According to a study published in Conservation Physiology, researchers from FAU’s Harbor Branch Oceanographic Institute, in collaboration, suggests the reason for gopher tortoise aggregations declining stems from an outbreak of Mycoplasma agassizii, an infectious bacterium that causes upper respiratory tract disease. ... READ MORE.

Deborah “Missy” Williams, Ph.D., lead author, in FAU’s Charles E. Schmidt College of Science conducted a study with Kate Detwiler, Ph.D., senior author and an associate professor in FAU’s Dorothy F. Schmidt College of Arts and Letters, have confirmed that the non-native monkey species, Chlorocebus sabaeus, found currently living in Dania Beach, was originally released from a Dania Chimpanzee Farm in 1948, a facility that also tested the development of the polio vaccine on the animals. ... READ MORE.

Journey to Health Magazine:

Raquel Assis, Ph.D. a principal investigator and assistant professor in the College of Engineering and Computer Science and faculty fellow in the Institute for Human Health and Disease Intervention (I-Health), shares her journey in understanding how too much variation among genes can cause diseases, like cancer, heart disease and birth defects in children. ... READ MORE.

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FAU's Office of Research Development has launched a new push to register 100 new faculty, staff, post-doctoral fellows or students on Grant Forward in the next 100 days. Grant Forward identifies funding opportunities and showcases faculty research interests.  Check out this month’s featured profile.

Treatment of Drug, Alcohol, and Tobacco Use Disorders (R34) 

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Department of Defense 

Deadline: Sept. 1, 2021