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Analysing Earth’s Magnetospheric System A Web of Interconnections – Dr Joseph E. Borovsky, Space Science Institute

Analysing Earth’s Magnetospheric System A Web of Interconnections – Dr Joseph E. Borovsky, Space Science Institute

Analysing Earth’s Magnetospheric System A Web of Interconnections – Dr Joseph E. Borovsky, Space Science Institute

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https://doi.org/10.26320/SCIENTIA302

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The behaviours of physical systems are often decided by complex webs of connections between properties, where a small change in just one variable could cause changes in every other one. Dr Joe Borovsky at the Space Science Institute of Boulder, Colorado, and his colleagues have dedicated their research to understanding one such web: the complex relationship between the solar wind and Earth’s magnetosphere.
 

 

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Beginning the Ascent – Professor Farin Kamangar and Professor Payam Sheikhattari

Beginning the Ascent – Professor Farin Kamangar and Professor Payam Sheikhattari

Beginning the Ascent – Professor Farin Kamangar and Professor Payam Sheikhattari

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https://doi.org/10.33548/SCIENTIA334

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Diversity of outlook is essential for any scientific endeavour. Improving this diversity is the goal of the ASCEND Program, led by Professors Farin Kamangar and Payam Sheikhattari at Morgan State University, USA. Here, we showcase their work aiming to improve the experience of undergraduates by embedding them firmly in the fascinating world of scientific research from the very beginning of their careers.
 

 

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DREAM STEM: Driving Entrepreneurship & Academic Success

DREAM STEM: Driving Entrepreneurship & Academic Success

DREAM STEM: Driving Entrepreneurship & Academic Success

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https://doi.org/10.33548/SCIENTIA426

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Identity as a scientist and entrepreneurial thinking are critical for students of STEM to succeed, both in their college-based education and their careers. In recognition of this, a team of researchers from North Carolina Central University has developed DREAM STEM – a program that aims to develop scientific identity and a mindset for entrepreneurial thinking. This, in turn, improves enrollment, retention, persistence and graduation rates.
 

 

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A Short Interdisciplinary Summer Course in Sustainable Development – Pankaj Sharma, PhD, MBA, Purdue University

A Short Interdisciplinary Summer Course in Sustainable Development – Pankaj Sharma, PhD, MBA, Purdue University

A Short Interdisciplinary Summer Course in Sustainable Development – Pankaj Sharma, PhD, MBA, Purdue University

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https://doi.org/10.26320/SCIENTIA304

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The survival of humanity relies upon the sustainable use of natural systems that provide food, energy, and water. However, the growth in the world’s population and human activities that generate pollution are posing serious sustainability challenges to these systems. Courtesy Professor Pankaj Sharma, at Purdue University’s Polytechnic Institute, has developed a short summer course to inspire undergraduates and graduate students focusing on the integrated sustainable development of food, energy and water under environmental and climate changes.
 

 

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Inspiring Students at The Duke Energy Academy at Purdue – Pankaj Sharma, PhD, MBA

Inspiring Students at The Duke Energy Academy at Purdue – Pankaj Sharma, PhD, MBA

Inspiring Students at The Duke Energy Academy at Purdue – Pankaj Sharma, PhD, MBA

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https://doi.org/10.26320/SCIENTIA307

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A secure and sustainable energy supply for the future depends upon communities and industries working together. To facilitate this, a skilled STEM workforce is needed. To that end, Dr Pankaj Sharma a courtesy professor at Purdue University and his colleagues have piloted the ‘Duke Energy Academy at Purdue’, or ‘DEAP’ – an immersive one-week program which aims to promote student interest in the energy sciences and engineering.
 

 

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Teachers Inspired by The Duke Energy Academy at Purdue – Pankaj Sharma, PhD, MBA

Teachers Inspired by The Duke Energy Academy at Purdue – Pankaj Sharma, PhD, MBA

Teachers Inspired by The Duke Energy Academy at Purdue – Pankaj Sharma, PhD, MBA

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https://doi.org/10.26320/SCIENTIA305

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Much of the responsibility of improving science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) education has fallen upon teachers. However, it is often just assumed that they have the tools and skills needed to fulfil that responsibility. Dr Pankaj Sharma a courtesy professor at Purdue University and his colleagues are hoping to address this through their informal summer program the ‘Duke Energy Academy at Purdue’, or ‘DEAP’, that is equipping teachers to deliver engaging and authentic STEM learning experiences.
 

