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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
National Institute on Aging funds UMBC’s Erin Green to investigate how cells do “quality control” as we age
Posted: September 10, 2019, 4:57 PM
UMBC partners with Latino Racial Justice Circle and Maryland Humanities in community-engaged research in Baltimore
Posted: September 5, 2019, 6:29 PM
UMBC’s Minjoung Kyoung to help develop first 4D map of a cell’s metabolic pathways
Posted: August 30, 2019, 7:40 PM
Preminda Jacob focuses on building connections as new associate dean of research and community engagement
Posted: August 30, 2019, 3:18 PM
Open spaces nurture open minds in UMBC’s new Interdisciplinary Life Sciences Building
Posted: August 26, 2019, 6:49 PM
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