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Innovation Challenge WinnerDecember 2009: On December 8, Supratim Mukherjee, Microbiology Ph.D. Candidate, and a team of three other UMass students presented a business venture concept, "Mosaic," in the first phase of the University of Massachusetts Innovation Challenge. The team was one of six prize winners in the competition. Mosaic is an image analysis web application that can be used by life science researchers. The final phase of the Innovation Challenge will be held on April 22, 2010 with prizes in excess of $50,000. Read more... Leschine Named One of the Top 25 Women in TechDecember 2009: Dr. Susan Leschine, Professor of Microbiology, has been chosen as one of the "Top 25 Women in Tech" by AlwaysOn. Dr. Leschine was selected for her discovery and further research of the Q Microbetm and its ability to produce ethanol. Her research led to the founding of Qteros. Read more... |
Research Chosen as One of Time Magazine's Top 50 Inventions of 2009December 2009: Dr. Derek Lovley's discovery of a strain of Geobacter eight times more powerful at generating electricity than other strains has been chosen as one of Time magazine's Top 50 Inventions of 2009. Read more... Tawanna Childs Awarded ASM Graduate Research FellowshipSeptember 2009: Tawanna Childs has been awarded the American Society for Microbiology (ASM) Robert D. Watkins Graduate Research Fellowship. Ms. Childs is a Microbiology Ph.D. student under the guidance of Dr. Wilmore Webley. Her research project, "Recombinant Gas Vesicles: A Novel Immunostimulatory Display and Delivery System for Chlamydial Antigens", was one of six projects awarded a three-year fellowship in this year's program. The Watkins Fellowship program seeks to increase the number of underrepresented Ph.D. students in the Microbiological sciences. Read More... |
Microbiology Alumnus Elected to the National Academy of SciencesAugust 2009: Dr. Caroline Harwood, an alumnus of UMass Microbiology, was elected to the National Academy of Sciences, in April 2009. Dr. Harwood received her Ph.D. from UMass Microbiology in 1982 and is currently a Professor of Microbiology at the University of Washington Seattle and holds the Gerald and Lyn Grinstein Endowed Professorship in Microbiology in the School of Medicine at the University of Washington. Researchers Travel to the Depths of the Pacific Ocean
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May 2009: James Holden, Assistant Professor of Microbiology, his team of researchers and other scientists from across the U.S. and Canada will be traveling to the depths of the Pacific Ocean from June 13-28 to study hydrothermal vents
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Endeavor segment and the Axial Volcano areas of the Juan de Fuca Ridge off the coast of Washington state. Pictured above is Sully, a hydrothermal vent located in the Endeavour Segment of the ridge. | :: Archived News Items :: Academic Calendar :: |
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