 

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The Evolution of Genetic Coding – Professor Charles Williams Carter, University of North Carolina

The Evolution of Genetic Coding – Professor Charles Williams Carter, University of North Carolina

The Evolution of Genetic Coding – Professor Charles Williams Carter, University of North Carolina

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https://doi.org/10.26320/SCIENTIA297

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The research of Professor Charles Carter, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, USA, unravels some of the biggest mysteries of molecular evolution. His research is dedicated to investigating how information flows from genes to proteins found in living organisms via genetic coding. Much of this work centres around the structural origins of genetics and ultimately, how chemistry created biology.
 

 

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Unlocking the Sweet Secrets of the Microbiota – Professor Lloyd Kasper, Dr Nader Yaghoubi, Dr Javier Ochoa-Repáraz

Unlocking the Sweet Secrets of the Microbiota – Professor Lloyd Kasper, Dr Nader Yaghoubi, Dr Javier Ochoa-Repáraz

Unlocking the Sweet Secrets of the Microbiota – Professor Lloyd Kasper, Dr Nader Yaghoubi, Dr Javier Ochoa-Repáraz

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https://doi.org/10.26320/SCIENTIA301

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The pioneering research of Professor Lloyd Kasper while at Geisel School of Medicine, Dartmouth College, and Javier Ochoa-Repáraz at Eastern Washington University, has revealed that microbes living within our gut contain and release compounds such as a specific bacterial sugar known as a polysaccharide that can regulate the development and function of our immune system, and excitingly may represent a new class of treatment for multiple sclerosis.
 

 

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An Enzyme for the Future – Professor Tony Moore, University of Sussex

An Enzyme for the Future – Professor Tony Moore, University of Sussex

An Enzyme for the Future – Professor Tony Moore, University of Sussex

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https://doi.org/10.26320/SCIENTIA299

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Professor Tony Moore and his team at the University of Sussex are investigating the alternative oxidase. This enzyme provides an alternative route for molecular oxygen in the pathways of energy production that are often considered to be wasteful of energy but hold the key to the development of many different novel therapeutic treatments.

 

 

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Integrating Team Science into the STEM Graduate Training Experience – Dr Susan E. Cozzens, Georgia Institute of Technology

Integrating Team Science into the STEM Graduate Training Experience – Dr Susan E. Cozzens, Georgia Institute of Technology

Integrating Team Science into the STEM Graduate Training Experience – Dr Susan E. Cozzens, Georgia Institute of Technology

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https://doi.org/10.33548/SCIENTIA332

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Over the past few decades, research in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) has experienced a major shift towards collaboration. On a quest to prepare graduate students for today’s team-based research environments, Dr Susan Cozzens at Georgia Institute of Technology is leading an interdisciplinary team in the development and implementation of evidence-based ‘team science’ professional development materials for STEM graduate students.
 

 

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Research Ethics Training for Health in Indigenous Communities – Dr Cynthia R. Pearson, University of Washington

Research Ethics Training for Health in Indigenous Communities – Dr Cynthia R. Pearson, University of Washington

Research Ethics Training for Health in Indigenous Communities – Dr Cynthia R. Pearson, University of Washington

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https://doi.org/10.33548/SCIENTIA427

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American Indian and Alaska Natives (AIAN) face substantial health inequalities, yet ethical research addressing their health concerns is still extremely limited. Dr Cynthia Pearson, Associate Professor at the University of Washington and Director of Research at the Indigenous Wellness Research Institute, along with her colleagues Dr Myra Parker, Dr Chuan Zhou, Ms Catlin Donald and Dr Celia Fisher, has developed a new training curriculum for the conduct of ethical research with American Indian and Alaska Native communities. 

 

 

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Project VALOR – Exploring PTSD Risk Factors and Outcomes in Combat-exposed Veterans

Project VALOR – Exploring PTSD Risk Factors and Outcomes in Combat-exposed Veterans

Project VALOR – Exploring PTSD Risk Factors and Outcomes in Combat-exposed Veterans

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https://doi.org/10.33548/SCIENTIA321

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Posttraumatic stress disorder (PTSD) is a prevalent and often debilitating condition that follows exposure to a traumatic experience and can result in depression and increased suicide risk in vulnerable individuals. Researchers at the National Center for PTSD at the Department of Veterans Affairs in Boston, Boston University and Healthcore – New England Research Institutes are conducting a long-term observational study investigating PTSD symptom trajectories among male and female veterans who served in Iraq and Afghanistan.

