FARMINGTON University of Maine at Farmington (UMF) biology professor Dr. Timothy Breton has received a highly competitive National Science Foundation (NSF) research grant for $551,599. The three-year NSF research project will begin in fall 2023 and continue Breton’s 2021 groundbreaking work on hormone receptors when he discovered a new gene with potential biomedical and […]
FARMINGTON University of Maine at Farmington biology professor Dr. Timothy Breton has received a highly competitive National Science Foundation research
FARMINGTON - University of Maine at Farmington biology professor Dr. Timothy Breton has received a highly competitive National Science Foundation research grant for $551,599. The three-year NSF research project will begin in fall 2023 and continue Breton’s 2021 groundbreaking work on hormone receptors when he discovered a new gene with potential biomedical and commercial uses.
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VIDEO: Individually, California blackworms live an unremarkable life eating microorganisms in ponds and serving as tropical fish food for aquarium enthusiasts. But together, tens, hundreds, or thousands of the centimeter-long creatures. view more
Credit: Georgia Tech, Brice Zimmerman and Christopher Moore
Individually, California blackworms live an unremarkable life eating microorganisms in ponds and serving as tropical fish food for aquarium enthusiasts. But together, tens, hundreds, or thousands of the centimeter-long creatures can collaborate to form a worm blob, a shape-shifting living liquid that collectively protects its members from drying out and helps them escape threats such as excessive heat.