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Georgia Tech Research @gtresearch.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Farmers have used lime for decades to improve soil and boost crop yields. Now, a @gtsciences.bsky.social study finds that the practice also acts as a long-term carbon sink across the Mississippi River Basin. b.gatech.edu/3V7y16W
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Georgia Tech College of Sciences @gtsciences.bsky.social · 28/09/2026
Congrats to Physics Professor David Ballantyne on being named associate director of the Georgia Tech Space Research Institute. 🚀In this role, he will help strengthen connections and foster collaboration across GT’s growing space research community.
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Georgia Tech's Space Research Institute Names Two Associate Directors
David Ballantyne and Mariel Borowitz join SRI's leadership team to strengthen interdisciplinary research, expand strategic partnerships, and advance Georgia Tech's growing space enterprise.
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Georgia Tech Research @gtresearch.bsky.social · 24/09/2026
We continue to move forward! Georgia Tech has entered the nation’s top 30 universities while strengthening its position across engineering, computing, teaching, innovation, and educational value in the U.S. News & World Report Best Colleges 2027 rankings. b.gatech.edu/4jmZJXa
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Georgia Tech College of Sciences @gtsciences.bsky.social · 23/09/2026
🎉 Please join us in congratulating Regents’ Professor Facundo Fernández on being elected to the Board of Directors of the Metabolomics Society.
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Fernández Elected to the Metabolomics Society’s Board of Directors
Regents’ Professor Facundo M. Fernández will serve a two-year term on the board of an international society dedicated to advancing the study of metabolites, small molecules found in living systems.
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Georgia Tech College of Sciences @gtsciences.bsky.social · 22/09/2026
🌎 Our calendar exists because of the #equinox. Georgia Tech Observatory Director Paul Sell explains how celestial motions like the equinox were critical to human civilization's understanding and documentation of time. youtu.be/U0t7mNkpbu0?...
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How Ancient Humans Tracking the Equinox Shaped Our Modern Day Calendar
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Georgia Tech College of Sciences @gtsciences.bsky.social · 21/09/2026
🔭 The Georgia Tech Observatory's Public Nights series is back! Join us Thursday, Sept. 24, for an opportunity to view the Moon and Albireo through our telescopes. Full schedule here: physics.gatech.edu/outreach-pro...
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Georgia Tech College of Sciences @gtsciences.bsky.social · 17/09/2026
🎉 Assistant Professor Itamar Kolvin has been awarded an NSF CAREER grant to support his soft materials research. This work could open the door to advances in wound healing, artificial tissues, and organ repair.
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Tiny Motors, Big Structures: Kolvin Awarded NSF CAREER Grant for Soft Materials Research
The work could open the door to advances in wound healing, artificial tissues, and organ repair.
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Georgia Tech College of Sciences @gtsciences.bsky.social · 14/09/2026
Join us next week for Georgia Tech Space Week! 🔗: space.gatech.edu/georgia-tech...
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Alex Robel @iceclimate.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
Excited that our new paper is out @pnas.org! We show that the observed increase in variability of yearly Greenland ice melt over recent decades is not evidence of ice sheet destabilization. Story in 🧵 www.pnas.org/doi/10.1073/...
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Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), a peer reviewed journal of the National Academy of Sciences (NAS) - an authoritative source of high-impact, original research that broadly spans...
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Georgia Tech College of Sciences @gtsciences.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
The new CHORUS research project led by @iceclimate.bsky.social will combine flood modeling, AI, and community partnerships to help coastal residents in GA and NY evaluate flooding solutions and shape resilience planning.https://sciences.gatech.edu/news/supporting-community-led-flood-resilience
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Supporting Community-Led Flood Resilience
The CHORUS research project will combine advanced flood modeling, artificial intelligence, and community partnerships to help coastal residents in Georgia and New York evaluate flooding solutions and ...
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Georgia Tech College of Sciences @gtsciences.bsky.social · 10/09/2026
🧬 Georgia Tech researchers uncovered an unexpected feature of human DNA linked to gene activity and the physical organization of DNA. The findings could change how scientists think about DNA organization, transcription, and genome function.
