Kentucky NSF EPSCoR
316 McVey Hall
University of Kentucky
Lexington, KY 40506-0045
epscor@uky.edu
Phone: 859-257-8316
Fax: 859-323-2801

KY Statewide EPSCoR Office
www.kyepscor.org
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Life and Limb: Departments Collaborate on $2 Million Grant That Will Pave the Way for Wound-Healing Therapies
Two UK faculty members (Voss and Stromberg) associated with the KY NSF EPSCoR RII effort in Ecological Genomics recently received a $2M award from the Department of Defense to study genetic properties related to limb and tissue regeneration. (read more)
UK's Center for Advanced Materials Producing Liquid Helium
The Center for Advanced Materials sponsored by KY NSF EPSCoR can now produce its own liquid helium. UK scientists use 400 to 500 liters per week and were paying around $10 per liter. (read more)
NH EPSCoR and KY EPSCoR Sponsor SC09 Volunteer
Adam Villa, a computer science doctoral candidate at the University of New Hampshire, was selected from a pool of over 200 applicants to serve as a student volunteer at the 21st Annual Supercomputing Conference (SC09) in Portland, OR on November 14-20. (read more)
Not Just Blowing Smoke
Dr. Gang Cao and other UK faculty in the Departments of Physics, Chemistry and Engineering are leading an EPSCoR-sponsored effort to develop a Center for Advanced Materials (CAM). Their effort was recently detailed in an article published by the UK College of Arts and Sciences. (read more)
Gates Cambridge Scholarship to Talented University of Kentucky Student
Lesley Mann receives the prestigious Gates Cambridge Scholarship. (read more)
What's Killing Our Bats - The Ecology of White-Nose Syndrome (WNS)
EPSCoR-supported researchers from Northern Kentucky University study WNS to find a way to save Kentucky's bat species. (read more)

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