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UMBC and partners launch project to provide fresh fish to underserved communities
UMBC researchers at the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology (IMET) in Baltimore’s Inner Harbor have developed new ways to raise commercially important fish in land-based, sustainable...
Posted: July 13, 2018, 5:38 PM
New test to rapidly diagnose sepsis comes out on top in UMBC’s Cangialosi Business Innovation Competition
Six finalists pitched creative business ideas to a panel of judges during UMBC’s fifth annual Cangialosi Business Innovation Competition (CBIC), held on April 25, 2018 in the new UMBC Event...
Posted: May 24, 2018, 6:37 PM
UMBC researchers win USDA grants to improve safety and efficiency of fish farming industry
Global demand for fish is growing quickly, but many species are already severely overfished, leaving scientists and industry experts searching for ways to more safely and efficiently farm fish. In...
Posted: October 3, 2017, 3:59 PM
UMBC marine biologist Colleen Burge works to save world’s oysters from deadly herpes virus
Colleen Burge, UMBC assistant professor at the Institute of Marine and Environmental Technology, made a splash with her new article in The Conversation warning of the danger posed by a herpes...
Posted: September 28, 2017, 5:21 PM
Third annual UMBC-UMB Partnership Symposium reveals impact of collaborative research
Researchers and campus leaders from UMBC and the University of Maryland, Baltimore (UMB) convened at bwtech@UMBC South on April 12 to celebrate ongoing research partnerships and announce a new...
Posted: May 1, 2017, 9:11 PM
Expanded core facilities offer imaging and analysis services for UMBC and local start-ups
Dean Bill LaCourse, of the College of Natural and Mathematical Sciences (CNMS), has been working for 20 years to build up a set of core analysis and imaging facilities at UMBC, open to the full...
Posted: March 10, 2017, 2:44 PM
Life sciences research symposium attracts a record number of students from across the mid-Atlantic
UMBC’s 19th Undergraduate Research Symposium in Chemical and Biological Sciences on October 22, 2016, drew a record number of talented young researchers from across the mid-Atlantic. Of the 647...
Posted: November 8, 2016, 5:15 PM
UMBC scientist launches company to commercialize new oral vaccine to save fish industry millions
Every year, millions of fish raised in aquaculture die of nervous necrosis virus (NNV). “The disease affects the brain, and the fish lose their vision and balance,” says Vikram Vakharia, professor...
Posted: August 11, 2016, 9:10 PM
UMBC Ph.D. student makes surprise discovery of natural back-up system in fish reproduction
What happens when a scientist gets a research result that flies in the face of their expectations? More research leading to new, compelling discoveries. Yonathan Zohar’s lab at the Institute of...
Posted: July 15, 2016, 6:11 PM
The Economist features UMBC’s revolutionary land-based aquaculture
UMBC Professor Yonathan Zohar, chair of marine biotechnology, is featured in a new issue of The Economist focused on the future or agricultural technologies. Zohar’s research seeks to...
Posted: June 13, 2016, 8:08 PM
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