Research

Racine Presents ‘Individuals with Anorexia Nervosa Have Difficulties Regulating Emotions’

Dr. Sarah Racine

Dr. Sarah Racine, Assistant Professor of Psychology at Ohio University, presented her research on “Individuals with anorexia nervosa have difficulties regulating their emotions: Results from the emotion-modulated startle paradigm” at the 2015 Association for Behavioral and Cognitive Therapies Convention, held Nov. 12-15, in Chicago. Her presentation was part of a […]

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November 30, 2015 at 1:25 pmResearch

Smith Article Named ACS Editors’ Choice

The schematic shows a STM tip scanning over a c(6x12) reconstructed GaN(0001) surface at liquid helium temperature (-451 degrees F).

Dr. Arthur Smith’s article on “Native Gallium Adatoms Discovered on Atomically-Smooth Gallium Nitride Surfaces at Low Temperature” was named an ACS Editors’ Choice and provided as part of the open access initiative. A limited number of peer-reviewed research articles from ACS journals are selected as Editors’ Choice. The selection of […]

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November 24, 2015 at 4:25 pmResearch

Physics Student Captures National Award at AVS Symposium

Andrada Mandru

Physics & Astronomy graduate student Andrada Mandru won one of three national-level named student awards in October at the AVS (American Vacuum Society) International Symposium in San Jose, CA. She made two presentations at the symposium and also won a second award in the Magnetic Interfaces & Nanostructures Division. Mandru […]

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November 24, 2015 at 3:53 pmResearch

Kopchick Awards Provide $87,795 to OHIO Student, Faculty and Staff Researchers

Fourteen Ohio University students and faculty and staff members have received funding for their health and medical research from the John J. Kopchick Awards. The program provided a total of $87,795 in grants and fellowships to advance research on topics such as obesity, diabetes and neurodegenerative diseases. The recipients were […]

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November 24, 2015 at 11:45 amResearch

Biology Undergrad Gets Kopchick Award for Obesity, Gene Expression in Mice

Caroline Wilson, Kimberly Kraus, and Emma Kessler pose for a photo with John Kopchick after recieving their John J. Kopchick Molecular and Cellular Biology Translational Biomedical Sciences Undergraduate Student Support Fund awards in Nelson Commons, on Saturday, November 14, 2015. Photo by Kaitlin Owens.

Undergraduate student Jesse Kowalski ’16, majoring in Microbiology with a minor in Applied Nutrition, received one of the 2015 John J. Kopchick Awards for research at Ohio University. The John J. Kopchick Molecular and Cellular Biology/Translational Biomedical Sciences Undergraduate Student Support Fund provides up to $1,500 for undergraduate students working with MCB/TBS […]

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November 24, 2015 at 11:25 amResearch

Psychology Undergrad Gets Kopchick Award to Study Neurodegenerative Diseases

Caroline Wilson, Kimberly Kraus, and Emma Kessler pose for a photo with John Kopchick after recieving their John J. Kopchick Molecular and Cellular Biology Translational Biomedical Sciences Undergraduate Student Support Fund awards in Nelson Commons, on Saturday, November 14, 2015. Photo by Kaitlin Owens.

Undergraduate student Kimberly Kraus ’16, a Psychology major, received one of the 2015 John J. Kopchick Awards for research at Ohio University. The John J. Kopchick Molecular and Cellular Biology/Translational Biomedical Sciences Undergraduate Student Support Fund provides up to $1,500 for undergraduate students working with MCB/TBS faculty and conducting translational […]

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November 24, 2015 at 11:20 amResearch

Biology Grad Student Gets Kopchick Fellowship Award

Debra Walter, Elizabeth Jensen, Alison Brittain, Ian Ackers, and Ashley Patton pose for a photo with Dr. John Kopchick after recieving their John J. Kopchick Molecular and Cellular Biology Translational Biomedical Sciences Research Fellowship Award. Photo by Kaitlin Owens.

Debra Walter, a Ph.D. student in Biological Sciences, received $15,000 as part of the 2015 John J. Kopchick fellowship awards for her work on :“Renal signatures of coxsackievirus infection and diabetes in non-obese diabetic mice.” Her faculty mentor is  Karen Coschigano Project Title: “Renal signatures of coxsackievirus infection and diabetes […]

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November 24, 2015 at 11:01 amResearch