Salt marshes cover much of the state of Georgia’s coast and perform key "ecosystem services” for people. They clean the water, protect coastlines against storm surges, and provide a habitat for fish and shellfish. A new study finds that a species of grass that dominates those marshes has bacteria in its roots and surrounding soil that affects…
Through an innovative collaboration with Cisco, the global leader in networking for the internet, the Georgia Institute of Technology is pursuing 30 quick-turn research projects that touch on key priority areas such as internet for the future, capabilities at the edge, and optimized application experiences. The master research agreement builds on…
Immune checkpoint blockade (ICB) inhibitors have transformed the treatment of cancer and have become the frontline therapy for a broad range of malignancies. It’s because they work better than the previous standard of care. Still, less than 25% of patients benefit from these drugs, which are designed to block proteins that stop the immune system…
Meet Maryam Saeedifard, associate professor of Electrical and Computer Engineering, and faculty council member at the Strategic Energy Institute (SEI). SEI is one of Georgia Tech's 10 interdisciplinary research institutes (IRIs) within the Georgia Tech Research enterprise. What is your field of expertise and why did you choose…
Bilal Haider is studying how multiple areas of the brain work together for visual perception. This could help researchers understand if neural activity “traffic jams” underlie all kinds of visual impairments: from running a red light when visual attention is elsewhere, to shedding light on the autism-affected brain. To do this kind of work…
Study: Oft-Ignored ‘Non-Place’ Brain Cells Play a Crucial Role in Helping Navigate to the Right Goal
Visitors to Atlanta often are confounded by the various and sundry streets, roads, places, and drives named Peachtree (never mind the northeast, southwest, or other directional variations). Writers and late-night comedians are sure to poke fun at the region’s affinity for the name any time there’s a big event in town — and, to be sure, it can make…
An interdisciplinary team led by Omer Inan, associate professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the Georgia Institute of Technology, including collaborators from Emory University, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (Children's), and the Global Center for Medical Innovation (GCMI), has won the Presidents’ Award of…
An interdisciplinary team led by Omer Inan, associate professor in the School of Electrical and Computer Engineering (ECE) at the Georgia Institute of Technology, including collaborators from Emory University, Children’s Healthcare of Atlanta (Children's), and the Global Center for Medical Innovation (GCMI), has won the Presidents’ Award of…
Today, cell and gene therapies treat and could even cure terminal diseases like leukemia and spinal muscular atrophy, but unlocking their full potential is still a challenge for therapy developers. Both types of therapies rely on living cells comprised of hundreds of thousands of biomolecules to work in unison. And in order for therapy developers…
PTSD, or post-traumatic stress disorder, doesn’t discriminate. It affects about 15 million adults in the U.S. each year. And more than half of the people with PTSD are left with a severely impaired quality of life, including disturbing thoughts, feelings, or nightmares related to their traumatic experience, as well as fear, sadness, and anger, or…
