Study Finds Dramatic Growth in Numbers of “Supporting Scientists” on Research Teams

As university research has become more complex and interdisciplinary, laboratory teams have grown in size, with increasing numbers of specialists in such areas such as statistical analysis, electron microscopy or mass spectrometry. (Georgia Tech photo)
Dec 13, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
A new study examines the roles of supporting scientists in the research enterprise.

Swapping Bacteria May Help ‘Nemo’ Fish Cohabitate with Fish-Killing Anemones

A clownfish peers out of an anemone in a tank at Georgia Aquarium. Anemones usually sting, kill and eat fish, but not clownfish. Georgia Tech researchers found that the microbial colonies in the slime covering clownfish shifted markedly when the nested in an anemone. Could the microbes be putting out chemical messengers that pacify the fish killer? Credit: Georgia Tech / Ben Brumfield
Dec 10, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
Why the fish-killing anemone spares the clownfish is a scientific mystery that Georgia Tech marine microbiologists are now tackling in fish mucus.

Catalog of Cosmic Cataclysms Helps Establish Gravitational Wave Astronomy

Image shows simulation of gravitational waves produced when two binary black holes collide. (Credit: Center for Relativistic Astrophysics)
Dec 05, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
A new catalog of cataclysmic events supports the development of gravitational wave astronomy.

2019 Postdoc Teaching Courses are Open for Registration

Nov 28, 2018 -
Are you expecting to teach at the college level during the next phase of your career? Register for one or both of these six-week (non-credit) courses for postdocs offered by the Center for Teaching and Learning!

When Boy Fish Build Castles to Impress Girl Fish, Boy Genes Get a Rise

A special breed of cichlid fish has allowed researchers to match up gene activation with behavior. The up and down-regulation of genes may actually be steering ritual mating behaviors. The research is potentially useful in understanding autism since some genes involved in the fish behavior have human genetic cousins implicated in autism spectrum disorder. Credit: Georgia Tech / Rob Felt
Nov 21, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
Instinctive behavior may be directly driven be gene regulation, at least researchers were able to match the two up.

Brittain Fellow Courtney Hoffman Publishes Chapter on Theatre Productions of Frankenstein

Nov 07, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
Hoffman's essay, "‘Now I am a Man!’: Performing Sexual Violence in the National Theatre Production of Frankenstein," in the collection Global Frankenstein was just released in ebook in October and print in November, 2018.

Tiny Bacteria do a Big Job for Huge Fish Tank

Georgia Aquarium life support experts (like Matthew Regensburger, left) wanted to know which bacteria were removing nitrates from the water of Ocean Voyager, the largest indoor oceanic aquarium in the US. Georgia Tech marine biochemists (Andrew Burns, center, and Zoe Pratte, right) discovered very natural bacterial colonies at work.
Oct 31, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
How natural can the seawater in a large inland aquarium be? New study at Georgia Aquarium gives scientists a good sign

Finally, a Robust Fuel Cell that Runs on Methane at Practical Temperatures

This could actually become a practical, marketable energy solution. Practical to run at cooler temperatures and on cheap fuel: the new fuel cell in the lab of Meilin Liu at Georgia Tech. Credit: Georgia Tech / Christopher Moore
Oct 29, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
Cheap fuel, cool temperatures, low material costs: This fuel cell could spread to homes and cars.

New Chip Measures Multiple Cellular Responses to Speed Drug Discovery

CMOS multi-modal cellular interface array chip in operation in a standard biology lab.
Oct 24, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
Nano-electric technology may improve the drug development process.

Aurora Tsai Receives Award at 5th Postdoctoral Research Symposium

(From left to right) 2018 Postdoctoral Research Symposium awardees Aurora Tsai, Skanda Vivek, Mohammad Mofidfar, Abouzar Kaboudian, Jacqueline Palmer, Harish Ravichandar, Katalin Dosa, and Seung Yup “Paul” Lee
Oct 03, 2018 - Atlanta, GA
The School of Modern Languages postdoctoral fellow won the award for Best Presentation from the Ivan Allen College of Liberal Arts.