Miranda Baras (M.I.S. ’22) has been making strides in healthcare and entrepreneurship since earning her master’s degree in biomedical science and enterprise from Georgia State’s Institute for Biomedical Sciences.

In this Q&A, Baras discusses her new healthcare technology startup company Teravus, the triumphs and challenges of her entrepreneurship journey and how Georgia State equipped her for success.

Specific GABAergic interneuron subtypes are the earliest to be affected by the amyloid plaque that causes Alzhemier’s Disease (AD). Dysfunctional GABAergic activity disrupts resting state gamma oscillations. Together, these dysfunctions result in impaired memory and cognition. Interventions that restore GABAergic activity and reinforce gamma oscillations can provide protective effects against AD-related pathology, and provide cognitive benefits to patients. Greater research into these approaches could benefit millions of patients.

The world’s only research station specializing in seaweed, Muroran Marine Station, is one of Hokkaido University’s seven aquatic research stations.

The Introduction to Heritage Skills and Technology for Conservation summer school opened with expert talks and site visits, setting the stage for two weeks of heritage skills training in Singapore.

Researchers successfully tested a technique that uses human sewage to measure the use of nicotine products such as cigarettes and vaping pens in a selected community. The project, led by UC Merced, can strengthen public health efforts by supplementing surveys about nicotine use with scientific data.