/unhtoday/feed/691/rss.xml 91��Ƭ�� Today Articles en /unhtoday/2025/04/lab-reimagined David Needle has 900 samples of moose poop.  “As one does,” quips the senior veterinary pathologist at 91��Ƭ��’s New Hampshire Diagnostic Veterinary Lab.  Those stinky artifacts can reveal what moose ate, whether they’re pregnant, how healthy or stressed they are — all important data points to help us understand and protect this iconic Northern New England species. But accessing that data takes sophisticated laboratory equipment that can run polymerase chain reaction, or PCR, tests to get an up-close look at DNA sequences. Fortunately for Needle and his collaborators, 91��Ƭ�� has just that equipment.  Thanks, COVID.  As the coronavirus pandemic faded to background noise, 91��Ƭ�� paused its lauded testing program after testing two million samples for 91��Ƭ�� and institutions across the state. But Yankee... ]]> Fri, 04 Apr 2025 14:45 -0400 Beth Potier /unhtoday/2025/04/lab-reimagined /unhtoday/2024/10/external-funding-unh-research-leaps-252-million 91��Ƭ�� researchers brought in $252 million in competitive external funding in fiscal year 2024, supporting projects that aim to solve problems and improve lives in New Hampshire and beyond. ]]> Tue, 29 Oct 2024 06:45 -0400 Beth Potier /unhtoday/2024/10/external-funding-unh-research-leaps-252-million /unhtoday/2024/05/unh-receives-akc-grant-further-mysterious-dog-illness-investigation 91��Ƭ�� researchers who have been working to better understand what is causing a respiratory illness in dogs since making a significant discovery in relation to the mysterious infection last fall will receive a boost thanks to a grant from the American Kennel Club Canine Health Foundation (CHF). Last November, researchers at 91��Ƭ��’s New Hampshire Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (NHVDL) and Hubbard Center for Genome Studies (HCGS) made a critical advance in connection to the illness, which has affected thousands of dogs and perplexed veterinarians throughout the country. The grant – which totals a little more than $308,000 – is the first 91��Ƭ�� has ever received from the American Kennel Club and is particularly significant because the university does not have a veterinary school, says David Needle... ]]> Tue, 28 May 2024 11:15 -0400 Keith Testa /unhtoday/2024/05/unh-receives-akc-grant-further-mysterious-dog-illness-investigation /unhtoday/revolutionizing-health-game-changing-impact-genome-sequencing Discover the 'One Health' model at HCGS: Interdisciplinary genomic research for human, animal, and environmental health. Innovating for global wellness. ]]> Fri, 12 Jan 2024 11:30 -0500 Nicholas Gosling '06 /unhtoday/revolutionizing-health-game-changing-impact-genome-sequencing /unhtoday/2024/01/unh-hubbard-center-offer-long-read-genomic-sequencing 91��Ƭ��'s HCGS integrates PacBio Sequel lle & Nanopore GridION for advanced long-read DNA sequencing, boosting accuracy in plant and microorganism studies. ]]> Tue, 02 Jan 2024 08:00 -0500 Nicholas Gosling '06 /unhtoday/2024/01/unh-hubbard-center-offer-long-read-genomic-sequencing /unhtoday/2023/11/unh-researchers-provide-major-clue-mysterious-dog-illness-case Researchers at 91��Ƭ��’s New Hampshire Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory (NHVDL) and Hubbard Center for Genome Studies (HCGS) may have made significant progress in better understanding a respiratory syndrome that has affected hundreds of dogs throughout the country and has thus far confounded veterinarians. The 91��Ƭ�� researchers identified a small portion of the genome of a previously uncharacterized bacteria that may be causing the illness, using genetic sequencing of samples from 70 dogs in New Hampshire, Rhode Island and Massachusetts from the last two years (30 of the dogs were from New Hampshire and were affected last year, while the 40 from the other two states showed signs of respiratory illness this year). Researchers believe the bacterium may be host adapted and potentially part of the... ]]> Tue, 28 