Microbiologists from six southeastern states gather at UAH for the regional ASM conference
Feb 18, 2020
The University of Alabama in Huntsville will host the 105th Southeast Branch meeting of the American Society for Microbiology (SEB ASM) on February 21-23. The meeting will celebrate advances of microbiological research in states in the southeastern...
Eight new tenure-track faculty receive research awards
Jan 23, 2020
Eight new tenure-track faculty at The University of Alabama in Huntsville (UAH) have been awarded a total of $79,622 in 2019-20 New Faculty Research (NFR) awards from UAH's Office of the Vice President for Research and Economic Development (OVPR). ...
UAH goes to iGEM
Dec 05, 2019
The UAH iGEM team- From left to right: Jonathan Kilroy, Emily Hartsell, JP Henry, Sharee Riggs, and Joseph Noble. ...
Discovery of an endangered species in a well-known cave raises questions
Sep 19, 2019
You’d think there’d be no way someone could newly discover an endangered species hanging out in Fern Cave in the Paint Rock River valley of Jackson County, so close to Huntsville, home to thousands of spelunkers exploring every cave, nook and c...
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...
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 ...
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
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
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...
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. ...
