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Jan 12, 2016

CIDD Epidemics MOOC a success!

In the fall of 2013, eight CIDD faculty, supported by 30 others, including eight CIDD graduate student teaching assistants ran a Massive Open Online Course (MOOC) titled Epidemics: The Dynamics of Infectious Disease.

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Nov 06, 2014

Battling drug-resistant pathogens

Biologist Andrew Read argues for new treatment strategies in race against rapidly evolving 'bugs.'

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Oct 14, 2014

Ebola 2014

Epidemics MOOC team discuss the current Ebola outbreak.

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Aug 20, 2014

Elyse E. Munoz receives the ASM Robert D. Watkins Graduate Research Fellowship

Elyse E. Munoz, a Ph.D. graduate student in the Huck Institutes' genetics program was named a 2014-2017 recipient of a Robert D. Watkins Graduate Research Fellowship.

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Jan 21, 2014

Modernizing malaria research through a new, interdisciplinary approach to parasitology

Huck Institutes faculty researcher Manuel Llinas uses cutting-edge techniques in metabolomics and genomics to try and beat the malaria-causing Plasmodium parasite.

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Aug 03, 2010

Ancient gene family linked to the future of epileptic seizures

A potassium-channel gene belonging to an ancient gene family more than 542 million years old is opening new avenues in epilepsy research, and may one day allow researchers to develop more effective drugs with fewer side effects for the treatment of epileptic seizures.

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