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Georgia Tech Researchers Discover New Layer of the Human Genome
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 activ...
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Georgia Tech Research @gtresearch.bsky.social · 08/09/2026
Avant South brings leaders from Uber, The Home Depot, McKesson, Truist, Hyundai Motor Company, Kia Worldwide, and more to Tech Square for two days exploring AI in the real world. 📅 Oct. 12–13 📍 Tech Square Register today: bit.ly/4g80At0
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Avant South 2026
Avant South: where Atlanta’s tech community connects, innovates, and helps shape one of the nation’s leading tech ecosystems
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Georgia Tech College of Sciences @gtsciences.bsky.social · 03/09/2026
A new study from Georgia Tech's Farzaneh Najafi challenges a long-standing interpretation of neural activity and offers new clues about how the brain keeps track of time. sciences.gatech.edu/news/neurosc...
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A Neuroscientist Went Looking for Prediction. She Found Time Instead.
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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Aishik Ghosh @aishikghosh.bsky.social · 02/09/2026
As our Physics-AI research area continues to grow, @gtsciences.bsky.social is looking for a new faculty in physics! www.apsphysicsjobs. om/job/32794/open-rank-tenured-tenure-track-position-in-physics-artificial-intelligence-machine-learning/
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Open-Rank, Tenured/Tenure Track Position in Physics - Artificial Intelligence/Machine Learning job with Georgia Institute of Technology - School of Physics | 32794
Open-rank tenured/tenure-track faculty position at the interface between machine learning and physics.
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Georgia Tech College of Sciences @gtsciences.bsky.social · 01/09/2026
Congratulations to School of Biological Sciences Assistant Professor Lauren Speare on earning a highly competitive NIH Maximizing Investigators' Research Award (MIRA). Read more about her research and its potential applications for coral restoration and disease management. bit.ly/3SlCMJ5
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Speare Earns Highly Competitive NIH MIRA Grant
The award will support funding aimed at uncovering new insights that could support future coral restoration and disease management efforts.
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Georgia Tech College of Sciences @gtsciences.bsky.social · 31/08/2026
🎉 Professor Simon Sponberg has been named associate director for Interdisciplinary Research at @gt-neuro.bsky.social. In this new leadership role, he will help foster collaboration and advance interdisciplinary neuroscience research across Georgia Tech.
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Institute for Neuroscience, Neurotechnology, and Society Names Simon Sponberg Associate Director for Interdisciplinary Research
The Georgia Tech researcher and longtime neuroscience community leader will help catalyze new collaborations and research opportunities across the Institute for Neuroscience, Neurotechnology, and Soci...
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Georgia Tech College of Sciences @gtsciences.bsky.social · 27/08/2026
After seven remarkable years, our College of Sciences Dean Susan Lozier announced today that she will conclude her term as dean on November 1.
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Susan Lozier to Complete Transformative Term as Sciences Dean
Susan Lozier, dean of the College of Sciences and Betsy Middleton and John Clark Sutherland Chair, announced today that she will conclude her term as dean on Nov. 1. She will continue her research as ...
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Georgia Tech College of Sciences @gtsciences.bsky.social · 26/08/2026
Scientists have shown that bacteria can learn from past experiences, store memories across generations, and adapt their behavior to changing environments all without a brain or nervous system. This research could shape how scientists think about bacterial infections and antibiotic treatment.
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Bacteria Can Learn and Form Memories Without a Brain
New research could shape how scientists think about bacterial infections and antibiotic treatment.
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Georgia Tech College of Sciences @gtsciences.bsky.social · 25/08/2026
We are pleased to announce Regents' Professor Facundo M. Fernández’s joint faculty appointment with the Savannah River National Laboratory. He will collaborate on research in mass spectrometry, an analytical technique used to measure the mass-to-charge ratio of ions. #Congrats
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SRNL, Georgia Tech Announce Facundo M. Fernández's Joint Faculty Appointment
Regents' Professor Facundo M. Fernández will collaborate on research in mass spectrometry, an analytical technique used to measure the mass-to-charge ratio of ions for research.
