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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’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
UMBC’s Jason Link leads development of cosmic ray detector headed for International Space Station
Posted: August 11, 2017, 7:14 PM
New study by UMBC’s Chris Swan finds restoration efforts more effective in small, isolated streams
Posted: July 28, 2017, 8:02 PM
UMBC’s Erin Green receives nearly $1 million NIH grant for cutting-edge epigenetics research
Posted: July 28, 2017, 2:01 PM
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