Biological Sciences
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Researchers created and trained a machine learning algorithm to assign risk probabilities to 150,000 plant species worldwide.
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Q&A with biological sciences major Jake Schlenoff, who spent 10 days aboard the NOAA Ship Nancy Foster.
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UMD-led research team observes frog populations persisting in Panamanian forest, a decade after decimation by chytrid fungus.
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The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration scholarship will provide up to $9,500 per year for two years.
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Rushi Challa and Natalie Ivanina’s experiment tested how well viruses could attack bacteria in microgravity.
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University of Maryland biologists have trained African cichlids, originally from Lake Malawi, to perform behavioral experiments to explore the limits of the fishes' color vision.
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The awards will enable two students to study abroad and three students to continue their research on campus this summer.
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Junior biological sciences major Maria Chen co-founded Symbiont Health, which placed first in UMD’s 2018 Do Good Challenge.
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In the past five years, UMD’s 20 nominations yielded 18 scholarships and two honorable mentions.
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Sun conducts cancer therapy research and founded a club to support immigrant and refugee families.
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A Big Ten Distinguished Scholar, Confroy will begin medical school at the Wake Forest School of Medicine in the fall.
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Christopher Bambic and Yousuf Khan will spend next year completing master’s degrees at the University of Cambridge in the United Kingdom.
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Christopher Bambic, William O’Connor and Tiffany Wang honored as three of the university’s most successful seniors.
