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By Heather Willard, PACE Writer Environmental and Plant Biology Dr. Allan Showalter, Professor Environmental & Plant Biology, traveled to Crete, Greece, this summer for the XIV Cell Wall Meeting to present his research on hydroxyproline-rich glycoproteins, more specifically the enzymes associated with the sugars on those proteins. Showalter used two […]

By Heather Willard PACE Writer Environmental and Plant Biology Dr. Elizabeth Hermsen, Assistant Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology, braved freezing temperatures to go to two conferences last May—the Midcontinent Paleobotanical Colloquium and the Paleontological Research Institution Summer Symposium. She studies fossil water clovers of the genus Marsileaceae, reassessing the […]

The Environmental & Plant Biology Colloquium Series presents Dr. Daniel Finley on “Recognition & processing of ubiquitin chains by the proteasome” on Friday, Nov. 18, at 11:50 a.m. in Porter Hall 104. Finley is Professor of Cell Biology in the Department of Cell Biology at Harvard Medical School. Abstract: The proteasome is the most […]

Dr. David Rosenthal, Assistant Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology, co-authored an article on “Intensifying drought eliminates the expected benefits of elevated carbon dioxide for soybean.” The article appeared Sept. 5 in Nature Plants. Abstract: Stimulation of C3 crop yield by rising concentrations of atmospheric carbon dioxide ([CO2]) is widely […]

Dr. Sarah Wyatt, Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology, is one of five faculty members named the 2016 Ohio University Presidential Research Scholars for excellence in the areas of life and biomedical sciences and arts and humanities. James Thomas, professor of physical therapy; Nancy Stevens, professor of biomedical sciences; Michele […]

The Office of Global Opportunities used its annual office retreat local for an immersive experience of the Athens food system. The retreat was inspired by the Food Studies theme’s spring break experiential course, “Food Justice in Athens, OH: Literature of Social Reflection,” as well as the increasing campus interest in growing our […]

Dr. Art Trese, Associate Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology, collaborated with the Athens non-profit Community Food Initiatives on a seed-saving workshop at the 5th Annual Real Food Real Local Conference in the Eclipse Company Town this summer. Trese describes his informational session as having covered the “challenges of using […]