Post Tagged with: "Biological Sciences research"

Neither wind nor ice could stop Kelly Love’s fieldwork

Neither wind nor ice could stop Kelly Love’s fieldwork

From Ohio University News Getting Ready for Expo Neither wind nor ice could keep Kelly Love from completing her research for the Student Expo on April 7. Love, a graduate student in the M.S. in Environmental Studies program, is looking at different methods to determine the health of an ecosystem, with […]

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April 6, 2022 at 3:33 pmAlumni News

What Emily Marino didn’t expect to find in the lab

Emily Marino

From Ohio University News Getting Ready for Expo From Emily Marino’s first day as a Bobcat, she knew she would be spending a lot of time in a lab, conducting experiments, and writing her Honors Tutorial College senior thesis. What she didn’t know was that it would be so much […]

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April 6, 2022 at 11:21 amNews

Riley Sombathy studies rings in dinosaur legs to see how they grew

Riley Sombathy in the lab with Allosaurus samples

From Ohio University News Getting Ready for Expo Riley Sombathy says nothing is more exciting than when he looks into the microscope and the rings appear on the slice of ancient Allosaurus bone. He’s using those rings—akin to tree rings—to learn more about how the dinosaurs that lived 150 million […]

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April 4, 2022 at 8:51 amNews Research

Ronan Carroll receives Rakowski Award, continues research into genetics of Staphylococcal infections

Dr. Ronan Carroll

From Ohio University News Dr. Ronan Carroll recently received the Robert F. Rakowski Award for Outstanding Research for breakthrough work involving non-traditional RNA and Staphylococcus bacterial infections. Carroll, associate professor of Biological Sciences, received his undergraduate degree in microbiology from Trinity College, in Dublin, Ireland, in 1999. He immigrated to […]

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December 21, 2021 at 8:12 amResearch

Ohio University researchers find bobcat population rising, with room for growth

Graduate student Marrissa Dyck is part of an Ohio University research team that is using multiple data sources, including camera traps, to develop management strategies for the recovering bobcat (lynx rufus).

From Ohio University News Ohio University researchers report that bobcats—Lynx rufus, the furry, spotty felines not the OHIO students—are expanding across the state and have adequate habitat to continue rebounding. Researchers led by Dr. Viorel Popescu have been studying the ecology and threats to the bobcat population over the past […]

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November 17, 2021 at 9:40 amResearch

Samuel Gutherz Awarded Graduate College Fellowship

Samuel Gutherz

From Ohio University News This year five named fellowships were funded through the Graduate College, in the amount of $2,000 per semester for academic year 2021-22. This is in addition to a student’s existing appointment. The Graduate College Fellowship goes to Samuel Gutherz, who is pursuing a Ph.D. in Biological Sciences […]

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May 4, 2021 at 12:07 pmNews

Nicole Hess Looks at Genetic Mutations to Learn More about Hearing Loss

2021 Goldwater Scholar Nicole Hess works in the lab. Photo by Rich-Joseph Facun/Ohio University

Excerpted from Ohio University News When Nicole Hess was a freshman at Ohio University, she was looking for a research project that was more human-focused. After discussing with her adviser, Dr. Soichi Tanda, he invited her to join his lab to conduct research on hearing loss. Hess, a Honors Tutorial […]

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April 28, 2021 at 6:11 pmResearch