Even if they are never directly touched by COVID-19, Chancellor Moloney-Jacqueline-Chancellor Jacquie Moloney is concerned about the pandemic’s toll on UMass Lowell students. “This is the most…
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AMHERST, Mass. – A common food additive, recently banned in France but allowed in the U.S. and many other countries, was found to significantly alter gut microbiota in mice, causing inflammation in…
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AMHERST, Mass. – The ºÚÁÏapp Amherst today announced its Fall 2020 Reopening Plan , noting that while almost all of the university’s courses will be taught remotely this fall,…, Health and Safety, The university will establish a Public Health Promotion Center to be the central coordinating and operational center for COVID-19 on campus. It will focus on the following: asymptomatic testing (…, Teaching and Learning, The university previously announced an altered academic calendar for fall 2020, with a start date of Aug. 24 for classes. Classes will end Nov. 20, at Thanksgiving Break, when students will move out…, Residential Life, While all courses that do not require physical presence on campus will be offered remotely this fall, all undergraduate students who have reserved on-campus housing for the upcoming semester, and for…, Campus Life, As a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, the university is offering its immersive residential experience, which is conducive to students’ learning and academic progress, in a manner that is intended to…
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UMass Medical School biomedical research scientist Celia Schiffer, PhD, has been selected as a fellow of the Hedwig van Ameringen Executive Leadership in Academic Medicine (ELAM) program at Drexel…, Related stories on UMassMedNow:, 2019 Investiture Ceremony honors four named professors and their benefactors Celia Schiffer honored with William C. Rose Award from American Society for Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Celia …
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In recent months, even as our attention has been focused on the coronavirus outbreak, there have been a slew of scientific breakthroughs in treating diseases that cause blindness. Researchers at U.S…, The eye as a testing ground for CRISPR, Gene therapy involves inserting the correct copy of a gene into cells that have a mistake in the genetic sequence of that gene, recovering the normal function of the protein in the cell. The eye is…, A new technology to erase the mutation, Lately, scientists have been developing a powerful new tool that is shifting biology and genetic engineering into the next phase. This breakthrough gene editing technology, which is called CRISPR…, A new CEP290 gene therapy strategy, An ongoing project in my laboratory focuses on designing a gene therapy approach for the same gene CEP290. Contrary to the CRISPR approach, which can target only a specific mutation at one time, my…, More ways to tackle blindness, In another study just reported in the journal Science, German and Swiss scientists have developed a revolutionary technology , which enables mice and human retinas to detect infrared radiation. This…
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Lorena Estrada-Martinez , an assistant professor of environment and public health in the School for the Environment (SFE) , recently received an $800,000 three-year grant from the US Environmental…
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Assistant Professor of Special Education Kristin Murphy was honored Wednesday during a special Zoom ceremony as one of five ºÚÁÏapp faculty to receive the 2020 Manning Prize for…
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AMHERST, Mass. – ºÚÁÏapp Amherst biostatistician Nicholas Reich has been awarded grants from the U.S. Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) and the National Institutes…
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AMHERST, Mass. – Kritika Pandey, a 2020 graduate of the ºÚÁÏapp Amherst’s MFA for Poets and Writers, wins the 2020 Commonwealth Short Story Prize for her short story, “The Great…
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AMHERST, Mass. – As thousands of hopeful coronavirus shut-ins look forward to heading to Atlantic beaches for the July 4 holiday, ºÚÁÏapp Amherst entomologist Rodger Gwiazdowski…
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