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Tag: biology
Wild Eats – Foraging for Your Grub
Dr. Michael R. McKain, assistant professor of biological sciences, said Alabama is one of the most biodiverse states in the nation, and with that comes a plethora of wild eats.
Tears Turn to Success for Graduate Student: Determination Brings NIH Fellowship
Jennie Thies, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Biological Sciences, was recently awarded an NIH Diversity Research Supplement, a highly competitive fellowship that will support her research.
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A&S in the News: June 16-22, 2019
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A&S in the News: June 9-15, 2019
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A&S in the News: May 19-25, 2019
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Worm-Like Mollusks Lost Traits Over Time, UA-led Research Confirms
A perplexing group of worm-like mollusks are not primitive ancestors of the group, rather they lost many traditional mollusk traits over time, according to research led by Dr. Kevin Kocot, professor of biological sciences.
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A&S in the News: May 5-11, 2019
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Researchers Quicken Drug Discovery Method via Zombie-Like Cells
Dr. Lukasz Ciesla, assistant professor of biological sciences, and other UA researchers discovered a method that uses magnetic nanoparticles coated with a biological cell membrane as a lure to fish out pharmacologically active compounds from plants and other natural organisms.
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A&S in the News: April 14-20, 2019
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