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A Husker research team led by Limei Zhang, assistant professor of biochemistry, has been awarded a five-year, $1.8 million grant to study the novel mechanisms of iron-sulfur proteins that play multifaceted roles in stress response and antibiotic resistance.

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Husker team awarded $1.8M to investigate iron-sulfur redox mechanisms

November 18, 2020

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Extreme Light Laboratory research advancing despite pandemic

November 16, 2020

Nicole Iverson (center), assistant professor of biological systems engineering at Nebraska, works with then-undergraduate Janelle Adams and graduate student Eric Hofferber in August 2016. The Iverson Lab has earned a $1.77 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services to make nitric oxide sensors easy to use and to utilize them to study both healthy and diseased cells.

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Husker research team earns grant to improve nitric oxide sensors

November 11, 2020

Photo of flags

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International Education Week brings the world (virtually) to Nebraska

November 6, 2020

Cutline: Nebraska’s Asit Pattnaik (pictured) and UNMC’s Tom Petro are developing a vaccine framework that exploits the properties of a naturally occurring nanoparticle in an effort to produce a stronger, longer-lasting immune response than other COVID-19 vaccine candidates. They’re also taking a closer look at how SARS-CoV-2, the coronavirus that causes COVID-19, inhibits the immune system.

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Researchers aim to use protein to ramp up COVID-19 antigens’ impact

November 5, 2020

With support from the Office of Research and Economic Development’s COVID-19 Rapid Response Grant Program, Shi-Hua Xiang is in the early stages of developing a bacterial delivery system for a COVID-19 vaccine that would be delivered directly to the respiratory tract as a nasal spray.

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Nasal spray could mean needle-free COVID-19 vaccine

November 4, 2020

Global Homecoming

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Alumni homecoming spotlights global Husker pride

October 30, 2020

A team of Husker biochemists led by Mark A. Wilson has received a four-year, $1.18 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services to better understand how enzymes work.

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Husker biochemists earn $1.18M grant to study enzymes

October 30, 2020

International flag display on the Green Space outside the Nebraska Union from 2019.

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Partners sought for International Education Week celebration

October 22, 2020

Gary Kebbel

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Nebraska leads global discussion on leveraging virtual connections in the classroom

October 8, 2020

A team of Husker biochemists led by Alex Vecchio has earned a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the Department of Health and Human Services’ National Institute of General Medical Sciences to understand how the structure and assembly of membrane proteins influence the function and dysfunction of tight junctions.

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Husker biochemists earn $1.8M grant to study tight junctions

October 7, 2020

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Human trafficking conference goes virtual, expands reach

October 1, 2020