Post Tagged with: "environmental and plant biology research"

Tomeo, Rosenthal Paper Looks at Differing Tree Responses to Acid Rain Conditions

Nicholas Tomeo and David Rosenthal

Graduate student Nicholas Tomeo and Dr. David Rosenthal, Assistant Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology at Ohio University, are co-authors on Fast-growing Acer rubrum differs from slow-growing Quercus alba in leaf, xylem and hydraulic trait coordination responses to simulated acid rain in Tree physiology. Their co-authors are Juliana S. Medeiros […]

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June 14, 2016 at 4:45 pmResearch

Vis Gets Outstanding Faculty Research and Scholarship Award

Pressing of Batrachospermum (the frog spawn alga) that Morgan Vis studies

By Sydney Dawes PACE Writer Environmental & Plant Biology Dr. Morgan Vis, Professor and Chair of Environmental & Plant Biology, received the College of Arts & Sciences Outstanding Faculty Research and Scholarship Award for 2015-16. The award is given to a faculty member in the College of Arts & Sciences […]

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May 18, 2016 at 12:17 pmResearch

NQPI | Plants’ Salt Response Suggests Biochemical Connection

Dr. Allan Showalter’s lab is studying Arabidopsis thaliana, a plant commonly used as a model organism for genetic studies.

By Amanda Biederman NQPI editorial intern Ohio University Environmental & Plant Biology professor and Nanoscale & Quantum Phenomena Institute member Allan Showalter is investigating the interplay between five plant genes in Arabidopsis thaliana that may contribute to saline tolerance. The genes GALT2, GALT5, SOS5, FEI1 and FEI2 encode proteins that […]

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May 16, 2016 at 4:35 pmResearch

Rosenthal Uses OURC Funds for American Chestnut Research

Dr. David Rosenthal measures photosynthetic parameters of American and hybrid chestnuts grown at temperature and CO2 levels predicted for later this century.

By Sydney Dawes PACE Writer Environmental & Plant Biology Dr. David Rosenthal, Assistant Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology, is putting an Ohio University Research Committee (OURC) award to work funding his student-interactive study of American Chestnuts. The OURC is a competitive, internal university-wide award for research and scholarship. Rosenthal […]

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May 12, 2016 at 2:15 pmResearch

Plant Biology Students Present Their Research at 2016 Expo

Graduate students, from left: Yuan (Susan) Zhang, Alex Meyers, Kathleen Gabler, Marion Holmes, Nick Tomeo, Anne Sternberger, Proma Basu

Fifteen graduate and 7 undergraduate students from Environmental & Plant Biology were among the 840 undergraduate, graduate and medical students who presented at Ohio University’s Student Research & Creative Activity Expo on April 14. Congratulations to this year’s PBIO winners! Graduate Student Awards Student: Anne Sternberger Title: “Using a De […]

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April 21, 2016 at 8:58 amNews Research

PBIO Grad Student Analyzes Effects of Acid Mine Drainage on Local Streams

PBIO Grad Student Analyzes Effects of Acid Mine Drainage on Local Streams

By Sydney Dawes| Environmental and Plant Biology Images of orange water poured out of Emily Keil’s phone as she discussed her current research. The orange is from the unusual amounts of iron that have built up in many streams in the Athens area over the years. Keil, a graduate student […]

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December 21, 2015 at 2:08 pmResearch

Rosenthal Co-Authors Rapid Purging of Genetic Load in Metapopulation, Consequences for Range Expansion in Invasive Plant

Dr. David Rosenthal

Dr. David M. Rosenthal, Assistant Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology, co-authored “Rapid purging of genetic load in a metapopulation and consequences for range expansion in an invasive plant” in Biological Invasions. Co-authors from Portland State University are Gina L. Marchini, Nena Cole Sherlock, Alisa P. Ramakrishnan, Mitchell B. Cruzan. […]

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November 4, 2015 at 12:21 pmResearch