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UK Study Shows Cell Signaling Interaction May Prevent Key Step in Lung Cancer Progression

New findings from University of Kentucky faculty published in Scientific Reports reveals a novel cell signaling interaction that may prevent a key step in lung cancer progression.

UK Senior Selected for MD/PhD Fellowship at Dartmouth

Angela Wei, an agricultural and medical biotechnology and mathematics senior from Lexington, was one of only five students across the country selected to participate in the 2017 Dartmouth MD/PhD Undergraduate Summer Fellowship Program.

Yinan Wei Receives National Science Foundation Award

Yinan Wei, associate professor of chemistry at the University of Kentucky, has received an award to study membrane protein oligomerizations in bilayers. The project also integrates an outreach program for girls aged 12-18 at the Hope Hill Youth Service, introducing science and science careers.

Matthew Gentry: Biofuels, Epilepsy and Science Advocacy

Gentry's research on a plant protein that stores sugars like the human protein implicated in Lafora disease, led him to an international partnership to find a cure.

"You Have to Follow the Science Where it Takes You"

The similarities between a plant and human protein may be the key to curing Lafora disease.

UK Research Spinoff Company MosquitoMate Expands Lexington Operations

MosquitoMate, a UK research spinoff, is expanding operations to meet demands of mosquito-borne disease and pest control.

The Power of Genetics with Neurobiologist Robin Cooper

Cooper is using fruit flies and crayfish to shed light on neurobiology.

Plant Reproduction with the Nicholas McLetchie Lab

This lab team in biology studies reproduction of nonvascular plants like mosses.

Plant Reproduction with the McLetchie Lab

Biologist Nicholas McLetchie, and Ph.D. students Jonathan Moore and Rose Marks, study sexual reproduction of nonvascular plants like liverworts and mosses.

BioBonanza Highlights UK Biology Research

BioBonanza is a one-day open house festival and part of a month-long celebration of Thomas Hunt Morgan and the Department of Biology's research.

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