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UK Professor's Project Helps Astronomy Community Study the Stars

Dec 6, 2018, 8:31 AM

Since 1981, with continuous funding from NSF and NASA, UK astronomer Gary Ferland has used computing to better understand our universe. He developed Cloudy, a computer code that predicts how light is emitted so scientists can interpret the light received from celestial bodies.

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UK, UNC Research Will Assist FDA in Making Opioid Regulatory Decisions

Dec 5, 2018, 8:59 AM

Svetla Slavova, Ph.D., associate professor of biostatistics in the UK College of Public Health's Kentucky Injury Prevention and Research Center, will lead work that includes collaboration with the Kentucky All Schedule Prescription Electronic Reporting (KASPER) system, the Kentucky Office of Vital Statistics and the Office of the Chief Medical Examiner.

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UK Physiologist Uses Biomechanics to Understand Lung Healing

Dec 4, 2018, 8:59 AM

With funds from NIH, Chris Waters is studying the biomechanics of lung healing to help patients with Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS).

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'Behind the Blue': UK’s Don Frazier Stays Forever Young Through Science Outreach, Research

Dec 4, 2018, 8:55 AM

Dr. Frazier is still involved with the UK Science Outreach Center, which he began and which is now named in his honor.

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$3.4 Million Grant Empowers UK, U of L, and State Commission to Support Kentucky Children with Hearing Loss and Deafness

Nov 30, 2018, 10:41 AM

The five-year federal grant will be used to provide and study an evidence-based “Family Check-Up” program at ten hearing clinics throughout the state, with the aim of improving treatment and outcomes by increasing positive parenting and decreasing disruptive behavior.

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UK Office of Technology Commercialization Partners With CED and UofL to Develop a Commercialization Center

Nov 28, 2018, 9:07 AM

The University of Kentucky’s Office of Technology Commercialization (OTC) working with the Cabinet for Economic Development’s (CED) KY Innovation office and the University of Louisville is leading the development of a Commonwealth Commercialization Center (C3), a new approach to resourcing all commercialization and intellectual property needs across the Commonwealth’s public universities and colleges.

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Daret St. Clair Receives Lifetime Achievement Award from International Society

Nov 27, 2018, 9:25 AM

University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center researcher Daret St. Clair, Ph.D., has been named the 2018 Lifetime Achievement Award Recipient from the Society for Redox Biology and Medicine (SfRBM).

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UK Part of New Kentucky University Technology Commercialization Initiative

Nov 26, 2018, 8:56 AM

University of Kentucky and University of Louisville will assist other universities in the state in how to translate intellectual property and innovations into market-ready products and startups.

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New NCI Grant Expands Markey’s Successful Oncology Training Program to High Schoolers

Nov 26, 2018, 8:51 AM

After successfully launching an oncology training program for Appalachian undergrads in 2016, the University of Kentucky Markey Cancer Center is expanding the program to include high school students.

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UK Biochemist Recognized for Work in FUS-ALS

Nov 21, 2018, 8:26 AM

Researchers at the University of Kentucky have discovered new biological processes by which mutations in the FUS gene cause neurodegeneration in amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS).

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