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A microscopic image shows lab grown bone marrow and blood vessels highlighted in gray and green weaving through a network of supportive cells and proteins highlighted in magenta.
September 11, 2026

A Window into the Hidden World of Immunity Inside Human Bone Marrow

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In a study published in Science Advances, the team developed a human bone marrow-on-a-chip, enabling them to directly observe human antibody-secreting cells.
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Itamar Kolvin
August 31, 2026

Tiny Motors, Big Structures: Kolvin Awarded NSF CAREER Grant for Soft Materials Research

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The work could open the door to advances in wound healing, artificial tissues, and organ repair.
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Scientific rendering of multiple DNA double helices with several embedded ribonucleotides highlighted in red along the strands. The red RNA building blocks appear at distinct locations within the gray DNA structure, illustrating how ribonucleotides can become incorporated into human DNA.
August 28, 2026

Georgia Tech Researchers Discover New Layer of the Human Genome

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A new study led by Francesca Storici reveals that RNA building blocks embedded in human DNA are organized in distinct patterns and may play an important role in regulating DNA structure and gene activity.
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Angus Wilkinson
August 27, 2026

Wilkinson Elected Chair of Georgia Tech’s Faculty Executive Board

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The longtime Georgia Tech professor and academic leader in the College of Sciences will guide the Faculty Executive Board as it upholds the Institute's shared governance.
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August 26, 2026

Speare Earns Highly Competitive NIH MIRA Grant

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The award will support funding aimed at uncovering new insights that could support future coral restoration and disease management efforts.
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Farzaneh Najafi standing outside smiling with her arms crossed. Green foliage is visible in the background.
August 24, 2026

A Neuroscientist Went Looking for Prediction. She Found Time Instead.

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A Georgia Tech study challenges a decades-old explanation for one of neuroscience's most famous signals, revealing an intrinsic neural code for tracking time.
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Associate Professor Yuhang Hu and three male students from her lab gather around and look at a soft adhesive hydrogel they are studying.
August 19, 2026

Georgia Tech Researchers Discover New Mechanism Behind Soft-Material Adhesion

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The discovery challenges a long-held assumption in adhesion mechanics and reveals a new physical mechanism that governs how soft materials attach and detach.
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An AI image generated using Google Gemini depicts white ingested probes release gaseous reporters after sensing the activity of GUS (in purple), an enzyme produced by the gut microbiome (tan) that is responsible for unwanted drug side effects (i.e., gastrointestinal toxicity). After release, the gaseous reporters rapidly traffic to the lungs for exhalation, enabling measurement of intestinal GUS activity via simple breath analysis. Thus, ingestible probes enable use of breath tests to predict and manage pos
August 18, 2026

How a Breath Test Could Help Decode the Gut Microbiome

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Leslie Chan's team developed ingestible probes that measure gut microbiome activity through a simple breath test, enabling earlier disease detection.
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Simon Sponberg smiling in front of a whiteboard.
August 14, 2026

Institute for Neuroscience, Neurotechnology, and Society Names Simon Sponberg Associate Director for Interdisciplinary Research

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The Georgia Tech researcher and longtime neuroscience community leader will help catalyze new collaborations and research opportunities across the Institute for Neuroscience, Neurotechnology, and Society (INNS).
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Long before memory loss or confusion appears, Alzheimer's disease may already be causing changes in the brain. These biological changes can go undetected for years, making early identification one of the field's biggest challenges and opportunities.
August 8, 2026

Using AI to Identify Alzheimer’s-Related Brain Patterns Before Symptoms Appear

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Long before memory loss or confusion appears, Alzheimer's disease may already be causing changes in the brain. These biological changes can go undetected for years, making early identification one of the field's biggest challenges and opportunities.
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Two researchers in a laboratory examine a blue-green silicon wafer. One, wearing a lab coat, safety goggles, and a blue glove, holds the wafer up for inspection while the other stands beside them. Laboratory equipment is visible in the background.
August 5, 2026

Your Immune Cells Are Tired. Georgia Tech Researchers Found a Way to Wake Them Up.

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Georgia Tech researchers developed a way to rejuvenate aging immune cells, potentially restoring the body’s ability to better fight cancer, infection, and other diseases. 
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Two researchers in a laboratory examine a blue-green silicon wafer. One, wearing a lab coat, safety goggles, and a blue glove, holds the wafer up for inspection while the other stands beside them. Laboratory equipment is visible in the background.
August 5, 2026

Your Immune Cells Are Tired. Georgia Tech Researchers Found a Way to Wake Them Up.

1 min read
Georgia Tech researchers developed a way to rejuvenate aging immune cells, potentially restoring the body’s ability to better fight cancer, infection, and other diseases.
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