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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
UMBC marine biologist Colleen Burge works to save world’s oysters from deadly herpes virus
Posted: September 28, 2017, 5:21 PM
UMBC dedicates new Earth and Space Institute, building on decades of NASA collaboration
Posted: September 19, 2017, 9:43 PM
UMBC receives NSF grant to launch first-of-its-kind big data and high-performance computing training for researchers across disciplines
Posted: September 1, 2017, 3:48 PM
UMBC’s Gymama Slaughter to develop bioreactors that could pause the clock for life-saving organ transplants
Posted: August 28, 2017, 4:42 PM
UMBC’s Tom Cronin explains how some animals “see without eyes”
Posted: August 24, 2017, 6:47 PM
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