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William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professors Announced
Twelve professors in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences were recently named William Neal Reynolds Distinguished Professors.
Making Magic: How Hiring a Scientist With Expertise Outside Vet Med was Essential to Cat Gallbladder Discovery
Two veterinary internists at the NC State College of Veterinary Medicine have determined that a cat’s gallbladder doesn’t have its own microbiome, an important discovery for the treatment of feline cholangitis, the most common acquired inflammatory liver disease in domestic cats.
Nathan Crook receives NSF CAREER Award
Professor Nathan Crook has received a National Science Foundation (NSF) CAREER Award for his proposal, “Enhancing Probiotic Yeast Colonization for Stable in Situ Biomanufacturing.” The NSF describes CAREER awards as among its “… most prestigious awards in support of early-career faculty who have the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization.”
The Right Cocktail of Gut Enzymes Can Stop C. diff in its Tracks
Understanding the interaction between enzymes from “good” bacteria like lactobacillus and the gut environment will enable us to design probiotics that inhibit C. diff.
Daniela (Ela) Castellanos-Reyes to Join NC State as Assistant Professor Part of Digital Transformation of Education Cluster
Daniela (Ela) Castellanos-Reyes is the newest Chancellor’s Faculty Excellence Program cluster hire at NC State University. In August, she will join NC State’s Digital Transformation of Education cluster’s interdisciplinary team and NC State’s College of Education as an assistant professor of learning, design and technology. Currently, she is an National Academy of Education/Spencer Dissertation Fellow earning her Ph.D. in learning design and technology from Purdue University.
Researchers Engineer Probiotic Yeast to Produce Beta-Carotene
The work shows how a suite of genetic engineering tools can be used to modify the yeast.
New Framework Improves Performance of Deep Neural Networks
A new framework for building deep neural networks – called AOGNets – outperforms existing state-of-the-art artificial intelligence frameworks, including the widely-used ResNet and DenseNet systems, in visual recognition tasks.
Two Carbon Electronics Cluster Members Named to Highly Cited List
The cluster, part of the Chancellor’s Faculty Excellence Program, is also adding two new members in January.
Human, Swine Waste Pose Dual Threats to Water Quality After Flooding
People in eastern NC face multiple water pollution hazards after hurricanes.
2021 University Global Partnership Network (UGPN) Research Collaboration Fund Announced
The UGPN exists to create a foundation for international collaboration enabling academics and students from world-leading universities to work together on issues of global importance. Its members are North Carolina State University (NC State), the Universidade de São Paulo (USP), […]