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Scientists Discover Migration-Mediated Mechanism Enabling Bacteria-Virus Coexistence

Press Releases, Research Stories- 21 Oct 26

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UMD Alum Julian Dumayas Fights HIV at NIH

Feature Stories, Alumni Stories- 08 Sep 26

Parvalbumin expressing neurons in the gerbil auditory cortex (magenta) surrounded by perineuronal nets (green).

Scientists Discover a Brain Cycle That May Explain Why Learning Eventually Stalls

Press Releases, Research Stories- 07 Aug 26

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Scientists Discover an Antidote to Lethal Snake Bites that Comes Straight from the Source

Press Releases, Feature Stories- 29 Jul 26

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Scientists Find Hidden Individuality in Viral Infections

Press Releases, Research Stories- 14 Jul 26

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Steering Evolution to Prevent Disease

Feature Stories- 13 Jul 26

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The Dynamics of Disease: Can Plant Pathogens Take the Heat?

Research Stories- 13 Jul 26

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Keeping Patients Connected with AI

Alumni Stories- 29 Jun 26

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Grand Challenges Grants 2.0 Direct UMD Research to Societal Good

Announcements- 25 Jun 26

Outdoor portrait of brunette woman, Dr. Allison Coffin.

Listening to What the Fish Say About Hearing Loss

Feature Stories, Research Stories- 08 Jun 26

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A Computational Mind Drives a Scientist to the Bioinformatics of Immunity

Feature Stories, Research Stories- 26 May 26

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Changing Healthcare Technology, Changing Lives

Alumni Stories- 11 May 26

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