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Ancient water could have driven early protein formation on Earth
Research by Professor of Chemistry George C. Shields and students demonstrates how water may have sped up the creation of proteins in the prebiotic world, causing a chemical cascade that led to all life on...
Continue ReadingLinnea Freeman Wins Three-Year, $416,000 NIH Research Grant
Freeman and a team of undergraduate researchers will use the funds to investigate the role of the gut microbiome in the consumption of palatable food.
Continue ReadingBrain food: Freeman’s research looks at link between microbiome and immune cells
How autism and sex differences are influenced by the gut microbiome are also targets of her research.
Continue ReadingAdi Dubash earns $250,000 Grant from National Institutes of Health
The three-year award focuses on desmosomes, structures that connect cells to each other and allow them to stretch, divide, spread and move.
Continue ReadingFurman research helps elevate Paladin Men’s Basketball
Research by staff in Athletics and faculty in Health Sciences has helped Furman men's basketball players reach new heights in physical conditioning.
Continue ReadingPresident who? People remember president names more than faces
More than 65 percent of respondents to a survey thought that Alexander Hamilton was a president of the United States, despite a blockbuster Broadway musical that explained otherwise. The finding was part of a study...
Continue ReadingFurman ranks third in South Carolina in NSF funding
Funding to Furman University from the National Science Foundation (NSF) has grown more than six-fold in recent years. New data from the NSF show Furman received $2.129 million in fiscal year 2020, the third-highest amount...
Continue ReadingProteins that help cells move like Spiderman also control cell spreading
Cells move around in our bodies kind of like Spiderman, by sticking to something and pulling themselves along. It’s well known that cells adhere to each other using sticky proteins called desmogleins, but new research...
Continue ReadingSummer research reaches new height
For more stories about student research, click here. Students and faculty have been doing summer research together at Furman since at least 1966, but the numbers have grown steadily in recent years. In 2016, there...
Continue ReadingNIH study funds new way to measure link between racial inequity and preterm births
Scientists are trying to find new ways to measure the link between racial inequity and premature birth, says Furman public health researcher Shaniece Criss. A $3.3 million grant from the National Institutes of Health could...
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