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Jory van Thiel with a small non-venomous snake wrapped around his hand.

Tracing the Evolution of Snake Venom

Feature Stories, Research Stories- 24 Sep 26

MBL group photo

Guiding New Generations of Neuroscientists

Feature Stories, Research Stories- 16 Sep 26

Scanning electron micrograph (SEM) showing a high-magnification, greyscale view of an elongated, oval-shaped Paulinella marae test (shell), constructed from overlapping, armor-like silica scales with a textured surface against a solid black background.

New UMD Biologist Studies How Organisms Steal Each Other’s DNA

Feature Stories, Research Stories- 10 Sep 26

oryx photo cropped Katherine Mertes

Reborn to Be Wild

Research Stories, Alumni Stories- 27 Aug 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

A brown rattlesnake with white markings poised to strike.

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

Press Releases, Feature Stories- 29 Jul 26

Scanning electronmicrograph of a virus infecting and blasting open a cell.

Scientists Find Hidden Individuality in Viral Infections

Press Releases, Research Stories- 14 Jul 26

Woman holding up a plant in a greenhouse

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

Research Stories- 13 Jul 26

Study Reveals How Mating Competition, Age and Sex Shape Immune Systems in Wild Bats

Press Releases, Research Stories- 01 Jul 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

T32 Training Grant Renewed for UMD's Center for Comparative and Evolutionary Biology of Hearing

Research Stories, Student Stories- 02 Jun 26

UMD's Quantitative Biology Initiative Announces Inaugural Postdoctoral Fellow Cohort

Research Stories, Announcements- 28 May 26

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