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An area of a UAB lab space is shown packed with boxes on the floor and benchtop, along with a cabinet on the wall that is filled with bottles
In the Know • Published 8 months ago

The Bio-Analytical Redox Biology Core’s Professional Lab Cleanout Services team specializes in cleaning out unused lab space and getting it ready for new occupants. Learn more and find out how to book them in this story.

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People of UAB • Published 10 months ago

This spring, the University of Alabama System Board of Trustees awarded the rank of Distinguished Professor to five and the rank of University Professor to four faculty members.

Icons show steps, a glass of water, three arrows coming from a brain and two chat bubbles with question marks
In the Know • Published more than a year ago

Anxiety is everywhere. But you can work on your emotional resiliency with these strategies from a course students are raving about. It is “the class I wish I had had,” instructors say.

Closeup of feet on a scale registering 222.2 pounds
Research & Innovation • Published more than a year ago

Many people, including clinicians and researchers, think “the main reason people regain weight after weight loss is because the body fights back” in a phenomenon called metabolic adaptation, said UAB researcher Cátia Martins, Ph.D. Martins, a leading scientist studying metabolic adaptation, explains what she has found and her plans for a groundbreaking clinical trial.

A student holds the 3D printed light she developed
In the Know • Published more than a year ago

Using machines at UAB Libraries or in their own units, staff, students and faculty are making tools for their research projects, classrooms and HVAC units campuswide. See their work and find out how you can get started.

A scientist's orange-gloved hand removes a frozen tube from a minus-80 degree Celsius freezer
In the Know • Published more than a year ago

Scientists participating in the UAB Green Labs program explain why they take part, the biggest changes they made and how it has affected their labs.

A colorful meal of soup and vegetables is blurred on a table while a hand holds up a cellphone showing the same scene in sharp focus
Research & Innovation • Published more than a year ago

Clinical trial results published this year are better than any other medication and have study scientists excited, including UAB’s Timothy Garvey, M.D. Get the latest on what Garvey calls “a very powerful tool to treat obesity.”

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