From left, OHIO grad student Alex Meyers, OHIO Professor of Environmental and Plant Biology Sarah Wyatt, technician Nathan Madonich, and Ohio Wesleyan Professor Chris Wolverton.
Dr. Sarah Wyatt, Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology and Director of Molecular and Cellular Biology, was featured in the Parkersburg News and Sentinel in a story headlined “Scientist discusses research on plants, space at Washington State Community College.”
Sarah Wyatt, a research scientist in plant biology at Ohio University, wanted to find out how removal of the influence of gravity affects the way plants grow, and she did it by sending plants to the International Space Station on a rocket.
That’s the short version of her story about a project that actually took several years to arrange and execute, a story she shared with a group of about two dozen students at Washington State Community College Wednesday morning.
Plants abound with mystery, she told the group, and are more complex than most people realize….
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