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December 21, 2020 Jesse Mager UMass Amherst veterinary and animal science researchers Kim Tremblay and Jesse Mager, a wife-and-husband team nationally known for expertise in embryonic development, have each received five-year awards from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study distinct stages of embryo development in mice that have had essential genes knocked out. They will collaborate with Wei Cui, director of the Animal Models Core at the campus’s Institute for Applied Life Science...

Amherst Planning Board delays action on Town Council subcommittee’s proposed zoning changes Updated Dec 21, 2020; AMHERST – The Planning Board appeared on verge of moving ahead with zoning amendments proposed by a Town Council subcommittee, but the board’s chairman, Jack Jemsek, announced no action would be taken -- after several residents objected to the amendments that includes a 40-R “smart growth” overlay district proposed for downtown. Only one of the seven planning board member...