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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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From UMBC News and Magazine
GRIT-X talk series ushers in UMBC’s 2024 Homecoming activities
Posted: October 17, 2024, 5:15 PM
UMBC’s 2024 Cybersecurity Leadership Exploratory Grant Program recipients announced
Posted: October 10, 2024, 1:07 PM
Rachel Brewster’s lab advances understanding of how organisms adapt to oxygen deprivation—with an eye toward new medical treatments
Posted: October 7, 2024, 3:30 PM
Meet a Retriever—Ridwan Islam Sifat, international doctoral student in public policy
Posted: September 26, 2024, 4:20 PM
Retrievers are upping their research game in the 2024-25 Fulbright U.S. Student Program cohort
Posted: September 23, 2024, 2:32 PM
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