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December 2024 Research Report:
- Discovery and development: SDSU researchers battle back against turkey virus
- : Solaiman Tarafder, assistant professor in South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University's Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering, is developing a bioadhesive that has the potential to significantly improve meniscus tear repair outcomes while also speeding up the healing process.
- Why is federated learning important for 5G networks?: Jun Huang, assistant professor in South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University's Jerome J. Lohr College of Engineering, has received a grant from the National Science Foundation to alleviate network efficiency and data privacy concerns related to wireless communications networks.
- SDSU landscape architecture program partners with Brookings School District: Three members of the South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University School of Design have completed a collaborative project with the Brookings School District.
- Engineering the flow: SDSU models liquid argon inside DUNE: For nearly 10 years, SDSU researchers Greg Michna and Stephen Gent have studied liquid argon flow in tanks to detect neutrinos, supporting the Deep Underground Neutrino Experiment project under South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã’s Black Hills.
- Ge recieves NIH funding for bioinformatics tool: SDSU professor Xijin Ge received a $1.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to enhance ShinyGO, a widely used bioinformatics website for analyzing genomics data.
- : South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University, in conjunction with the Child and Family Resource Network, received a Child Care Quality Improvement grant from the South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Department of Social Services to work on a Quality Recognition and Information System.
- SDSU student visits SURF as part of Davis-Bahcall Scholars Program: South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University freshman Mackenzie Hollenbeck got a unique opportunity to visit the Sanford Underground Research Facility, home to laboratories a mile underground, as part of the Davis-Bahcall Scholars Program this summer.
- New equipment sets SDSU medical lab program apart from peers: South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University's medical laboratory science program received 28 microscopes and an innovative slide scanner as part of a $750,000 award from the South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã Department of Health.
- StrengthenHER program to reduce risk of muscle loss: Lee Weidauer, associate professor in South à£à£Ö±²¥Ðã State University's School of Health and Human Sciences, has received a $1,091,218 grant from the United States Department of Agriculture's National Institute of Food and Agriculture to develop an exercise and nutrition program to reduce the risk of sarcopenia.

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