UMD biologists identified a pheromone receptor that controls parenting behavior in African cichlid fish.

UMD study reveals how the brain adapts hearing in different listening situations, potentially offering insights into human sensory impairment disorders.

Karatayev, who uses math to understand how ecosystems change, is the second UMD faculty member to hold this endowed professorship.

A faculty member since 2014, Lombardi will lead the program that includes 1,500 students and ranks second on campus for the number of bachelor’s degrees awarded annually.

He is the fourth director in the living-learning program’s 30-year history.

Using a novel approach called reverse vaccinology, which employs powerful bioinformatic tools and reverse pharmacology practices, the researchers are examining the genetic makeup of several parasites that cause malaria, seeking specific antigens to target with new vaccines.

UMD graduate students Marron McConnell and Qianru Liao are combining their expertise in biomathematics and remote sensing to learn how climate change shapes caribou population dynamics and migration behavior in the Arctic.

Ata is Biology's associate director of research and faculty affairs.