 

 

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Illuminating Fractional Reasoning for Students with Learning Disabilities – Dr Jessica Hunt, North Carolina State University

Illuminating Fractional Reasoning for Students with Learning Disabilities – Dr Jessica Hunt, North Carolina State University

Illuminating Fractional Reasoning for Students with Learning Disabilities – Dr Jessica Hunt, North Carolina State University

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https://doi.org/10.26320/SCIENTIA294

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Making sense of fractions can be challenging for students with learning disabilities. Dr Jessica Hunt of North Carolina State University studies how these children think and learn and is developing novel teaching methods that facilitate mathematics learning for this underserved population.
 

 

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The REPID Program, Increasing Diversity in Biomedical Research – Dr Elahé Crockett, Michigan State University

The REPID Program, Increasing Diversity in Biomedical Research – Dr Elahé Crockett, Michigan State University

The REPID Program, Increasing Diversity in Biomedical Research – Dr Elahé Crockett, Michigan State University

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https://doi.org/10.26320/SCIENTIA289

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Dr Elahé Crockett and colleagues at Michigan State University have developed the Research Education Program to Increase Diversity in health researchers (REPID) program to train students from underrepresented, minority and disadvantaged backgrounds in the basic and advanced biomedical sciences. The goal of the program is to overcome the lack of diversity in biomedical research and clinical practice.
 

 

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When Viruses Infect Plants – Dr Hernan Garcia-Ruiz, University of Nebraska

When Viruses Infect Plants – Dr Hernan Garcia-Ruiz, University of Nebraska

When Viruses Infect Plants – Dr Hernan Garcia-Ruiz, University of Nebraska

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https://doi.org/10.26320/SCIENTIA298

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Just as human beings can catch a cold, plants can also get viral infections. Understanding the mechanisms regulating the interactions between plants and viruses is the first step towards developing better management strategies and using biotechnology methods to immunise plants and engineer genetic resistance to viruses in plants. This is the focus of research by Dr Hernan Garcia-Ruiz and his team based at the University of Nebraska, USA.
 

 

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Emerging Technologies to Enable Affordable Ocean Observing – Dr Brian Glazer, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa

Emerging Technologies to Enable Affordable Ocean Observing – Dr Brian Glazer, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa

Emerging Technologies to Enable Affordable Ocean Observing – Dr Brian Glazer, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa

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https://doi.org/10.33548/SCIENTIA330

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Coastal environments have immense ecological, practical, recreational and cultural value, and are under threat from multiple natural and anthropogenic stressors. Dr Brian Glazer and his team at the University of Hawai’i use specialised equipment to conduct remote coastal ‘health checks’ (smartcoastlines.org). They are also working to put the data directly into the hands of the public to encourage community-based management initiatives.
 

 

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Health Starts in the Cell Approaching Obesity from the Inside Out – Dr Yi Li, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

Health Starts in the Cell Approaching Obesity from the Inside Out – Dr Yi Li, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

Health Starts in the Cell Approaching Obesity from the Inside Out – Dr Yi Li, Texas A&M University-Kingsville

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https://doi.org/10.33548/SCIENTIA329

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Over the last few decades, obesity has become substantial public health concern. Obesity is associated with a myriad of other ailments and is on the rise in most developed countries. As with many chronic diseases, the development of an obese body type is often more complex than expected and involves a combination of environmental factors, genetic predisposition, and lifestyle choices. Dr Yi Li, of Texas A&M University – Kingsville, studies interactions between our environment and the inner workings of our cells to generate novel insights about chronic diseases such as obesity.

 

 

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Engendering Faculty and Student Engagement in STEM Education An Institutional Model

Engendering Faculty and Student Engagement in STEM Education An Institutional Model

Engendering Faculty and Student Engagement in STEM Education An Institutional Model

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https://doi.org/10.26320/SCIENTIA287

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An interdisciplinary team at the School of Science and Technology, the School of Education, and the School of Liberal Arts at Georgia Gwinnett College (GGC), are increasing student engagement in Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) courses, through embedded research experiences. Their innovative systems-level approach employs bidirectional interactions between students and faculty and High Impact Practices (HIPs) to increase graduation rates and prepare students for their future STEM careers.

