Post Tagged with: "chemistry and biochemistry news"

By Amanda Biederman NQPI editorial intern The Human Genome Project was declared complete in 2003, but the challenge to fully understand our DNA, the helical duplex that contains our genetic information, is far from finished. Researchers are now applying modern techniques to better understand this fundamental component of life and nature. […]

December 2017 By Stephen C. Bergmeier Professor and Chair of Chemistry & Biochemistry Department Greetings to all of our friends and alumni. These are exciting times in the department. Groundbreaking is done and construction for the new chemistry building is well under way, with the completion slated for August of […]

Ohio University alum Dr. J. William Efcavitch was featured in Chemical and Engineering News in a story headlined “C&EN’s 2018 10 Start-Ups to Watch: Discover new companies connecting groundbreaking chemistry to pressing problems.” Efcavitch earned a Ph.D. in Chemistry from the College of Arts & Sciences, where he studied with Dr. Thomas […]

By Amanda Biederman NQPI editorial intern When it comes to developing more effective therapeutics for cancer, doctoral student Ali Rafiei Miandashti emphasizes the key is to think small. Rafiei, who works under the supervision of Chemistry & Biochemistry professor and Nanoscale and Quantum Phenomena Institute member Dr. Hugh Richardson, is […]

By Amanda Biederman  OHIO students and faculty members convened last month to share their research at the annual Molecular and Cellular Biology (MCB) retreat. The event, which included a series of faculty and student talks as well as a poster session, spanned a variety of disciplines including biochemistry, molecular biology and […]

 Ohio University President M. Duane Nellis called the groundbreaking for a new chemistry building “an exciting day for Ohio University” as construction gets under way on a major academic building on campus. “It’s been a a few years since we’ve had a focus on a new building for the […]

Drs. Jessica White and Travis White, assistant professors of Chemistry & Biochemistry, welcomed nearly 200 chemists from 20 universities and colleges in Ohio and surrounding states (Michigan, Indiana, Kentucky and West Virginia) to the 2018 Ohio Inorganic Weekend in Athens on Nov. 9 and 10. This conference has been held […]