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Georgia Tech Research @gtresearch.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
New @gtsciences.bsky.social research used unique NASA data to show commonly used flood simulations may not fully capture the dynamics of large outburst floods. Models need improvement to be effective for hazard assessment and emergency planning. b.gatech.edu/4x9Mbm9
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Georgia Tech College of Sciences @gtsciences.bsky.social · 19/08/2026
#Congrats 🎉 Assistant Professor Saumya Jain received a grant from the Whitehall Foundation to support research examining how genes influence the brain’s wiring and how these neural connections shape behavior.
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Jain Awarded Whitehall Foundation Grant
Assistant Professor Saumya Jain received a grant to support research on how genes shape neural connectivity and behavior.
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Georgia Tech College of Sciences @gtsciences.bsky.social · 18/08/2026
🪸A tiny predator could make a huge difference for endangered Caribbean corals. Georgia Tech researchers found that predatory bacteria can stop the spread of a destructive coral disease by hunting the pathogens responsible for infection. The discovery points to a potential tool for protecting corals.
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Tiny Predatory Bacteria Help Protect Endangered Caribbean Corals
Georgia Tech researchers found that predatory bacteria can halt the spread of a destructive coral disease by hunting and consuming pathogens responsible for the infection.
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Institute for Neuroscience, Neurotechnology, and Society @gt-neuro.bsky.social · 17/08/2026
Simon Sponberg has spent his career bringing together people, perspectives, and disciplines to tackle challenges. As INNS Associate Director for Interdisciplinary Research, the @gtsciences.bsky.social professor will help foster new collaborations across campus. neuro.gatech.edu/institute-ne...
Simon Sponberg smiling in front of a whiteboard with equations and diagrams on it.
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The Strategic Energy Institute @gatechenergy.bsky.social · 12/08/2026
The future of nuclear energy is evolving. Join Georgia Tech's EPIcenter and the Nuclear & Radiological Engineering Program for a webinar on the topic: The New Nuclear: From Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) to Next-Gen Tech on Aug. 20 from 12-1 p.m. ET. Register here: gatech.zoom.us/webinar/regi...
Flyer of a public webinar on nuclear energy hosted by Georgia Tech's Energy Policy and Innovation Center and the Nuclear and Radiological Engineering Program.
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Georgia Tech College of Sciences @gtsciences.bsky.social · 13/08/2026
#DYK: Researchers at Georgia Tech play a key role in the LIGO-Virgo-KAGRA detector network. This international collaboration aims to detect gravitational waves when a massive cosmic event — like the collision of two black holes — creates invisible ripples in the fabric of space-time.
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A New Era of Black Hole Detection
From new calibration tools to a record-breaking catalog of detections, the LIGO–Virgo–KAGRA (LVK) detector network is leading the way in gravitational wave science.
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Georgia Tech College of Sciences @gtsciences.bsky.social · 05/08/2026
🌊 Georgia Tech research suggests that the sargassum affecting coasts in the Caribbean, Gulf, and tropical Atlantic may have entered a "self-sustaining cycle, effectively feeding its own expansion."
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Sargassum, the smelly nemesis of beach vacations, has become a self-sustaining disaster that will keep coming back
Communities and entrepreneurs are experimenting with ways to turn this nuisance into a valuable resource.
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Georgia Tech Research @gtresearch.bsky.social · 27/07/2026
As neuroscience and neurotechnology accelerate, possibilities once confined to science fiction are moving closer to reality. @gt-neuro.bsky.social researchers are examining what these advances mean for autonomy, privacy, ethics, health, creativity, and human flourishing. b.gatech.edu/4x4oz1C
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Georgia Tech College of Sciences @gtsciences.bsky.social · 28/07/2026
#Congrats 🎉 Professor Yuanzhi Tang has been named an @acs.org Fellow. Tang was recognized for her outstanding research contributions and her leadership and service to the chemical sciences.
