Recent UT alumnus Jordan Cannon (’24) turned his PhD research into a commercial enterprise that could help reduce bioplastic waste in landfills and beyond. His start-up company Circular Biosciences earned a research option from the UT Research Foundation (UTRF) for their bioplastic degradation technology. The welcome boost helps further groundbreaking research that began during his […]
Students from the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, are putting their environmental studies to work monitoring groundwater quality at the UT dairy research unit in Blount County. Ethan Parker, director of the East Tennessee AgResearch and Education Center – Little River Unit approached Lecturer Amy Robinson about the project in June 2024. While the Walland, Tennessee, […]
Undergraduate Vols of the UT Naturalist Club assembled a gallery of photos from club events as to present as part of the Scopes Trial Centennial. The gallery is on display now through February in the Mary Greer Room of the Hodges Library, adjacent to the library’s Starbucks location. A reception for the gallery exhibition will […]
The smallest Earth-bound organisms can inspire technology that will someday reach far across the solar system in the search for extraterrestrial life. UT Microbiology Professor Jill Mikucki studies how microbial life forms interact with their environments—and helps fellow scientists and engineers test the tools to detect the microbial impact throughout entire ecosystems. Mikucki’s field work […]
The mysteries of science entice UT research faculty to seek new discoveries in some of the world’s most extreme environments. Their fascinations might lead them to probe the ice fields of Antarctica to expand interplanetary possibilities, scoop up remnants of ancient undersea volcanoes to predict future impact, or break open the subatomic world to better […]
Two College of Arts and Sciences researchers were honored during the UT Research Foundation (UTRF) 2024 Innovation Awards on November 25. Microbiology Professor Chunlei Su was noted for his licensed technology collaboration on the TgMAT Antigen with UT alumna Alycia Chapman, and Richard Gerhold Jr., an associate professor in the UT College of Veterinary Medicine. […]
Research in the Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology is providing insights into DNA break and repair processes necessary for the development of a human parasite. A recently published study led by graduate student Brandon Estrem determined when and where DNA breaks appear during the development of the human and pig parasite Ascaris, […]
The College of Arts and Sciences strengthened multiple foundations in 2024 with the launch of five new research centers and creative activity units, a reboot for an existing center, and a new strategic support structure for interdisciplinary programs. These initiatives support endless new opportunities for students and faculty and sharpen the college’s focus as an […]
Eight College of Arts and Sciences faculty members were recognized for their contributions to digital learning during Digital Learning Week in October. Their work helps UT achieve its goal of providing high-quality educational opportunities for people at every stage of life, whenever and wherever they seek to learn, a priority in Chancellor Donde Plowman’s strategic […]
Assistant Professor Amit Joshi joined an international group of colleagues to publish new research findings about cellular biology for an October 2024 cover story in Science. Their work explains the formation of an important mechanism in cellular growth and development in plants. Channels in plant cell walls, called plasmodesmata, provide molecules with a bridge to […]
