Putcha Venkateswarlu 22nd Annual Memorial Lecture

Putcha Venkateswarlu 22nd Annual Memorial Lecture

Aug 23, 2019

The 22nd Putcha Venkateswarlu Annual Memorial Lecture “The Quest for the Structure of the Ribosome, the Machine that Reads Our Genes” will be held at 3PM on Tuesday, September 24th, 2019 at the Alabama A&M University in the Dawson Auditorium, C...

Dr. David Berkowitz

UAH and the Université d’Évry-Val-d’Essonne sign MOU codifying cooperative endeavors

Aug 06, 2019

UAH and the Université d’Évry-Val-d’Essonne (UEVE), a member institution of the Université Paris-Saclay, signed a Memorandum of Understanding earlier this summer to codify their commitment to developing mutually beneficial academic programs ...

Georgia blind salamander

UAH professor part of San Antonio Zoo’s successful effort to breed enigmatic salamander

Jul 23, 2019

Dr. Matthew Niemiller, an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at UAH, is part of a team that has – for the first time ever – successfully bred the imperiled Georgia blind salamander (Eurycea wallacei) in effort to ...

Co-authored article on ensemble docking selected as one of 2018’s best in the field

Co-authored article on ensemble docking selected as one of 2018’s best in the field

Jul 16, 2019

A paper co-authored by Dr. Jerome Baudry, the Mrs. Pei-Ling Chan Professor of Biological Sciences at UAH, was selected for inclusion in the "Best of 2018" issue of "Biophysical Journal." A total of 12 articles were chosen in the field of biophysics...

Orphan disease treatment “at a tipping point” thanks to advances in clinical pharmacology

Orphan disease treatment “at a tipping point” thanks to advances in clinical pharmacology

Jul 03, 2019

When it comes to understanding and treating orphan diseases, "it’s the beginning of a new era," says Dr. Jerome Baudry, the Mrs. Pei-Ling Chan Professor of Biological Sciences at UAH. Until now, he explains, healthcare providers have tended to tr...

Desalyn Johnson

UAH COS honors graduate Desalyn Johnson to enter UAB medical school, earn dual degrees

Apr 29, 2019

Desalyn Johnson discovered biology at the age of 12, and it changed her life forever. “We learned about the human body systems for the first time. All the organelles and cells that make up our bodies amazed me. ...

Alaska wildfires and Iowa droughts topics for NASA DEVELOP presentations

Alaska wildfires and Iowa droughts topics for NASA DEVELOP presentations

Apr 03, 2019

Three students and one alumna at UAH recently made presentations to NASA Marshall Space Flight Center (MSFC) officials regarding their research as part of the UAH-hosted MSFC node of NASA DEVELOP. ...

Novel else-tree classifier seeks to minimize misclassification in biological research studies

Novel else-tree classifier seeks to minimize misclassification in biological research studies

Jan 28, 2019

Truong Xuan Tran may have started his academic career as an electronic and telecommunication engineering major at the Hanoi University of Science and Technology, but since coming to the U.S., he’s decided to follow his passion for computer scienc...

Research

Seven get New Faculty Research awards

Dec 04, 2018

Seven new tenure-track faculty members at UAH will share $62,518 in 2018-19 New Faculty Research (NFR) awards from UAH's Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development. ...

Alabama’s bioscience industry buoyed by research universities like UAH

Alabama’s bioscience industry buoyed by research universities like UAH

Oct 03, 2018

The nation’s bioscience industry is rapidly becoming an economic driver according to a recent report from the Biotechnology Innovation Organization, generating $2 trillion in annual economic impact and employing more than 1.74 million people. ...