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How AI Could Turn Invasive Eye Injections into Simple Eye Drops

Supported by a $2.35 million NIH grant, UMD and Johns Hopkins researchers are using AI to develop longer-lasting eye drops for glaucoma and other eye diseases.

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Heng Huang Secures Funding for AI-Powered Vitals Monitor and Medical Imaging Test Bed

He is leading two new federally funded projects aimed at improving the use of artificial intelligence in healthcare.

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UMD Researchers Take Microbiome Questions to Reddit

Computer scientist Mihai Pop and postdoctoral associate Marcus Fedarko discuss how computational tools help decode the microbial world.

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Rolling the Dice on Microbiome Science

The new game—designed by MPower Professor Mihai Pop—challenges players to turn scientific symbols into imaginative research ideas.

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UMIACS Faculty Lead, Deliver Keynotes at Major International Conferences

Three UMIACS researchers took on leadership and speaking roles at international conferences spanning AI, computational biology and microbiome research.

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CBCB Researchers Showcase Research at ISMB 2026

Faculty, students and a postdoctoral researcher will contribute talks, posters and a keynote address.

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UMD Researcher Discusses Beach Bacteria Risks on FOX Weather

Kyle Brumfield shares how researchers are tracking and forecasting bacterial contamination in coastal waters as beachgoers head to the shore this summer.

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Patro Makes Biological Data Easier to Search

He discusses how his early interest in video games led to a career building search engines and software tools for massive biological datasets.

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Repurposing Cancer Research to Defeat a Disfiguring Tropical Disease

With new NIH funding, Najib El-Sayed is repurposing cancer-fighting inhibitors to block the metabolic “off-switch” Leishmania uses to hijack the immune system.

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Patro Receives BBI Seed Funding for Laser-Tagging Study of Brain Cells

The new approach marks individual cells with light, allowing researchers to link a cell’s genetic makeup to its response during stimulation and behavior.

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