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Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences
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January 31, 2022
Undergraduate research on the rise at RIT
With the help of strong mentors, undergraduate researchers cultivate critical thinking, collaboration, and problem-solving skills. Conducting research can help students synthesize concepts they learned in their classes to create something new.
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January 31, 2022
Tait Preserve becoming hotbed for interdisciplinary research
RIT has an emerging new hotspot for interdisciplinary research about 25 minutes from the main campus. The Tait Preserve includes a 60-acre lake and a private mile of Irondequoit Creek adjacent to Ellison Park, offering endless opportunities for research, education, and conservation activities.
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January 19, 2022
CORBEVAX, a new patent-free COVID-19 vaccine, could be a pandemic game changer globally
Essay by Maureen Ferran, associate professor in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, published by The Conversation.
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December 30, 2021
Livingston Co. distributes KN95 masks to its residents amid omicron spike
WHAM-TV talks to Andre Hudson, professor and head of the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, about the benefits of KN95 masks versus cloth masks.
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December 24, 2021
On a yacht off St. Barts, the future of covid testing is taking shape
The Washington Post talks to Jennifer Schneider, professor and Eugene H. Fram Chair of Applied Critical Thinking, and Maureen Ferran, associate professor in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, about technology advances and COVID-19 tests.
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December 20, 2021
Genomic sequencing: Here’s how researchers identify omicron and other COVID-19 variants
Essay by Andre Hudson, professor and head, and Crista Wadsworth, assistant professor, Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, published by The Conversation.
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November 24, 2021
DNA damage from COVID-19 spike proteins in lab study does not apply directly to COVID-19 vaccines
PolitiFact talks to Andre Hudson, head of the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, about a study on the spike protein that covers the surface of the COVID-19 virus.
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October 29, 2021
Antibiotic resistance is at a crisis point – government support for academia and Big Pharma to find new drugs could help defeat superbugs
Essay by Andre Hudson, professor and head of the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, published by The Conversation. This article was republished by Yahoo News, among others.
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October 4, 2021
RIT researchers part of $15 million NSF grant aimed at reducing food waste
A $15 million grant from the National Science Foundation will be used to establish the first national academic research network on wasted food in the United States. Under the grant, researchers from American University will lead 13 other institutions, including RIT, in a five-year project.
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September 28, 2021
NIH funds RIT project to search for novel antibiotics to fight multidrug-resistant bacteria
Professor André Hudson, head of the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, received a $443,583 grant from the National Institutes of Health’s Department of Health and Human Services to isolate, identify, and characterize new antibiotics.
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September 28, 2021
Researchers receive funding to research and address how plastic ends up in Great Lakes
Professor Christy Tyler from the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences and Associate Professor Matthew Hoffman from the School of Mathematical Sciences secured two NOAA Marine Debris Program awards to lead interdisciplinary projects with big environmental implications.
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September 25, 2021
New Johnson & Johnson data shows second shot boosts antibodies and protection against COVID-19 – but one dose is still strong against delta variant
Essay by Maureen Ferran, associate professor in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, published by The Conversation.