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Discoveries and news in research, student success, faculty engagement and alumni accomplishments.

Courtney Rae Armour with husband and dog riding mountain bikes atop grassy hill
Graduate students

Inaugural science fellowship supports research in the Sharpton Microbiome Lab

The College of Science congratulates Courtney Rae Armour, the first graduate student to receive the Larry W. Martin & Joyce B. O’Neill Endowed Fellowship.

Alumni and Friends, Graduate students, Women in Science, Microbiology, Health and Biotechnology
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Biochemistry & Biophysics

Deep learning cracks the code of messenger RNAs and protein-coding potential

Biochemist and biophysicist David Hendrix and collaborators have used deep learning to decipher which ribonucleic acids have the potential to encode proteins.

Faculty and Staff, Biochemistry & Biophysics, Data, AI and Robotics, Research
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Graduate students

Graduate students, alumni win national fellowships for outstanding research

The College of Science congratulates two PhD students for receiving prestigious National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (NSF GRF) awards for 2018.

News, Students, Women in Science, Integrative Biology, Microbiology, Climate and Oceans
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Data, AI and Robotics

Tools used for metagenomic research under scrutiny

A recent critical assessment of software tools represents a key step toward taming the “Wild West” nature of the burgeoning field of metagenomics.

Faculty and Staff, Mathematics, Data, AI and Robotics, Research
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Statistics

Students experience a summer of state-of-the-art data science research

Two new Research Experiences for Undergraduates in the field of statistics are training students in cutting-edge data analytics and computational skills essential to interdisciplinary research.

Diversity in Science, Students, Statistics, Data, AI and Robotics, Health and Biotechnology, Research
Benjamin Dalziel standing in front of brick wall
Health and Biotechnology

Disease "superspreading" driving force in Ebola epidemic

A new study reveals nearly 3% of people infected with Ebola in the 2014-15 epidemic were "super spreaders," responsible for infecting 61% of all cases.

Faculty and Staff, Integrative Biology, Mathematics, Health and Biotechnology, Research
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Data, AI and Robotics

Bio+Math

In the last two years, the College of Science has focused on augmenting its expertise in data and life sciences with strategic hires

Faculty and Staff, Biochemistry & Biophysics, Integrative Biology, Mathematics, Microbiology, Statistics, Data, AI and Robotics, Research