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Heller Looks at Plant Protein Less Active in Space

Heller Looks at Plant Protein Less Active in Space

Ohio University undergraduate student Ava Heller will present a poster at the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research meeting in Denver, CO., Nov. 20-23. “This project essentially looks at a protein that was less activated in space than on Earth,” Heller said. “I am growing plants that don’t have […]

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October 27, 2019 at 4:28 pmResearch

From the International Space Station to an OHIO Lab

From the International Space Station to an OHIO Lab

Ava Heller’s summer job is researching data from seedlings grown in microgravity aboard the International Space Station. Already the recipient of the 2019 Norman S. Cohn Research Fellowship in Plant Cell and Molecular Biology, Heller added a prestigious American Society of Plant Biologists Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship. The fellowship carries […]

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April 29, 2019 at 8:51 amIn Class Research

Virtual Exhibit Culminates Year-Long Public Engagement Program Mentored by Hines & Lucas

Pictured Back row: Dr. Jennifer Hines (Chemistry & Biochemistry), Ava Heller (Environmental & Plant Biology), Amanda McKeon (Forensic Chemistry), Daniel Ivory (Astrophysics), Dr. Mark Lucas (Physics & Astronomy). Front row: Kelly McCallan (Communication: Game Design & Animation), Erica Cox (Integrated Science Education, AYA), Jenna Berger (Forensic Chemistry), Addy Kruse (Chemistry), Jen Parsons (OVMoD). Additional team members not pictured include Ana Bucki (Astrophysics), Ashley Chong (Forensic Chemistry), Georgia Hilliard (Biochemistry).

The Ohio University STEAM Team wraps up a year of peer-led science community engagement activities with Science: Then & Now, a virtual exhibit inspired by the Morgan Collection in the History of Chemistry. The group collaborated with Alden Library Special Collections and the Ohio Valley Museum of Discovery (OVMoD) to […]

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April 22, 2019 at 10:07 amNews

Heller Selected for Norman Cohn Summer Research Fellowship

Ava Heller and Dr. Sarah Wyatt work in the lab.

Undergraduate student Ava Heller was selected as the recipient of the 2019 Norman S. Cohn Research Fellowship in Plant Cell and Molecular Biology. The fellowship of $2,000 helps an undergraduate student to pursue research in plant cellular and molecular biology in a laboratory associated with the Environmental & Plant Biology […]

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April 6, 2019 at 3:43 pmResearch

Students Talk Plants with Children at Science & Engineering Festival

Ava Heller helps a schoolchild use a microscope at the at the USA Science & Engineering Festival.

Dr. Sarah Wyatt, Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology, and two students helped staff the American Society of Plant Biologists booth at the USA Science & Engineering Festival April 7-8 in Washington, D.C. The festival is the nation’s largest celebration of STEM, with more than 350,000 attendees. At the ASPB […]

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April 12, 2018 at 9:03 amNews