Nov 2023 10:30 -0500 Keith Testa /unhtoday/2023/11/unh-researchers-provide-major-clue-mysterious-dog-illness-case /unhtoday/northern-new-england-tick-tickborne-disease-surveillance Combatting Tick-Borne Diseases in Northern New England: New Research Initiative to Track Tick Pathogens and Populations. ]]> Mon, 21 Aug 2023 13:15 -0400 Nicholas Gosling '06 /unhtoday/northern-new-england-tick-tickborne-disease-surveillance /unhtoday/2022/07/measuring-methane-in-streams Different aquatic bodies play different roles in the release of methane gas. Wetlands, lakes, and reservoirs all play large roles in releasing methane directly into the atmosphere. Rivers and streams, however, were historically seen as pipelines for simply moving material between bodies of water. However, new research led by Andrew Robison '21G shows that small streams are sources of methane to the atmosphere and that nearly half of the methane within small streams actually oxidizes – the chemical process of combining with oxygen. ]]> Fri, 15 Jul 2022 09:15 -0400 Nicholas Gosling '06 /unhtoday/2022/07/measuring-methane-in-streams /unhtoday/2022/01/one-million-and-counting The 91��Ƭ��'s uniquely designed lab has completed more than one million tests to detect and monitor the coronavirus. The cutting-edge lab not only performs specifically designed self-swab tests for students, faculty and staff but also plays an important testing role to help provide a safe environment for the greater community by processing tests for more than 125 other groups, including secondary schools, long term-care facilities and other colleges in the state. ]]> Thu, 06 Jan 2022 11:30 -0500 Robbin Ray ’82 /unhtoday/2022/01/one-million-and-counting /unhtoday/2021/09/getting-results The 91��Ƭ�� COVID-19 lab has gone from testing only 91��Ƭ�� students at the outset to becoming one of the most powerful tools the Granite State has in the battle against COVID-19. ]]> Tue, 14 Sep 2021 15:00 -0400 Keith Testa /unhtoday/2021/09/getting-results /unhtoday/2021/07/ensuring-healthier-state Researchers at the 91��Ƭ�� will start genomic testing of positive cases of the COVID-19 virus to help monitor for any variants of concern that may be found in New Hampshire. ]]> Wed, 21 Jul 2021 10:00 -0400 Robbin Ray ’82 /unhtoday/2021/07/ensuring-healthier-state /unhtoday/2021/03/top-their-fields Researchers from around the world are turning to the findings of scientists with the College of Life Sciences and Agriculture as they work to solve some of the most critical agricultural and environmental issues facing the planet.  ]]> Wed, 24 Mar 2021 15:00 -0400 Lori Tyler Gula, Ph.D., '19 /unhtoday/2021/03/top-their-fields /unhtoday/2021/01/excellence-citations Forty-one current and emeritus 91��Ƭ�� researchers are among the world's 100,000 most cited, according to a new study. ]]> Mon, 25 Jan 2021 11:15 -0500 Beth Potier /unhtoday/2021/01/excellence-citations /unhtoday/2020/12/not-clamming A recent paper by a team of 91��Ƭ�� researchers sheds new light on how apoptosis, a form of programmed cell death, evolved in invertebrates. ]]> Fri, 18 Dec 2020 15:45 -0500 Beth Potier /unhtoday/2020/12/not-clamming /unhtoday/2020/10/flushing-out-covid-19 91��Ƭ�� research is flushing out cases of the coronavirus by testing wastewater on campus. The sewage sampling is being used as a secondary surveillance method to the already required twice-weekly individual nasal test to track and detect SARS-CoV-2, the virus that causes COVID-19. “Sewage sampling can be a valuable surveillance tool because it can provide an early warning to possible infection hot spots on campus and help identify areas where the virus may be present but not detected in individuals because they aren’t showing symptoms,” says Paula Mouser, associate professor of civil and environmental engineering and leader of this effort. “Sewage sampling can be a valuable surveillance tool because it can provide an early warning to possible infection hot spots on campus.” The wastewater... ]]> Wed, 28 Oct 2020 