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Creating new antiviral drugs: Katherine Seley-Radtke’s innovative “fleximer” research to receive $3.5M from NIH
The National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, part of the National Institutes of Health, recently awarded nine research consortia a total of $577 million to create Antiviral Drug...
Posted: June 10, 2022, 3:38 PM
UMBC faculty and staff award recipients place community at the core of their success
At UMBC’s 2022 Presidential Faculty and Staff Awards (PFASA), Tamra Mendelson, professor of biological sciences and recipient of the 2022 – 2025 Presidential Teaching Professor Award, said she...
Posted: April 7, 2022, 10:12 PM
Viral inventors: UMBC study finds virus DNA orchestrates a critical cellular pathway in bacteria
A protein produced by viral DNA is orchestrating the critical “SOS response” in a large group of bacterial species, according to a new study in Nucleic Acids Research co-led by Ivan Erill,...
Posted: December 9, 2021, 6:54 PM
The Rocky Yet Rewarding Road of Graduate Research
One Halloween evening, a young Amanda Belunis watched her dad arrange dry ice in the kitchen sink. Belunis and her brother thought the chilling fog spilling from the countertop was awesome. Now a...
Posted: August 9, 2021, 6:49 PM
Graduating with gratitude: UMBC welcomes a new class of alumni
Persistent. Innovative. Determined. These are the words UMBC’s commencement speakers returned to again and again to describe the Class of 2021. And despite a year of challenges—missing family and...
Posted: May 24, 2021, 4:54 PM
UMBC’s newest grads leave a legacy of advocacy, inclusion, and support for fellow students
On the back of every UMBC black and gold ID card is a guide to essential emergency resources, including numbers for health, counseling, sexual assault, and suicide prevention helplines. The new...
Posted: May 18, 2021, 8:41 PM
TEDxUMBC brings community together through “Unmasking Uncertainty”
This fall, the student-organized TEDxUMBC gave ten speakers the opportunity to share their stories, experiences, and expertise with the world. Surprisingly, the theme, “Unmasking Uncertainty,” was...
Posted: December 9, 2020, 4:47 PM
Alumna Leads Team to Breakthrough Coronavirus Vaccine Results
Clinical trials seeking a vaccine to prevent COVID-19 are galloping forward around the world, and Kizzmekia Corbett and Barney Graham’s research team at the National Institute of Allergy and...
Posted: August 6, 2020, 6:03 PM
Three UMBC student researchers receive prestigious Goldwater Scholarships
Three UMBC students have been named Barry Goldwater Scholars for the 2020 – 2021 academic year, earning one of the most prestigious scholarships available to U.S. undergraduates. This is the...
Posted: March 30, 2020, 5:35 PM
UMBC Alumnae Racing to Develop Coronavirus Vaccine
Kizzmekia Corbett ’08, M16, biological sciences, says it feels like she’s “living in a constant adrenaline rush.” Maybe that’s because she and her team at the Vaccine Research Center at the...
Posted: March 2, 2020, 10:41 PM
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