 

 

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Neurophilic Design, Who We Are and Where We Are – Professor Heidi Zeeman, Griffith University

Neurophilic Design, Who We Are and Where We Are – Professor Heidi Zeeman, Griffith University

Neurophilic Design, Who We Are and Where We Are – Professor Heidi Zeeman, Griffith University

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https://doi.org/10.26320/SCIENTIA288

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Professor Heidi Zeeman of Griffith University and her collaborators are exploring the innovative research field of neurotrauma and the built environment. They endeavour to understand the experiences of individuals with different brain sensitivities and neurological disabilities and the environments in which they live, work and recover. This work will ultimately inform next generation therapeutic environments, workplace and residential design and the design of public spaces.
 

 

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Voice of the Sea, Innovation in Science Communication – Professor Kanesa Duncan Seraphin, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa

Voice of the Sea, Innovation in Science Communication – Professor Kanesa Duncan Seraphin, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa

Voice of the Sea, Innovation in Science Communication – Professor Kanesa Duncan Seraphin, University of Hawai’i at Mānoa

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https://doi.org/10.26320/SCIENTIA292

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Communicating science to the public is a difficult undertaking; communicating it in a way that encourages people to change their behaviour is a rare achievement. With her television series Voice of the Sea, Dr Kanesa Duncan Seraphin has produced an innovative program that connects viewers with ocean science and scientists and encourages them to take action to protect our seas.
 

 

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An Innovative Approach to Vascular Drug Delivery – Cylerus

An Innovative Approach to Vascular Drug Delivery – Cylerus

An Innovative Approach to Vascular Drug Delivery – Cylerus

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https://doi.org/10.26320/SCIENTIA258

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Prosthetic vascular grafts for dialysis access have a limited lifespan and usefulness due to inflammation, infection and especially blood vessel narrowing at the site of graft implantation. Consequently, patients need repeated surgeries to revise or replace the vascular conduits, which is an expensive and difficult procedure. Cylerus is an innovative company dedicated to developing new methods of drug delivery to prosthetic vascular grafts that has developed a novel medical device called the Drug-Eluting Cuff (DEC). The DEC significantly increases the lifetime of these critical access sites while decreasing costs and the harmful consequences to patients of repeated interventions to maintain graft function (patency) to support life-sustaining hemodialysis.
 

 

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Spinal Cord Damage and Emerging Treatments – Dr Jerry Silver, Case Western Reserve University

Spinal Cord Damage and Emerging Treatments – Dr Jerry Silver, Case Western Reserve University

Spinal Cord Damage and Emerging Treatments – Dr Jerry Silver, Case Western Reserve University

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https://doi.org/10.33548/SCIENTIA324

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Injuries to the spinal cord can cause permanent paralysis and even lead to death, with little to no hope of regaining lost functions once the trauma has occurred. Dr Jerry Silver and his team at Case Western Reserve University Medical School, USA, have been working to understand why nerves that are damaged through spinal injury don’t regenerate and to identify non-invasive, easy to administer strategies that can promote robust functional recovery.
 

 

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Progeny Developing Safeguards Against GPS Outages-Progeny Systems Corporation Charleroi

Progeny Developing Safeguards Against GPS Outages-Progeny Systems Corporation Charleroi

Progeny Developing Safeguards Against GPS Outages-Progeny Systems Corporation Charleroi

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https://doi.org/10.26320/SCIENTIA280

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With unprecedented advances in scientific research comes a growing body of data. Accurately interpreting these data is a significant obstacle to an improved understanding of biological systems and their behaviour during disease. To overcome this challenge, Dr Stuart C. Sealfon of the Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai is pioneering innovative approaches that incorporate mathematical modelling and computational prediction to further our understanding of human diseases.

 

 

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Orange Innovation, Creating Citrus Disease Resistance – Professor Fred G. Gmitter, Jr, Professor Zhanao Deng, Professor Yi Li

Orange Innovation, Creating Citrus Disease Resistance – Professor Fred G. Gmitter, Jr, Professor Zhanao Deng, Professor Yi Li

Orange Innovation, Creating Citrus Disease Resistance – Professor Fred G. Gmitter, Jr, Professor Zhanao Deng, Professor Yi Li

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https://doi.org/10.26320/SCIENTIA286

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Florida’s citrus industry is under threat from Huanglongbing (HLB, or citrus greening disease), a devastating plant disease. A collaboration between the University of Florida and the University of Connecticut aims to develop resistance to HLB in citrus plants, using conventional breeding and cutting-edge CRISPR gene-editing approaches.

