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Recent News


Sciences in the Spotlight: Georgia Tech Student Honors Celebration

Students from all six College of Sciences schools were recognized for excellence at this year's celebration.



Climate Action Plan Provides Road Map to Net-Zero Emissions 

Georgia Tech’s Climate Action Plan outlines mitigation and adaptation strategies for reaching net-zero emissions on campus by 2050 and contributing to global solutions through education and research.



Earth Month Features Sustainability Events

April is Earth Month with a full calendar of events open to the campus community.



Inaugural Alumnae Honorees Named for Celebration of Georgia Tech Women

Set to open this fall, a permanent tribute will celebrate an inaugural group of 70 graduates, as well as 98 women and events with historical significance to the Institute.


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Upcoming Events

Apr
17
2024
Earth Day Sustainable Org Fair and Celebration
Join us to celebrate sustainability efforts on campus in honor of Earth Day!
Apr
18
2024
2024 Frontiers in Science: Climate Action
On April 18, 2024, the College of Sciences at Georgia Tech will host Frontiers in Science: Climate Action Conference and Symposium.
Apr
23
2024
Neuro Next Synaptic Social
Join us for a brief update on the Neuro Next Initiative, as well as light refreshments, conversation, and community.
Apr
25
2024
The School of Biological Sciences Spring 2024 Seminar Series presents Dr. Terrie Williams
The Biology of Big: Physiological consequences of living large on the landscape
May
16
2024
The School of Biological Sciences Spring 2024 Seminar Series presents Dr. Tiffany Lowe-Power
The ecology and evolution of Ralstonia’s toxin-secreting molecular weapon (T6SS)
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Experts in the News

Is AI ready to mass-produce lay summaries of research articles?

A surge in tools that generate text is allowing research papers to be summarized for a broad audience, and in any language. But some scientists feel that improvements are needed before we can rely on AI to describe studies accurately. Will Ratcliff, an associate professor at the School of Biological Sciences, argues that no tool can produce better text than can professional writers. Although researchers have different writing abilities, he invariably prefers reading scientific material produced by study authors over those generated by AI. “I like to see what the authors wrote. They put craft into it, and I find their abstract to be more informative,” he says.

Nature Index | 2024-03-20T00:00:00-04:00

This Often-Overlooked Sea Creature may be Quietly Protecting the Planet's Coral Reefs

In new research published in Nature Communications, School of Biological Sciences researchers Mark Hay and Cody Clements and their colleagues demonstrated that when sea cucumbers were removed from coral reef, tissue death of Acropora pulchra, a species of staghorn coral, more than tripled, and mortality of the whole colony surged 15 times. The reasoning is that sea cucumbers are like "little vacuum cleaners on the reef" digesting and eliminating microbes that can lead to coral disease and demise — threats that are exacerbated by a warming and increasingly polluted ocean.

NPR | 2024-03-13T00:00:00-04:00

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Spotlight on Research Centers

  • CMDI Center for Microbial Dynamics and Infection The Center for Microbial Dynamics and Infection (CMDI) is an interdisciplinary collaboration at Georgia Tech seeking to understand the ecology, interactions and evolution of microbes. We are focused on the understanding microbe-microbe and microbe-host interactions that are relevant to human health, ecosystem dynamics and sustainability.
  • CSSB Center for the Study of Systems Biology Recognized by most experts in the field as the future of biology, Systems Biology seeks to understand how complex living systems interact with each other so that we can diagnose and treat disorders such as cancer.
  • ACE Aquatic Chemical Ecology Center At Georgia Tech we have organized a diverse group of ecologists, chemists, sensory biologists, engineers, and quantitative modelers, to focus on chemical cues that many organisms use for to make basic survival decisions.
  • CBID Center for Biologically Inspired Design CBID is an interdisciplinary center for research and development of design solutions that occur in biological processes.
  • CIG Center for Integrative Genomics The Center for Integrative Genomics at Georgia Tech is a virtual affiliation of researchers interested in the application of genome-wide research strategies to diverse biological themes.
  • ICRC Integrated Cancer Research Center The mission of the ICRC is to facilitate integration of the diversity of technological, computational, scientific and medical expertise at Georgia Tech and partner institutions in a coordinated effort to develop improved cancer diagnostics and therapeutics.
  • NanoMAD Center for NanoMAD Our mission is to develop new technologies for detecting, monitoring and controlling self-assembled macromolecular complexes at various levels, including their pathogenic consequences, biological roles and evolutionary origins.

 

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