognition Program at University of Colorado Hospital.

Professional Associations

  • Member of American Association of Nurse Practitioners
  • Member of The Northern Colorado Nurse Practitioner Coalition

Family

Mikaelyn is a proud native of Michigan and has resided in Colorado for 11+ years. She is married to her wonderful husband, Bryan, with whom she is raising a beautiful, spirited Chesapeake Bay Retriever named Mishka.

Personal Interests

Mikaelyn is passionate about educating student nurses in the classroom and sharing her love for nursing in the clinical setting. Mikaelyn is drawn to the outdoors and can be found on the trails, water, and slopes around Steamboat hiking, running, mountain biking, rafting, and snowboarding.