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A new study co-led by Joshua Weitz found that microbes divvy nutrients over time, reducing competition for limited resources.

Rob Patro has secured a grant from NIH to enhance computational methods for long-read RNA sequencing, technology that is crucial for investigating disease mechanisms, developing new drugs and identifying biomarkers.

The work is funded by a $77,500 seed grant from the UMD Brain and Behavior Institute.

Supported by a USDA grant, two UMIACS researchers have teamed up to study the corn earworm’s growing resistance to non-chemical pesticides.

Mostafa Ghanem is using new genomic tools to improve our understanding and the prevention of infectious poultry diseases.

UMD visualization experts are working with medical experts at UMB to develop immersive training tools for stroke assessment.

The cross-institutional project, which uses machine learning to analyze wearable sensor data, could lead to more accurate and earlier diagnoses of people suffering from Parkinson’s.

The funding supports groundbreaking work in the characterization of microbial enzymes and the development of novel wearable devices for monitoring gut health.

Shirley Micallef is taking on the E. Coli contamination of produce.

Sponsored by NSF, the program exposes visiting undergraduates to interdisciplinary training needed to process and analyze large scale genomic datasets.