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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
NASA awards $72 million for new UMBC-led Earth science research partnership
Posted: October 28, 2021, 6:45 PM
UMBC’s GRIT-X talks return for Homecoming 2021, highlighting research with a public impact
Posted: October 15, 2021, 6:16 PM
UMBC’s Reem Hannun to co-lead urban air quality study with NOAA Climate Award
Posted: October 12, 2021, 9:01 PM
UMBC’s Yonathan Zohar to lead $10 million partnership to scale land-based salmon aquaculture
Posted: October 7, 2021, 2:04 PM
UMBC to lead climate-focused NSF data science institute through $13M award
Posted: September 28, 2021, 4:01 PM
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