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Stempel College receives $6.6M to study Parkinson’s disease
The NIEHS has awarded professor Kim Tieu a $6.6 million grant to study how brain cells die in Parkinson’s disease and to develop effective drug therapies for this brain condition.
June 25, 2019
$1.5 million grant readies doctoral students for research
FIU is launching a transdisciplinary biomolecular and biomedical sciences training program for doctoral students thanks to a $1.5 million grant from the National Institutes of Health.
June 4, 2019

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Biochemist goes in search of biomarkers for disease
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences has awarded FIU’s Biomolecular Sciences Institute $1. 6 ...
February 27, 2020
Online trade poses new threat for wild orchids
Online wild orchid trade may be as pervasive and illegal as it is in the physical markets.
February 27, 2020
Rare, endangered orchids slip across porous southern Chinese border
Hong Liu conducted first-ever study of the wild orchid trade in southern China and found that it’s illegal and more widespread than presumed.
February 27, 2020
Scientists discover how mosquitoes zero in on our sweat
A team of researchers from FIU’s Laboratory of Tropical Genetics has identified a unique olfactory receptor.
March 28, 2019