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Wyatt and Students Present at Plant Biology 2017 in Honolulu

Dr. Sarah Wyatt and her lab group: Alex Meyers, Colin Kruse, Proma Basu, Anne Sternberger in Hawaii

Dr. Sarah Wyatt and members of her research group presented their research—some of it resulting from their 2015 experiment on the International Space Station—at Plant Biology 2017 at Honolulu from June 24-28. Wyatt is Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology and Director of the Interdisciplinary Molecular and Cellular Biology Program. […]

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July 25, 2017 at 12:17 pmResearch

Graduate Students Help Elementary Students Extract Strawberry DNA

Graduate students Proma Basu, Emily Keil, Laura Mason, Danny Wolf, and Joshua Evans stand outside the Coolville elementary.

By Heather Willard PACE Writer Environmental & Plant Biology The Plant Biology Graduate Student Association participated in family science night at the Coolville Elementary School, teaching students about basic biology concepts, including DNA extraction and how the Venus Flytrap “eats.” Joshua Evans, graduate student and member of the Plant Biology […]

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November 3, 2016 at 8:33 amNews

Wyatt, 3 Graduate Students Present at International Space Conference

The Ohio University contingent at the 2016 meeting of the ASGSR.

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 […]

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October 31, 2016 at 1:16 pmResearch

Watch OHIO Experiment Leave Space Station Today at 2 p.m.

Watch OHIO Experiment Leave Space Station Today at 2 p.m.

Watch live as the Ohio University experiment leaves the International Space Station today, Feb. 10, at 2 p.m. on NASA TV. Coverage beings at 12:45 p.m., and the release of the SpaceX/Dragon Cargo Ship from the the space station is scheduled at 2:10 p.m. ET. The Expedition 42 crew closed […]

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February 10, 2015 at 11:36 amNews

Plant Biology Experiment Docking with Space Station Today

SpaceX rocket lifts off from Kennedy Space Center.

Before dawn on Saturday, the SpaceX Falcon 9 carrying an Ohio University experiment finally headed to space after several weeks of launch delay. Ohio University’s Team Gravitron plants-and-gravity experiment launched Jan. 10 and docks with the International Space Station today, Jan. 12. Dr. Sarah Wyatt, Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology […]

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January 12, 2015 at 9:44 amResearch

Blast Off: T-Minus and Counting for Team Gravitron Launch

Blast Off: T-Minus and Counting for Team Gravitron Launch

After more than a year of preparation, Ohio University’s Team Gravitron plants-and-gravity experiment launches for the International Space Station this week aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket. As the Falcon blasts off at the Kennedy Space Center in Cape Canaveral, FL, the Ground Control Team at Ohio University in Athens, […]

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December 10, 2014 at 11:21 amNews Research

Grad Student Proma Basu Presents on Plants’ Response to Space Flight and Reorientation to Earth’s Gravity

Proma Basu presents at the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research.

  Graduate student Proma Basu presented a poster on studying the proteins plants express as they are exposed to gravitational changes in spaceflight and upon reorientation to the Earth’s gravitational pull on Oct. 25 at the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research. Her co-author on Proteomics Analysis of Plants […]

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October 28, 2014 at 10:00 amResearch