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Science Café presents Dr. Ronan Carroll on “The Rise of the Superbugs,” on Wednesday, March 16, at 5 p.m. in the Baker Center Front Room. About 12,000 people die every year in the United States from infections caused by MRSA, which is an antibiotic-resistant form of the bacterium Staphylococcus aureus. […]

The Ohio University chapter of Beta Beta Beta, the national biological honor society, hosts the Tri Beta district convention for all  Tri Beta chapters to come and present their research. Dr. John J. Kopchick gives the keynote lecture on “Growth Hormone, Mini Mice, Football, Dirty Shorts, and a New Drug” […]

Ohio University alum Lori Ploutz-Snyder, a senior scientist at the NASA Johnson Space Center and University Space Research Association, has been named the next dean of the University of Michigan School of Kinesiology, according to a news release. She earned a B.S. in Zoology from the Honors Tutorial College and […]

Dr. Viorel Popescu, Assistant Professor of Conservation Biology, is seeking an undergraduate research apprentice for a project on “Evaluating mammalian carnivore communities in Ohio using camera traps.” Currently enrolled Ohio University undergraduates from all colleges are invited to apply for the Research Apprenticeship Program. Administered by the Honors Tutorial College […]

Dr. Robert Colvin, Professor of Biological Sciences, is seeking an undergraduate research apprentice for a project on “Understanding the spread of protein aggregation in Alzheimer’s disease.” Currently enrolled Ohio University undergraduates from all colleges are invited to apply for the Research Apprenticeship Program. Administered by the Honors Tutorial College and sponsored by […]

Editor’s Note: Welcome to Athens, Bekka, Viorel, Tavi and Rex!  By Dr. Bekka S. Brodie Adjunct Professor of Biological Sciences They say that migration is most evident in birds. But I would argue that academics have a much more evident migration. Academic migrants move in their search of wisdom, experience, […]

By Debbie Walter, Ph.D. Graduate Student, MCB/Biomedical Sciences Students of the interdisciplinary graduate program in Molecular and Cellular Biology presented their research at the 2015 Appalachian Regional Cell Conference in Charleston, WV. The ARCC is a student-run regional conference that began in 2012. Each year the ARCC has attracted nearly […]