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Biology Graduate Students Present at Annual Society for Neuroscience

From left, Hariprakash Haragopal and Sazan Ismael

Hariprakash Haragopal, a doctoral student in Dr. Mitchell Day’s lab, Sazan Ismael, a doctoral student in Dr. Daewoo Lee‘s lab, and Zihui Wang, a doctoral student in Dr. Yang Li’s lab, presented their research at the Annual Society for Neuroscience conference in San Diego in early November 2018. Haragopal uses […]

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November 9, 2018 at 8:28 amResearch

Just & Alumni Publish on Mathematical Modeling of Epithelial Tissue

Dr. Winfried Just

Dr. Winifred Just, Professor of Mathematics at Ohio University, and two alumni published an article on “Development of epithelial tissues: How are cleavage planes chosen?” in PLOS One. The co-authors are Ying Xin, who earned an M.S. in Mathematics in 2014 and a Ph.D. in 2018,  and Chathuri M. Karunarathna Mudiyanselage, […]

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November 8, 2018 at 4:25 pmResearch

TriBeta Research Fair Showcases Undergraduate Research Opportunities

From left: Frances Kokos (vice president), Baily Menefee (PR and social chair), Hannah West (secretary), Jenna Shroyer (president), Gillian Null (community service chair), Rebecca Fouts (treasurer).

Once again, the hallway of the Life Sciences Building was abuzz with research conversations on Oct. 17 as Biological Sciences and Biomedical Sciences faculty members and students presented posters based on their research to students in the department. This annual research fair, hosted by Ohio University’s TriBeta (Beta Beta Beta) chapter, […]

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November 6, 2018 at 4:38 pmIn Class News

Stender Presents at SciX 2018 on Silica-Coated Gold Nanoparticles & on Career Panel

Dr. Anthony Stender

Dr. Anthony S. Stender, Assistant Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Ohio University, recently attended SciX 2018 in Atlanta. SciX is an annual conference organized by the Federation of Analytical Chemistry and Spectroscopy Societies. The conference provides a forum for discussion of traditional research topics in analytical chemistry as well […]

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November 6, 2018 at 12:23 pmResearch

Psychology Study: Fear Leads People to Think Donating Blood will Make Others Faint

Dr. Christopher France

By Mikaela Ashburn From Compass A new study by Ohio University faculty members showed that people who are afraid to have their blood drawn believe more people faint or have other symptoms than what statistics show actually occurs. The study, titled “Fear of blood draw is associated with inflated expectations […]

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November 5, 2018 at 4:48 pmResearch

Jung-Ryu Paper Finds Opposite Effect of Recent Expansionary Monetary Policy

Dr. Chulho Jung

Dr. Chulho Jung, Professor of Economics, has been invited to present a paper at the University of Windsor in Windsor, Canada. The paper, co-authored by Jung and Dr. Jay E. Ryu, Professor of of Political Science at OHIO, addresses a strange puzzle about the effects of Federal Reserve policy. Economic […]

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November 1, 2018 at 4:08 pmResearch

OHIO Researchers Can Access New Liquid-Cooled Pitzer Cluster at Supercomputer Center

Dell EMC-built Pitzer Cluster at the Ohio Supercomputer Center

University and industry researchers across the state of Ohio will soon have access to the newest, most efficient system at the Ohio Supercomputer Center—the liquid-cooled, Dell EMC-built Pitzer Cluster, announced the Ohio Supercomputer Center. The theoretical peak performance of the cluster is about 1.3 petaflops, meaning it is capable of […]

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November 1, 2018 at 2:52 pmAnnouncements Research