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Does It Still take a Village?
A team of UMD researchers funded by a new $2.5 million grant will study how marriage and kinship in impoverished communities in Nairobi, Kenya (pictured) shape childrearing there. (Photo by Shutterstock) The old adage “it takes a village” refers to the support network of family and community necessary to raise a child, and now a multidisciplinary team of University of Maryland researchers will spend the next five years examining how the proverbial “village” functions in rapidly urbanizing yet impoverished communities in Kenya.
UMD Researchers Develop Tools to Sharpen 3D View of Large RNA Molecules
University of Maryland scientists have developed a method to determine the structures of large RNA molecules at high resolution. The method overcomes a challenge that has limited 3D analysis and imaging of RNA to only small molecules and pieces of RNA for the past 50 years.
UMD Biologist Awarded $ 1.5 Million to Develop Brain Mapping Techniques
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) awarded its Director’s New Innovator Award to University of Maryland Biology Assistant Professor Colenso Speer.
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