Biology faculty are involved in five of the funded projects.
The University of Maryland’s College of Computer, Mathematical, and Natural Sciences (CMNS) hosted its annual academic festival on Friday, May 5 to honor the college’s 2017 employee award recipients.
The ceremony will be held on May 22, 2017, at 4 p.m. at the Xfinity Center on campus.
Six students receive funding.
Brains of mice with autism-like symptoms develop neural defects when first circuits take shape.
New grant in virology and renewal of host-pathogen interactions grant add to programs in comparative and evolutionary biology of hearing, and cell and molecular biology.
South American cichlid fish have restricted use of genes shared with African relatives.
The ceremony will be held on December 21, 2016, at 3:30 p.m. at the Xfinity Center on campus.
Participants will learn to marry physics-style quantitative modeling with methods from computer science to gain deeper insights into living systems.
Maryland Department of Commerce initiative matches private donations for endowed chairs in the life sciences and computer science at UMD.