Category: Around CALS
- Posted on April 5, 2021
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Posted on March 29, 2021
Vatsan Raman laboratory develops new tool for mapping phage-bacterial interactions
In a paper released March 9 in eLife, Biochemistry Assistant Professor Vatsan Raman and microbiology graduate student Phil Huss present their new method, dubbed ORACLE (Optimized Recombination, Accumulation and Library Expression), for […]
- Posted on March 22, 2021
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Posted on March 15, 2021
A Taste of Many Cultures
Nutritional sciences course counters the negative consequences of American food hegemony by showcasing how diverse palates and perspectives meet the definition of healthy
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Posted on March 8, 2021
Answers await on the ocean floor
It’s December 2018. Karthik Anantharaman awakens at 6 a.m., afloat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. He’s barely slept, adrenaline is flowing. There’s little time, and […]
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Posted on March 1, 2021
Subscriptions to satellite alerts linked to decreased deforestation in Africa
Deforestation dropped by 18 percent in two years in African countries where organizations subscribed to receive warnings from a new service using satellites to detect […]
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Posted on February 22, 2021
Computation-guided design of split protein systems for controlling cellular function
Split protein systems are biochemical tools that can be used to monitor and regulate biological activity. A protein of interest is broken into two inactive […]
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Posted on February 15, 2021
Common microbes team up to degrade polymer composites
Polymer composites are durable, lightweight replacements for wood, metal or other materials and are used widely in everything from pipelines and utility poles to airplanes […]
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Posted on February 8, 2021
The genetic leanings of autism
When Donna Werling was growing up, she often babysat her younger cousin. He was diagnosed with an autism spectrum disorder when Werling was in high school, and, […]
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Posted on February 1, 2021
Conservation takes a village
Teri Allendorf applied for the Peace Corps in the early 1990s with an eye toward East Africa, where she was hoping to use her knowledge of […]