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Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC)

What you need to know when using biohazardous materials

The University of Maryland, Baltimore County Institutional Biosafety Committee (IBC) has been approved by the NIH Office of Biotechnology Activities. The IBC is responsible for ensuring that all...

Posted: July 2, 2015, 11:10 AM

Export Control update - FBI travel guidance

The FBI recently released travel guidance for faculty and students planning to travel outside the U.S. or  to study abroad.  This guidance is aimed at protecting academic research and to ensure...

Posted: July 1, 2015, 8:58 PM

High performance computing REU Site program sets new records

Students from across US work w/ high profile clients at UMBC

UMBC's unique undergraduate research summer program in high performance computing just hit a new record: enrolling 33 students from across the nation with funding over $350,000. Supported by the...

Posted: June 28, 2015, 6:22 PM

The Sum of the Parts

By Andrew Myers From the Apple Watch to Fitbit, the rage in technology these days is all about wearable, touchable devices. Tech gurus and cutting-edge engineers talk of a day when all the many...

Posted: June 24, 2015, 1:54 PM

Turning the Tides

Even as a teenager, Lorraine Remer was fascinated by weather, tides and currents. At UMBC, she has made a career forging those key elements of climate into compelling research and a new business....

Posted: June 24, 2015, 1:52 PM

A Continuum of Care

UMBC Center for Aging Studies researchers receive $1.4 million grant for work to enhance the well-being of older adults. There are nearly 5,000 adult day care centers in the United States, but...

Posted: June 24, 2015, 1:50 PM

UMBC team's egg development insight in Nature Communications

Research demonstrates impact of collaboration across fields.

An interdisciplinary UMBC research team has combined developmental biology and mathematics research methods to reveal dramatic new insights on egg development in the latest issue of Nature...

Posted: June 18, 2015, 8:26 AM

Animal Sentinel Program

The IACUC has recently updated its guidance regarding the use of sentinel animals in rodent housing areas to assure that the colony remains free of specific pathogens.  UMBC's Attending...

Posted: June 11, 2015, 1:32 PM