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‘Your work is so important,’ White House environmental justice leader tells UMBC ICARE trainees
UMBC’s Interdisciplinary Consortium for Applied Research in the Environment (ICARE) program, a cohort-based master’s program focused on local environmental research, held its first annual ICARE...
Posted: March 14, 2024, 4:18 PM
Alumna brings biology mural back to life
Walking down Academic Row, the ground floor windows of the Biological Sciences Building reflect the flow of student traffic, and colorful renditions of animals and microbes, silhouettes of...
Posted: January 23, 2024, 3:31 PM
UMBC researchers clarify role of SMYD3 enzyme in prostate cancer progression
Prostate cancer is the most common cancer in men other than skin cancer, with more than 288,000 new cases diagnosed every year, according to the American Cancer Society. The disease’s fatality...
Posted: December 21, 2023, 10:20 AM
Biology department members create an experiment of note—a band called Fever Dream
Before you let your imagination run wild, we’re going to go ahead and temper whatever expectations you may have upon hearing the phrase “biology band.” Nobody is banging on a centrifuge in lieu of...
Posted: November 9, 2023, 5:01 PM
Meet a Retriever—Aysia Miller ’24, volleyball player and biology major
Meet Aysia Miller, a senior on the America East championship women’s volleyball team at UMBC. Originally from Mililani, Hawaii, Aysia is majoring in biology and minoring in bioinformatics. As a...
Posted: November 7, 2023, 4:37 PM
Vampire viruses prey on other viruses to replicate themselves − and may hold the key to new antiviral therapies
Written by Ivan Erill, professor of biological sciences, UMBC Have you ever wondered whether the virus that gave you a nasty cold can catch one itself? It may comfort you to know that, yes,...
Posted: November 6, 2023, 4:05 PM
UMBC team makes first-ever observation of a virus attaching to another virus
No one had ever seen one virus latching onto another virus, until anomalous sequencing results sent a UMBC team down a rabbit hole leading to a first-of-its-kind discovery. It’s known that...
Posted: October 31, 2023, 3:34 PM
Ph.D. candidate Jessica Novak to study biofuels at National Renewable Energy Laboratory
Next February, Jessica Novak, a fourth-year Ph.D. student in biological sciences, will pack her bags and relocate to the National Renewable Energy (NREL) Laboratory in Golden, Colorado. She’ll...
Posted: October 5, 2023, 12:53 PM
Erin Green receives $1.2 million NIH grant to study cellular pathways involved in cancer, neurodegeneration
Having a proper balance of proteins in our cells—the right kinds and the right number, depending on the cell type—is critical for optimal health. The proteins also need to avoid...
Posted: September 29, 2023, 5:17 PM
First Roth Research Award recipient broadens horizons after summer research experience
Inioluwa Oluseyi has wanted to be a neurosurgeon as long as she can remember. She didn’t anticipate how much fly husbandry would play a role in her reaching her goal. In a fall 2022 genetics class...
Posted: September 22, 2023, 4:09 PM
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