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To help strengthen the United States’ capacity for scientific advancement, technological innovation, and climate solutions by building diversity in the geosciences, Mount Saint Mary's University (a Hispanic Serving Institution, women's college, and primarily undergraduate institution) partnered with the University of Southern California (a research-intensive university) to establish the Geopaths Catalina Scholars Program to introduce and expand geosciences opportunities for MSMU students.
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Introduction to ‘The Epitranscriptome’
Ralph Kleiner (Princeton University, USA), Claudia Höbartner (University of Würzburg, Germany) and Guifang Jia (Peking University, China) introduce the themed collection on ‘The Epitranscriptome’.
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- Award ID(s):
- 1942565
- PAR ID:
- 10569381
- Publisher / Repository:
- RSC
- Date Published:
- Journal Name:
- RSC Chemical Biology
- Volume:
- 5
- Issue:
- 4
- ISSN:
- 2633-0679
- Page Range / eLocation ID:
- 271 to 272
- Format(s):
- Medium: X
- Sponsoring Org:
- National Science Foundation
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- Journal Article:
- https://doi.org/10.1039/d4cb90006e
