Posts Tagged ‘ Andy Benson ’

UNL’s slice of stimulus funds climbs to $15.7M

Oct 29th, 2009 | By | Category: Campus News, Issue, October 29, 2009

UNL faculty have been awarded $15.7 million in grants funded by the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act through Sept. 30 to support research projects, according to UNL’s Office of Research and Economic Development. As of Sept. 30, UNL had received 45 competitive grants totaling $15,722,674 from federal agencies through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, […]



Initiative aims to unlock gastrointestinal tract mysteries

Jan 15th, 2009 | By | Category: Issue, January 15, 2009, Research

The secrets to better human health may lie in the gut, and UNL expects to be on the leading edge of this emerging research. UNL’s Gut Function Initiative has taken shape in the last year, with a team of about 12 scientists from across the university and some key new technology put in place. The […]



Technology speeds CAGE efforts

Sep 11th, 2008 | By | Category: Research, September 11, 2008

New technology at UNL is “blowing the doors wide open” in analyzing complex communities of microorganisms with more precision than ever before, a food microbiologist in UNL’s Department of Food Science and Technology said. ‘CAGE’ PROJECT – Jaehyoung Kim, manager of the Core for Applied Genomics and Ecology, and Andy Benson, professor of microbiology, load […]