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University of Georgia to host international symposium on One Health

The University of Georgia Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute and Faculty of Infectious Diseases along with the University of Liverpool will host the first international One Health Symposium March 21-23 at the UGA Center for Continuing Education.

ARCS Foundation awards $70,000 to UGA biomedical sciences graduate students

Nature study reveals loss of essential blood cell gene leads to anemia

Scientists at the University of Georgia, Harvard Medical School and the University of Utah have discovered a new gene that regulates heme synthesis in red blood cell formation. Heme is the deep-red, iron-containing component of hemoglobin, the protein in red blood cells responsible for transporting oxygen in the blood.

UGA researcher receives $1.5 million NIH grant to identify unknown anemias

University of Georgia microbiologist Harry Dailey has received a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the molecular mechanisms behind a class of previously unidentified anemias that result from disordered processes in red blood cell formation.

One Health mini-symposium to focus on climate change, infectious disease

On April 3, experts from the University of Georgia, Emory University and the University of Liverpool in the United Kingdom will spend the afternoon sharing their One Health perspectives on how a changing climate might impact the incidence of infectious diseases in both people and animals around the globe.

Atlanta ARCS Foundation awards $70,000 to UGA biomedical graduate students

The Atlanta chapter of the ARCS® Foundation, Inc. recently awarded $70,000 to nine outstanding doctoral students in biomedical and health sciences at the University of Georgia, one of whom received a special $10,000 grant for global health research abroad. The presentations were made at an awards ceremony held in Atlanta.

Eye experts to meet at UGA for international symposium on aniridia and low vision disorders

More than a dozen of the world's leading experts in low vision treatment and research will travel to the University of Georgia to speak at the inaugural Aniridia and Low Vision Research Symposium July 15-17 at the Georgia Center for Continuing Education and Conference Center.

UGA grad students, postdocs to present third Scientific Research Day on May 20

The University of Georgia Graduate Students and Postdocs in Science will hold its third annual Scientific Research Day on May 20 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. at the Paul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences and the College of Veterinary Medicine.

Atlanta ARCS Foundation awards $55,000 to support seven UGA graduate students in biomedical sciences

The Atlanta chapter of the Achievement Rewards for College Students Foundation recently awarded $55,000 to seven outstanding University of Georgia doctoral students in the biomedical and health sciences, one of whom will receive a special $10,000 grant for global health research abroad.

UGA receives $700,000 grant to create new Professional Science Master’s program

UGA grad students, postdocs to present second Scientific Research Day on June 18

The University of Georgia Graduate Students and Postdocs in Science organization will hold its second annual Scientific Research Day on June 18 at the Paul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences.

UGA Global Health Symposium to focus on research relationships in East Africa

The University of Georgia College of Public Health and the Biomedical and Health Sciences Institute, along with the new UGA Center for Global Health, will host the third annual Global Health Symposium, titled "Health and Disease in East Africa: Research and Partnerships" April 8-9 at the Paul D. Coverdell Center for Biomedical and Health Sciences.

UGA graduate student and postdoc group organizes symposium

The University of Georgia Graduate Students and Postdocs in Science will hold their second annual Science Career Symposium on Dec. 3 at the Complex Carbohydrate Research Center.

Foundation Fellowships support seven UGA graduate students

The Atlanta chapter of the ARCS® Foundation, Inc. (Achievement Rewards for College Students) will award $45,000 to seven outstanding American doctoral students in the biomedical and health sciences at the University of Georgia, four of whom are receiving the funding for the first time.

World experts gather for UGA flu conference

In an effort to address the ongoing H1N1 pandemic and to prepare against future ones, leading influenza experts from around the world will gather at the University of Georgia for the third annual "Immunobiology of Influenza Virus Infection" conference at the University of Georgia Center for Continuing Education Conference Center and Hotel on July 26-28.