College of Natural Sciences (CNS) at UMass Amherst

Student Spotlight: Karmen Diep

Spring 2023, Biochemistry & Molecular Biology

Om Parkash Dhankher Receives the Highest Recognition from the Crop Science Society of America

Plant/agriculture biotechnologist was recently named as a CSSA Fellow
Investigating Long-Term Memory at the Molecular Level Through a Calcium-Sensitive Protein

Associate professor of biochemistry and molecular biology awarded $1.8 million NIH grant to advance research into the roles of CaMKII
ATLAS Group is Leading the Charge in Exploring Subatomic Particle Physics

With leadership roles, new grants worth over $5M in advanced software and computing, UMass’s physicists are at the forefront of one of the world’s greatest experiments
Study Finds Midwestern US Soil is Eroding 10 to 1,000 Times Faster than it Forms

UMass Amherst researchers are first to precisely calculate the pre-agricultural rate of erosion across the Midwestern U.S., thanks to exploding stars
Peer Mentorship and Its Positive Impact On STEM Diversity

Research from UMass Amherst is first longitudinal study to measure impact across eight years; findings to be amplified with new grant from Sloan Foundation
New Research Shows Marine Species May Be More Tolerant to Warming

To save nature, focus on populations, not species

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