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Yuanzhi Tang Named Fellow of the American Chemical Society
Yuanzhi Tang, executive director of the Strategic Energy Institute (SEI) and Georgia Power Professor in the School of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, has been named an American Chemical Society (ACS) ...
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Georgia Tech College of Sciences @gtsciences.bsky.social · 23/07/2026
🚀 Space Week is coming to Georgia Tech!  Join us September 22-25, 2026, for a campus-wide celebration of space research: - Technical sessions - Networking events - Opportunities to connect across disciplines 🔗 Register: space.gatech.edu/georgia-tech...
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Georgia Tech College of Sciences @gtsciences.bsky.social · 22/07/2026
Mathematics Assistant Professor Wei Zhu has received an NSF CAREER Award. This award will support research and education initiatives focused on artificial intelligence.
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Zhu Receives NSF CAREER Award
Mathematics Assistant Professor Wei Zhu has been awarded a five-year, $500,000 CAREER Award from the National Science Foundation.
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Georgia Tech College of Sciences @gtsciences.bsky.social · 20/07/2026
Georgia Tech is launching a new research center focused on harnessing the power of AI to help predict, treat, and prevent disease. Jeffrey Skolnick, Regents’ Professor in the School of Biological Sciences, will lead the center's first initiative: building virtual models of human cells.
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Georgia Tech Receives Commitment to Launch New AI-Driven Health Innovation Center
Parker H. Petit’s commitment will launch a research hub focused on using artificial intelligence to model diseases, identify treatment paths, and move discoveries closer to patient care.
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Alex Robel @iceclimate.bsky.social · 15/07/2026
Today is our 8th annual Summer Undergraduate Research Showcase in GT Polar. Stick around to read about some exciting early career scientists! 🐝 🧊 🐝 🧊
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Georgia Tech Research @gtresearch.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Julia Kubanek always knew she wanted to ask her own research questions. www.youtube.com/shorts/pE3l6...
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I Knew I Was A Researcher When... with Julia Kubanek
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Georgia Tech College of Sciences @gtsciences.bsky.social · 08/07/2026
Congratulations to School of Mathematics Assistant Professor Gong Chen on receiving a prestigious NSF CAREER Award. He will use the $450,000 award to study the long-term behavior of solitons — coherent, particle-like waves observed across physics and mathematics. sciences.gatech.edu/news/advance...
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Thackery Brown @thackerybrown.bsky.social · 04/07/2026
New article with @yirenr.bsky.social ! Memory for pairs of visual stimuli can be strengthened by music as a contextual backdrop. Critically, this influence extends to indirect relational associations more---v @gtsciences.bsky.social @gt-neuro.bsky.social link.springer.com/article/10.3...
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Music enhances associative generalization: Evidence from a memory integration task - Memory & Cognition
Successful knowledge generalization requires integrating overlapping experiences into flexible memory representations that support inference beyond direct experience. Although context is known to infl...
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Institute for Neuroscience, Neurotechnology, and Society @gt-neuro.bsky.social · 01/07/2026
One year of discovery, collaboration, and community. Thank you to everyone who has helped make INNS a hub for neuroscience and neurotechnology research at Georgia Tech and beyond. 🧠 Here's to what comes next! www.youtube.com/watch?v=rtiZ...
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Georgia Tech College of Sciences @gtsciences.bsky.social · 29/06/2026
Helping people. Saving gorillas. As president and CEO of the Dian Fossey Gorilla Fund, Georgia Tech alumna Tara Stoinski, Ph.D., Psychology 2000, is leading global efforts to protect mountain gorillas — with only about 1,000 left in the wild. sciences.gatech.edu/news/alumni-...
Woman standing near a gorilla in the wild.
