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CIPHER is a university-wide research center with constituents from the College of Computing and Informatics, Klein College of Science, College of Engineering, College of Health and Human Services, and the College of Education. Our goals are to coalesce expertise in computer science, bioinformatics, software and information systems, biological sciences, math, geography, public health, data science, education, and communications.

Morgan Carter receives NSF CAREER award for bacterial-fungal interaction study

Morgan Carter, assistant professor of biological sciences in the UNC Charlotte Klein College of Science and CIPHER center, has received a prestigious National Science Foundation CAREER award to advance understanding of how bacteria influence and communicate with the fungi they inhabit.

Carter’s research examines how bacteria living inside fungi use specialized secretion systems, molecular “syringes” and “harpoons,” to deliver proteins that alter fungal behavior. Although fungi play critical roles as pathogens, mutualists and nutrient cyclers, scientists are still learning more about how bacterial partners shape fungal biology.

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UNC Charlotte to Host the NC ASM meeting

We will be hosting the NC ASM meeting that focuses on all things microbes here at UNC Charlotte this fall. Please mark your calendars for October 10th! (Yes, that is over fall break!!)
We are excited to showcase the research here at UNC Charlotte and learn more about other microbiology research being done in North Carolina.

This meeting is free for undergraduate students and only $10 for graduate students; $25 for academic and industry professionals. There will be an agar art competition and trainee oral/poster presentation prizes.

Visit https://www.northcarolinaasm.org/ for more information.

CIPHER Center host Triangle Center for Evolutionary Medicine

This summer, CIPHER hosted the UNC Charlotte Launch Meeting with TriCEM. Based in North Carolina, this research incubator explores the intersection of evolutionary science and human, animal, and plant health.

TriCEMis an interdisciplinary incubator in NC that promotes innovative developments in the theory & practice of evolutionary medicine.

Learn more at tricem.org/

Check out the CIPHER Podcast

“de-CIPHERing Infectious Disease”

explores the cutting-edge interdisciplinary research happening at UNC Charlotte’s CIPHER Research Center. Each episode features an in-depth interview with one of CIPHER’s researchers, allowing them to discuss their background, current projects, and the exciting team science approach they take to tackle complex issues at the intersection of health, environment, data science, genomics, infectious disease, and more.