Melissa Zastrow, assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Houston (IMAGE)

University of Houston

Melissa Zastrow, assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Houston

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Melissa Zastrow, assistant professor of chemistry at the University of Houston, has been awarded $1.9 million from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences to develop her protein-based metal sensors that can survive in a low-oxygen environment like the gastrointestinal tract.

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