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2020 HARRIET L. WILKES HONORS COLLEGE FEATURED GRADUATE PROFILES

By | May 7, 2020

2020 HARRIET L. WILKES HONORS COLLEGE FEATURED GRADUATE PROFILES

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FAU ANNOUNCES WINNERS OF ‘COVID-19 CHANGE CHALLENGE’

By | May 5, 2020

Florida Atlantic University has announced the winners of the COVID-19 Change Challenge organized by the Division of Research.

Connecting The Dots

Connecting The Dots

By | April 8, 2020

Cancer can be unpredictable. That’s why Gregg Fields, Ph.D., is researching how bone cells are tricked into allowing some types of cancer to invade the skeleton and rapidly take over. For example, multiple myeloma and breast cancer cells are known to penetrate bone tissue and metastasize.

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Undergraduate Research Training Initiative for Student Enhancement

By | April 8, 2020

Alex Keene, Ph.D., a professor of biological sciences in FAU's Charles E. Schmidt College of Science,  Rod Murphey, Ph.D., associate vice president for academic affairs of FAU's John D. MacArthur Campus and Evelyn Frazier, Ph.D., in FAU’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Science were awarded...

New Neuroscience Building

New Neuroscience Building

By | April 8, 2020

A new building on FAU’s Jupiter Campus will be an important milestone for the FAU Brain Institute – but director Randy Blakely says it’s just the beginning of a 10-year plan.

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FAU Brain Institute Ascend Program Provides Virtual Lessons for Kids

By | March 27, 2020

Florida Atlantic University’s Brain Institute, in partnership with the Stiles-Nicholson Foundation, is addressing the national shortage in STEM (science-technology-engineering and math) career-oriented students with ASCEND (Advancing STEM: Community Engagement through Neuroscience Discovery)-...

Trailblazers in Their Field

Trailblazers in Their Field

By | March 18, 2020

With the recent launch of the FAU chapter of the Association for Women in Science (AWIS), we turn the spotlight on some of the transformational work that is being carried out by women researchers at the university and efforts being made to recruit and retain women faculty, particularly in science,...

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Neuronal Glutamatergic Synaptic Clefts Alkalinize Rather Than Acidify during Neurotransmission

By | March 9, 2020

Gregory Macleod, an associate professor of biology in FAU’s Harriet L. Wilkes Honors College and the College of Science, and collaborators, used fluorescent reporters to investigate the acid/base balance in between nerve cells as they communicate with each other.

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Cavefish: Out of the Dark, Into the Limelight

By | February 26, 2020

Living isolated in the dark has altered the Mexican cavefish in eerie ways. Gone are its ancestral dark pigment and disc like eyes, both replaced by pink flesh. However, its unique biology is anything but skin deep, and scientists, including those interested in human health, are taking notice.