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  • Shady Amin, New York University Abu Dhabi – Chemical Signaling

    Shady Amin, New York University Abu Dhabi – Chemical Signaling

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    How do organisms that don’t speak communicate with one another? Shady Amin, assistant professor of biology at NYU Abu Dhabi, discusses chemical signaling. During his doctoral studies, Shady studied iron acquisition mechanisms in marine bacteria under the supervision of Dr. Carl Carrano. He showed that iron-binding ligands (a.k.a. siderophores) produced by algal-associated
bacteria provided algae with…

  • This Week on The Academic Minute (2019.10.28)

    This Week on The Academic Minute (2019.10.28)

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    Widener University Week on The Academic Minute 2019.10.28 Monday, October 28th Bharath Ramkumar of SUNY Oneonta discusses the fast fashion industry. Tuesday, October 29th Mike Gunter of Rollins College delves into the effect travel can have on people’s opinons of climate change. Wednesday, October 30th Shady Amin of NYU Abu Dhabi examines chemical signaling in…