 

 

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The Incredible Ways of DNA Replication – Professor Michael O’Donnell, The Rockefeller University

The Incredible Ways of DNA Replication – Professor Michael O’Donnell, The Rockefeller University

The Incredible Ways of DNA Replication – Professor Michael O’Donnell, The Rockefeller University

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For over 30 years, Professor Michael O’Donnell, based at the Rockefeller University in New York, has focused on the mechanisms involved in the duplication of genetic material in cells, a process known as DNA replication. Professor O’Donnell’s work spans from the early 1990s, when his team was the first to discover a ring-shaped protein that encircles DNA and clamps the replication machine to DNA. Most recently, the team has been studying the proteins involved in mammalian DNA replication.
 

 

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Let There Be Light – Professor Yubin Zhou, Texas A&M University

Let There Be Light – Professor Yubin Zhou, Texas A&M University

Let There Be Light – Professor Yubin Zhou, Texas A&M University

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Professor Yubin Zhou, from the Center for Translational Cancer Research at the Texas A&M University Institute of Biosciences & Technology, USA, is developing ways to use light to control cellular function. The researcher and his team are responsible for a series of breakthroughs in this field – known as optogenetics – including the exciting concept of using this method to develop novel ways to treat cancer.
 

 

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A Box in the Clouds – Professor Jeffrey C. Hoch, UConn Health

A Box in the Clouds – Professor Jeffrey C. Hoch, UConn Health

A Box in the Clouds – Professor Jeffrey C. Hoch, UConn Health

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Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is without doubt one of the most exciting analytic methods available in biomolecular medicine. Applications include structural biology, metabolic studies, disease diagnosis, and drug discovery. However, the use of NMR can be daunting and complicated, with a multitude of diverse computer programs for analysing the data to choose from. Professor Jeffrey C. Hoch from the University of Connecticut, USA, leads the development of the NMRbox platform, an extensive, freely available, not-for-profit resource aiming to help bring order to this chaos.
 

 

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SOONER – Fundamental and Applied Research on Open Online Education in the Netherlands

SOONER – Fundamental and Applied Research on Open Online Education in the Netherlands

SOONER – Fundamental and Applied Research on Open Online Education in the Netherlands

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The number of individuals engaging with open online learning is rapidly growing because this form of learning is a flexible means of education that can be adapted to a wide range of different circumstances. Through the SOONER (www.sooner.nu) project, Prof. Dr. Marco Kalz, affiliated to the Heidelberg University of Education and holder of the UNESCO chair of Open Education at the Open University of the Netherlands is working with colleagues at the Open University of the Netherlands, Utrecht University and Maastricht University to gain a better insight into how open online education can be developed in the future. SOONER or the ‘Structuration of Open Online Education in the Netherlands’ is a five-year project financed by the Netherlands Initiative for Educational Research (NRO), the Netherlands Organisation for Scientific Research (NWO) and the Dutch Ministry of Education that is supported by SURF – the collaborative ICT organisation for Dutch education and research.>
 

 

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Angler Attitudes, Understanding Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Harvests – Drs Andrew Scheld & William Goldsmith, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Angler Attitudes, Understanding Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Harvests – Drs Andrew Scheld & William Goldsmith, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

Angler Attitudes, Understanding Atlantic Bluefin Tuna Harvests – Drs Andrew Scheld & William Goldsmith, Virginia Institute of Marine Science

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https://doi.org/10.26320/SCIENTIA274

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Scientists from the Virginia Institute of Marine Science at the College of William & Mary are working to understand what motivates fishermen to target Atlantic bluefin tuna. Collaborating with the fishing community, the team surveyed over 5,000 bluefin tuna fishermen to inform sustainable management efforts and maximise fishermen welfare across the Northeast Atlantic coast of the United States. The team’s work is critical to the conservation of this legendary species.

 

 

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Promoting Inclusion in Environmental Policy Development – Professor Dr Jill H. Slinger, Delft University of Technology

Promoting Inclusion in Environmental Policy Development – Professor Dr Jill H. Slinger, Delft University of Technology

Promoting Inclusion in Environmental Policy Development – Professor Dr Jill H. Slinger, Delft University of Technology

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https://doi.org/10.26320/SCIENTIA260

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Responding to global environmental change requires ongoing effort, and long-term success depends heavily upon the input of local communities. Moreover, if diverse viewpoints are included in policy development, then shared solutions and common goals are achieved. Dr Jill Slinger from the Delft University of Technology is committed to this cause. She also brings a wealth of research experience on estuarine and coastal systems to the policy discussion table.
 

 

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