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Lawrence Whelan passed away 2021-11-15 in Nimes, France. This is the full obituary story where you can express condolences and share memories.

The October 1, 2021 edition of Tech Today—Michigan Technological Universitys daily internal newsletter. Tech Today is produced by University Marketing and Communications.

A new University of British Columbia study based on Statistics Canada data finds that renters in Metro Vancouver are evicted at almost twice the rate of renters in the Greater Toronto area.

A NEW book has been published that shares the story of how a Southampton connection is helping to power future research into M.E. The story of the meeting of minds that linked a university junior manager 30 years ago to a university don who went on to become one of Britain’s most eminent science researchers is told in a book recently published by the Hampshire-based ME/CFS Alliance Think Tank. To mark ME Awareness Month in May, former Southampton University training manager, Opal Webste...

NIH awards $3.1 million grant for Washington University, St. Jude ALS research Five-year grant to McKelvey School of Engineering’s Pappu and co-PI Mittag will support study of RNA-binding proteins March 5, 2021 SHARE Rohit Pappu, the Edwin H. Murty Professor of Engineering in the Department of Biomedical Engineering, received funds to study RNA-binding proteins that are mutated in patients with familial forms of amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS). Scientists from Washington Universit...

WHYY By (Tembinkosi Sikupela / Unsplash) Heather Burris remembers growing up in a small, predominantly Black suburb on the north end of Hartford, Connecticut. Burris would go on to pursue a career in medicine, but she said her early experiences as a white girl in her hometown had an immense impact on her life’s trajectory. “Within my small micro-community, I was a minority and was able to see the world in more of a racialized lens,” said Dr. Burris. “And so when I came into medicine [an...

A Final 2020 DMR Update from Commissioner Keliher As 2020 slowly draws to a close, I’d like to share with you one last monthly update on the work of Maine DMR before we close the books on a year of challenges. Pat. Policy and Management Bureau The New England Fishery Management Council met on December 1-3 via webinar. Much of the current work of the Council is focused on identifying specifications for fishing year 2021, including catch limits for the federal scallop, whiting, and spiny dogfis...

Patrick Keliher Patrick Keliher (Photo courtesy Maine Dept. of Marine Resources) Policy and Management Bureau The New England Fishery Management Council met on December 1-3 via webinar. Much of the current work of the Council is focused on identifying specifications for fishing year 2021, including catch limits for the federal scallop, whiting, and spiny dogfish fisheries. The Council did take final action on groundfish catch limits for FY2021 as a part of Framework 61. The Council will continu...

Gene Morse, CIGBS director and SUNY Distinguished Professor School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences UB’s Center for Integrated Global Biomedical Sciences (CIGBS) and clinical trial services provider Circuit Clinical have partnered to provide Western New York patients access to COVID-19 clinical research opportunities. Circuit Clinical is the creator of a platform that helps patients take part in new medical advances while choosing clinical research as a care option, and assists scienti...

New toolkit aims to maximize high-quality collection of thrombosis data in COVID-19 clinical studies The ASH Research Collaborative (ASH RC) and the International Society of Haemostasis and Thrombosis (ISTH), two organizations with multidisciplinary expertise in blood clotting and bleeding disorders, have developed a toolkit to help clinical researchers from across medical disciplines design clinical trials that further the understanding of blood clotting events associated with COVID-19. The ne...