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.
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.
The professor of biology received the university's highest academic honor.
Labs focused on quantum technology, energy storage, neuroscience and more are getting big upgrades.
Almost 3,000 students were named to the University of Maryland College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences Dean's List for Spring 2021.
Allison Coffin (Ph.D. '05, biology; advisor: Professor Arthur Popper) is now an associate professor of neuroscience at Washington State University Vancouver.
The college’s celebration will be pre-recorded and available for viewing after 1 p.m. ET on May 20.
The University of Maryland's College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences (CMNS) announced its 2021 employee award recipients on May 4, 2021. Congratulations to all!
Nikolas Francis will begin his role as an assistant professor in the Brain and Behavior Institute with a joint appointment in biology in fall 2021. Francis has been at UMD since 2011, moving up from postdoctoral fellow to his current role as senior faculty specialist in biology.
Over the last decade, UMD’s nominations yielded 37 scholarships—the second most in the nation.