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UMBC’s Rebekah Hounsell is helping unlock the mystery of dark energy with NASA’s Roman Telescope
Rebekah Hounsell is co-PI and project manager of the Roman Supernova Cosmology Project Infrastructure Team (PIT), tasked with determining the best way for the telescope to collect data about cosmic phenomena called type Ia supernovae.
UMBC’s Aaron Smith lab reveals how a harmful bacterium senses iron – and why it matters for fighting infection
A two-protein system inside the bacterium operates like a sensitive switch. The pair detects iron outside and inside the cell and then rewrites large parts of the microbe’s metabolism. The results suggest this system could become a target for more effective treatments for infections.
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Research Headlines
From UMBC News and Magazine
Gymama Slaughter, CSEE, Receives NSF CAREER Award
Posted: December 13, 2013, 9:04 PM
Amy Hurst, Information Systems, Collaborates on $3.7 million project
Posted: December 5, 2013, 3:50 PM
Jessica Berman, English, Presents Guest Lecture at University of Mysore, India
Posted: November 20, 2013, 5:59 PM
Upal Ghosh, Chemical, Biochemical, and Environmental Engineering, in the Dover Post
Posted: November 13, 2013, 7:43 PM
Joan Shin, Education, Launches Book Series with National Geographic Learning
Posted: November 7, 2013, 3:00 PM
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