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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
UMBC mathematician Kathleen Hoffman receives new grants to improve HIV modeling
Posted: July 13, 2020, 5:31 PM
UMBC’s Fei Han, of The Hilltop Institute, receives grant to develop model predicting patients’ COVID-19 hospitalization risk
Posted: July 8, 2020, 5:38 PM
Groundbreaking fish research by UMBC’s Yonathan Zohar spawns partnership with AquaCon on $1 billion Maryland aquaculture project
Posted: July 3, 2020, 2:33 AM
Flood Bot: UMBC researchers expand flood warning work in Ellicott City
Posted: June 30, 2020, 6:32 PM
UMBC’s Tom Barclay and NASA team discover Neptune-sized planet orbiting young, nearby star
Posted: June 24, 2020, 3:32 PM
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