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    UMD’s ‘Shark Lady’ to Be Honored With U.S. Postage Stamp
    02 Nov 21

    Pioneering late marine researcher took the world along for the ride—literally.

  • Scott Juntti
    UMD Biology’s Scott Juntti Receives $1.9M Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award
    12 Oct 21

    The award from the National Institutes of Health will support his pioneering research to understand how biology influences behavior.

  • Wide Heads Help Sperm Swim Together
    21 Sep 21

    New study from UMD shows that machine learning can help identify cell shapes associated with complex cell behaviors.

  • Disability Invisibility in Academia
    10 Sep 21

    Neuroscience and Cognitive Science graduate students Ira Kraemer (advisor: Catherine Carr) and Elizabeth Kolberg wrote an essay in Acoustics Today on how to support disabled people in research and beyond.

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    Brain Makes Sense of Math and Language in Different Ways
    15 Aug 21

    A new paper by a group of University of Maryland researchers including Professor Jonathan Simon in the Journal of Neuroscience determines that these cortical networks naturally segregate when listeners are asked to pay attention to either math or to language in a situation where both are present.

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    Graduate Student Theresa Alexander Studies Changes in Neurons that Affect Mammals’ Sleep Cycles
    02 Aug 21

    The most recent research conducted by Alexander (advisor: Colenso Speer) focuses on investigating a specific neuronal cell type that syncs mammals' sleep/wake cycle—known as circadian rhythm—to the sun cycle.

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    Scientists Uncover How Decisions About What We See are Relayed Back Through the Brain
    27 Jul 21

    NIH monkey study with co-author Associate Professor Daniel Butts finds that in visual decision-making, information relevant to the decision is broadcast widely. The study was published in Nature Communications.

  • This image depicts the detection of sensing proteins in the developmental stages of Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite that causes Chagas disease.
    Study Finding Could Lead to Drug Therapies Against ‘Kissing Bug’ Disease
    27 Jul 21

    Researchers including Professor Sergei Sukharev describe how Trypanosoma cruzi, the parasite that causes Chagas disease, can sense its internal and external environment in a new study published in eLife.

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    NIH Grant Furthers Post-Stroke Recovery Research
    08 Jul 21

    Researchers including Professor Jonathan Simon funded by a new two-year, $460K grant from the National Institutes of Health National Institute on Aging hope to shed light on whether mindfulness training could be used therapeutically to help people who have had minor strokes experience more complete recoveries.

  • William Jeffery
    William Jeffery Named 2021 Distinguished University Professor
    01 Jul 21

    The professor of biology received the university's highest academic honor.

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