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By Megan Reed A chemical engineering professor in the Russ College of Engineering and Technology has received a nearly $450,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health to fund research that could potentially help mitigate serious diseases such as Alzheimer’s. Professor of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering Dr. Douglas Goetz will […]

Quidel Corp. has an open position for a Molecular QC Technician at the company’s Athens location, which employs many Ohio University Bobcats from a variety of backgrounds and areas of expertise. “Quidel is searching for a Molecular QC Technician to join our Athens, OH team. The Molecular QC Technician will be performing mid- to high […]

From Research staff reports Nov. 29, 2016 Seven undergraduate students, three graduate students and one Ohio University faculty member received funding for their health and medical research from the 2016 John J. Kopchick Awards. The program provided a total of $54,863 in grants and fellowships to advance research on topics […]

Dr. Sarah Wyatt, Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology, presented a talk on “Arabidopsis proteomic responses to microgravity” as part of the GeneLab symposium at the 2016 annual meeting of the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research. Wyatt is recognized as an expert in gravitational and space biology. Using […]

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 […]

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 […]

By Kristin M. Distel Dr. Chunxi Zeng, just awarded a Ph.D. in Chemistry from Ohio University, published an article on “Factors that Influence T box Riboswitch Efficacy and tRNA Affinity” in Bioorganic and Medicinal Chemistry. In the face of increasingly resistant bacterial strains, Zeng’s work with the T box riboswitch […]