Wednesday, April 04, 2012
Peter McCarthy, Ph.D., a marine microbiologist and research professor in Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, and Debopam Chakrabarti, Ph.D., professor of molecular biology and microbiology at the University of Central Florida, have been awarded a $410,000, two-year grant from the National Institutes of Health to identify marine microorganisms that can be used to combat malaria. ..
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Friday, March 09, 2012
To further establish their strong research and academic partnership, neuroscience faculty from Florida Atlantic University’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Science and Max Planck Florida Institute recently initiated the joint graduate program in Integrative Biology and Neuroscience (IBAN) with the inaugural graduate-level advanced neurophysiology course on FAU’s John D. MacArthur Campus in Jupiter.
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Tuesday, March 06, 2012
For more than 10 years, Dr. Xupei Huang, M.D., Ph.D. and his collaborators have painstakingly been investigating the mechanisms of restrictive cardiomyopathy in the laboratory. The investigation provides important clues on how a “normal” heart becomes an “abnormal” one in the diseased mouse models, as well as how to prevent this rare, life-threatening condition, and develop optimal personalized treatments. ..
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Monday, January 16, 2012
David J. Lewkowicz, Ph.D., a professor of psychology within the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science at Florida Atlantic University, and Amy Hansen-Tift, a doctoral student, have concluded a study that shows for the first time that infants learn how to talk by listening and looking. The two-year study, supported in part by grants from the National Science Foundation and the National Institutes of Health, is published in the current issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences and overturns the conventional view that infants learn how to talk only by listening to those around them. ..
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Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Florida Atlantic University’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Science will launch its Frontiers in Science 2012 public lecture series with a presentation by David Fitzpatrick, Ph.D., scientific director and chief executive officer of the Max Planck Florida Institute. “Illuminating Brain Circuits” will take place on Friday, January 6 at 3:30 p.m. in the Charles E. Schmidt Biomedical Science Center, Room 126, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton campus. ..
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Wednesday, November 23, 2011
Florida Atlantic University’s College of Education’s Student Achievement Council will host the 11thannual Student Research Symposium on Tuesday, November 29, from 4 to 8 p.m., at the FAU High School, 777 Glades Road, Boca Raton campus. “The Changing Face of Research” symposium will showcase the amount and variety of research being conducted in the field of education, as well as give students the opportunity to present their research and receive feedback. ..
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Wednesday, November 02, 2011
The Florida Shelf Edge Exploration (FLOSEE) expedition, led by scientists at Florida Atlantic University’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute (HBOI), recently returned with video images and marine specimens from previously unmapped and unexplored deep coral ecosystems off Florida. South Florida is surrounded by shallow reefs, and HBOI scientists have learned that the deep-water reef ecosystems may be even more extensive. One major discovery was a deep-water Lophelia coral reef off the Florida Keys in 1,800 feet of water; this appears to be the southern-most living deep-water Lophelia reef in continental U.S. waters. ..
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Wednesday, October 19, 2011
Florida Atlantic University science and engineering researchers within the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science and College of Engineering and Computer Science today released a study indicating that climate change will cause significant impacts on Southeast Florida’s water infrastructure, attributable to sea level rise and growing variation in seasonal rainfall patterns with more intense periods of drought alternating with increased torrential rainfall events. ..
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Thursday, September 29, 2011
The recently published Scripps Treasure Coast Newspaper article ("Florida Atlantic University asks state for $6 Million to create institute for science and technology") hails the proposed institute as a vehicle that will enhance FAU's partnerships with Scripps Florida, Max Planck Florida, the Torrey Pines Institute for Molecular Studies and the Vaccine and Gene Therapy Institute, thus leveraging state and local investments in these world-class biomedical research centers. In actuality, the possibilities go well beyond that, holding the potential to bring great economic benefits to our region. ..
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Sunday, September 25, 2011
Florida Atlantic University's presence on the Treasure Coast began with a few classes in teacher education at the Fort Pierce campus of then-Indian River Community College in 1974. ..
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