09:45 -0400 Robbin Ray ’82 /unhtoday/2020/10/flushing-out-covid-19 /unhtoday/2020/10/birx-visit Dr. Deborah Birx, U.S. coronavirus response coordinator, visited 91��Ƭ��'s state-of-the-art COVID-19 test lab. ]]> Mon, 19 Oct 2020 12:15 -0400 Beth Potier /unhtoday/2020/10/birx-visit /unhtoday/2019/05/microbial-mystery Cheryl Andam, assistant professor of molecular, cellular and biomedical sciences, has received a major NSF CAREER award. ]]> Wed, 15 May 2019 15:30 -0400 Beth Potier /unhtoday/2019/05/microbial-mystery /unhtoday/2018/09/new-research-aims-help-humans-survive-dehydration-0 A major NIH grant will help professor Matt MacManes understand dehydration by studying a tiny desert rodent. ]]> Sun, 11 Mar 2018 08:30 -0400 Beth Potier /unhtoday/2018/09/new-research-aims-help-humans-survive-dehydration-0 /unhtoday/2017/09/biomedical-excellence 91��Ƭ�� has been awarded a five-year, $10 million National Institutes of Health grant ]]> Mon, 25 Sep 2017 13:30 -0400 Erika Mantz /unhtoday/2017/09/biomedical-excellence /unhtoday/2017/08/lab-luminary Kelley Thomas has been designated a STEM Exemplar by the P.I. Program. ]]> Wed, 23 Aug 2017 17:00 -0400 Sarah Schaier /unhtoday/2017/08/lab-luminary /unhtoday/2017/08/inside-genome-center How did an oil spill impact a tiny organism in the Gulf of Mexcio? 91��Ƭ�� graduate students are working to find out.  ]]> Tue, 08 Aug 2017 15:00 -0400 /unhtoday/2017/08/inside-genome-center /unhtoday/2016/05/under-sea-bio-students-publish-research-deep-sea-bacteria Biological sciences students Bruce Rheaume and Scott Mithoefer recently had their genomic research on deep-sea bacteria published in Genome Announcements, a peer-reviewed journal of the American Society for Microbiology.  ]]> Tue, 17 May 2016 08:30 -0400 Kassidy Taylor /unhtoday/2016/05/under-sea-bio-students-publish-research-deep-sea-bacteria /unhtoday/2015/09/nih-grant-boosts-nhs-biomedical-research-capacity A five-year $18.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to a statewide partnership led by 91��Ƭ�� and Dartmouth’s Geisel School of Medicine will expand biomedical research capacity and training in New Hampshire. The grant is the second round of funding for the New Hampshire IDeA Network of Biomedical Research Excellence (NH-INBRE) — a collaboration of two- and four-year colleges in New Hampshire — to support its network of shared resources that serve undergraduate student and faculty biomedical research at colleges and universities across the state. As INBRE “mentor institutions,” 91��Ƭ�� and Dartmouth share their infrastructure and expertise in biomedical training with undergraduate students at the partner schools: Colby-Sawyer College, Franklin Pierce University, Keene State... ]]> Thu, 24 Sep 2015 11:15 -0400 Beth Potier /unhtoday/2015/09/nih-grant-boosts-nhs-biomedical-research-capacity /unhtoday/2013/01/speed-they-need High-tech genomic analysis is transforming the work of researchers around the state. ]]> Thu, 31 Jan 2013 19:30 -0500 /unhtoday/2013/01/speed-they-need /unhtoday/2012/06/microbial-communities-shifted-dramatically-after-deepwater-horizon-spill Belleair Boulevard on Dauphin Island, Ala., in September 2010.
 Photo by Holly Bik. Communities of microbial organisms — species such as nematodes, protists and fungi — on beaches along the Gulf of Mexico changed significantly following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill in April 2010, research from the 91��Ƭ��’s Hubbard Center for Genome Studies (HCGS) and partners found. The findings, which analyzed marine sediments from five Gulf Coast sites prior to and several months following shoreline oiling, are published in the June 6, 2012, issue of the journal PLoS ONE. The researchers sampled sites around Dauphin Island, Ala., and Grand Isle, La., just after the Deepwater Horizon spill began but before oil reached the shore, then again several months later, in... ]]> Thu, 14 Jun 2012 08:15 -0400 /unhtoday/2012/06/microbial-communities-shifted-dramatically-after-deepwater-horizon-spill