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36 news releases are tagged with the topic biology
November 2014
Cancer decoys
The research uses biodegradable polymers to build cancer traps that can be more easily eradicated.
October 2014
Stem cell generation
A bioengineering professor is working on research that injects microscaffolding into a patient, spurring use of that patient's own stem cells.
Meeting of the Minds
UT Arlington prepares for major role in international gathering of mind, brain and education experts.
Local inventors
Dozens of UT Arlington patent holders converge on National Academy of Inventors symposium.
Going with the flow
A new paper from UT Arlington's Biophysics and Physiology Lab explores how fluid flow affects neurons connecting as they do in the body.
September 2014
A research network
UT Arlington has received a $500,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to give researchers a faster computer network.
August 2014
A changing ocean
UT Arlington biologists looked at the lineages of Caribbean coral and found older species appear more hardy.
Detecting neural glitches
Research compares brain patterns to patients with mental illnesses.
Supporting tomorrow's leaders
A new UT Arlington, Arlington school district collaboration will create a STEM Academy for high school students, starting in 2015.
July 2014
Big data
A UT Arlington engineering professor has won a three-year NSF grant to develop an interactive gene expression database.
Enthusiasm and excellence rewarded
A UT Arlington biology student was one of 15 in the nation to earn the prestigious UNCF Merck Science Research Scholarship Award.
June 2014
Engineering, UT Southwestern collaborate on project
New device would require only urine sample instead of a blood draw to detect bladder cancer.
Revered for research
Herpetologists from around the world honored UT Arlington professor Jonathan Campbell for his contributions to the field.
Students improve after treatment
Published paper details use of functional near infrared spectroscopy to map brain activity responses during cognitive activities.
The why of Y
UT Arlington biologists studying the evolution of beetles have a new hypothesis about why some species lose their Y chromosome.
May 2014
Addressing water questions
A team of UT Arlington scientists is helping North Texas water conservation districts examine private well water.
April 2014
New method cuts time in generating bone tissue, comforts patients
Researchers at UT Arlington and Arlington Memorial Hospital are studying alternative ways of creating bone tissue for patients who need it.
March 2014
Bright futures
UT Arlington undergraduate Jessica Dawn Stevens was among less than 300 U.S. students awarded the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship.
Searching the universe
A team of UT Arlington physicists says scientists searching for habitable planets shouldn't overlook F-type stars.
Working & walking
New research by an assistant professor in the School of Urban and Public Affairs shows benefits of employees using treadmill workstations.
Connecting to research
Undergraduate Emmanuel Fordjour is already doing award-winning research on ways to fight a dangerous disease that he saw firsthand as a hospital volunteer.
February 2014
Technology recruits stem cells for reconstruction
Kytai Nguyen's National Institutes of Health work will make angioplasty, stenting procedures safer.
January 2014
New model drastically reduces run times
Paper proposes new computer model that accounts for nano-scale measurements and movements.
A changing Amazon
An assistant professor in the UT Arlington biology department recently published new discoveries about Amazon deforestation.
December 2013
Testing the tests
A new paper led by a UTA professor finds research on the value of popular concussion monitoring tests is not consistent.
Explaining nature's extremes
UT Arlington's Todd Castoe is lead author on a new paper detailing the sequencing of the Burmese python genome.
November 2013
Bioengineer concentrates on tissue, cellular research
A bioengineering associate professor was named an American Heart Association fellow.
October 2013
Science advances with Shimadzu
Two new student labs are open as part of the Shimadzu Institute for Research Technologies, a $25.2 million investment in science.
September 2013
Nguyen earns American Heart Association grant
A UT Arlington associate professor is working with the American Heart Association on a new method that could use injected nanoparticles to recruit stem cells from the patient’s own blood to build needed stents in a patient’s failing blood vessels.
Reclaiming streams
UTA biologists have found a natural way to address acid rain damage in the Adirondacks.
August 2013
Biochemistry junior wins prestigious EPA fellowship
John Gurak makes sustainability part of his biochemistry research at UTA, earns $50,000 EPA fellowship.
July 2013
Professor chosen for federal scientific review committee
The National Institutes of Health Center for Scientific Review has chosen Julian Hurdle to serve on a prestigious review committee.
May 2013
Professors assist in turtle genome research
The work sequences the genome of a western painted turtle, only the second reptile species to have its genetic information fully mapped.
February 2013
Bioengineer to use hybrid imaging system to see deep tissue
A UT Arlington bioengineer has been awarded a $407,163 National Science Foundation Early Career Development grant to use light and sound to produce an accurate image of a patient’s deep tissue.
January 2013
Bioengineer studying how to send drugs to lungs through nanotechnology
A UT Arlington bioengineering researcher has teamed with a UT Southwestern colleague to develop a nanoparticle drug delivery system that will help stimulate lung growth and function after partial lung removal or destructive lung disease.
Deforestation in the Amazon results in net losses for microbial communities
Research from an international team of microbiologists has revealed a new concern about deforestation in the Amazon rainforest – a troubling net loss in the diversity among the microbial organisms responsible for a functioning ecosystem.
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MavsArt Fall 2014
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Digital Photography
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The Price of Manifest Destiny: Maps relating to Wars in the Southwest
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Walk-In Hours - The Career Development Center - 9:00AM - 11:45AM
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Art Exhibition in The Gallery at UTA: Philip Van Keuren / Liz Ward
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Global Grounds
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AHM - Global Grounds
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Department of Biology Colloquium Series
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BIZ Network Event Featuring Bell Helicopter
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