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Georgia Tech Research @gtresearch.bsky.social · 23/06/2026
Researchers at Georgia Tech have found that a common pesticide disrupts reproduction and gene expression in bumblebees. b.gatech.edu/4vqw6Y6
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Georgia Tech College of Sciences @gtsciences.bsky.social · 25/06/2026
🔬Assistant Professor Nick Housley is developing a drug delivery system that sends cancer treatment directly to tumors — minimizing damage to healthy tissue. 🔗: research.gatech.edu/feature/nano...
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Georgia Tech College of Sciences @gtsciences.bsky.social · 24/06/2026
🌳 Georgia Tech’s arboretum – which spans the entire campus and includes 15,000+ trees and 130+ species – has been recertified as a Level II Arboretum by ArbNet.
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Georgia Tech Arboretum Earns ArbNet Recertification
For Georgia Tech, the campus arboretum is more than a designated area of trees. It is the entire campus. Walkways, quads, greens, and streetscapes are all part of a curated landscape carefully selecte...
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Georgia Tech Research @gtresearch.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
The moon may look unchanged from afar, but its surface is constantly reshaped by microscopic impacts and a steady stream of particles from the sun, a process known as space weathering. Now, GT researchers have recreated one of those weathering sources, solar wind, in the lab. 🌖 b.gatech.edu/4aRR0XQ
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Georgia Tech College of Sciences @gtsciences.bsky.social · 17/06/2026
We are pleased to announce the renaming of the School of Psychology as the School of Psychological & Brain Sciences. The new name better reflects the scope of the School’s research and training mission at the intersection of mind, brain, behavior, and technology. sciences.gatech.edu/news/introdu...
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Georgia Tech College of Sciences @gtsciences.bsky.social · 16/06/2026
🎉 @armanafzadeh.bsky.social has been named to @sciam.bsky.social’s inaugural class of Young American Scientists for her innovative research. Manafzadeh will join Georgia Tech this fall as an assistant professor in the School of Biological Sciences. Learn more: biosciences.gatech.edu/news/fossils...
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Georgia Tech College of Sciences @gtsciences.bsky.social · 11/06/2026
A team of students helped develop a tool to improve workers' responses to chemical spills and open containers as part of Georgia Tech’s Vertically Integrated Projects program. This program embeds students in LT research teams that span disciplines and semesters. 👉 sciences.gatech.edu/news/georgia...
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Georgia Tech Research @gtresearch.bsky.social · 05/06/2026
Researchers have captured the most detailed structural images to date of a specific type of protein’s DNA repair process. The research could reveal ways to inhibit the effects of the BRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations that heighten the risk for breast, ovarian, and other cancers. b.gatech.edu/4fuNJBe
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Georgia Tech College of Sciences @gtsciences.bsky.social · 10/06/2026
🎉 We congratulate the following @gtsciences.bsky.social faculty on being honored by the Board of Regents of the University System of Georgia: -Rafael L. Bras -Randall Engle -Thomas Orlando -Jeffrey Skolnick -Santosh Vempala 🔗Learn more: sciences.gatech.edu/news/science...
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Georgia Tech College of Sciences @gtsciences.bsky.social · 09/06/2026
Assistant Professor Saumya Jain has been named a 2026 Searle Scholar and awarded a $450,000 research grant. He is one of only 15 scientists selected nationwide this year. 🔗Learn about his research: sciences.gatech.edu/news/biology...
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Georgia Tech College of Sciences @gtsciences.bsky.social · 08/06/2026
@Joel Kostka will lead a new Georgia Sea Grant–funded project to improve coastal marsh restoration in Georgia. His team will study how Spartina and beneficial microbes can boost growth and resilience, offering practical strategies for stronger coastal ecosystems. sciences.gatech.edu/news/joel-ko...
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Georgia Tech College of Sciences @gtsciences.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
Why do mosquitoes swarm your head? sciences.gatech.edu/news/why-mos...
Mosquito stinging a human.
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Georgia Tech College of Sciences @gtsciences.bsky.social · 03/06/2026
A quieter-than-usual severe weather season in Georgia came down to one missing ingredient. Zachary Handlos explains how persistent high-pressure systems suppressed storm development. sciences.gatech.edu/news/why-geo...
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