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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
Deepak Koirala to explore how RNA viruses hijack cellular machinery, with eye to future drug treatments
Posted: August 30, 2023, 12:03 PM
UMBC’s Steve Freeland co-leads $1.8 million research grant to predict the biochemical foundations of life beyond Earth
Posted: August 25, 2023, 12:04 PM
Harnessing AI to improve healthcare: Sanjay Purushotham wins $590,000+ NSF CAREER award
Posted: August 4, 2023, 3:00 PM
Need a summer read? UMBC’s got you covered
Posted: August 2, 2023, 12:51 PM
Creating Queer Arab Joy
Posted: July 31, 2023, 1:54 PM
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