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Undergraduates Get Research Experience Studying Songbird Reproduction

Undergraduates Get Research Experience Studying Songbird Reproduction

As Biological Sciences undergraduate students, Madeline Sudnick (Honor’s Tutorial College) and Rachel Anderson (Biological Sciences Wildlife and Conservation B.S. 2017) gained experience in scientific research and publishing while studying the role maternal age plays in songbird reproduction. They worked with their mentor Dr. Kelly Williams and graduate student Meredith Fitschen-Brown to […]

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June 15, 2020 at 3:20 pmResearch

Ecolunch | Undergraduates on Flies, Bird Blow Flies & Non-Biting Midges, Feb. 12

Maddie Sudnick on a rope bridge

Ecolunch presents three students in an “Undergraduate Extravaganza” on Feb. 12 from 11:50 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. in Irvine 159. The three students are working with Dr. Bekka S. Brodie, Assistant Professor of Instruction in Biological Sciences and OHIO Honors Coordinator. Evelyn Blakeman, a second-year student double majoring in Plant […]

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February 1, 2020 at 9:15 pmEvents

Chemistry Student, Faculty Present at 2019 NOBCChE National Meeting in St. Louis

Demi Reed at NOBCChE Forum

Two members from Ohio University’s Chemistry & Biochemistry Department recently presented original research at the 2019 NOBCChE national meeting in St. Louis from Nov 18 – 21. The annual meeting of the National Organization for the Professional Advancement of Black Chemists and Chemical Engineers (NOBCChE) provides students, postdocs, faculty, and […]

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January 13, 2020 at 10:35 amNews

Students Present at Ohio Inorganic Weekend, Roell Takes Undergraduate First

Sarah Roell takes first at Ohio Inorganic Weekend.

Dr. Jessica White and Dr. Travis White, both Assistant Professors of Chemistry & Biochemistry at Ohio University, and members of their research labs participated in the 2019 Ohio Inorganic Weekend at the University of Toledo on Nov. 1-2. Ohio Inorganic Weekend is a student-focused meeting for inorganic chemistry groups in […]

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January 12, 2020 at 2:45 pmNews

OHIO Undergraduate Researchers Rock the Insect World

OHIO delegation at Entomological Society of America.

Like moths to a flame, entomologists swarmed to the annual Entomological Society of America (ESA) conference to communicate what they have learned about the insects they study.  This year the conference was held Nov. 16-20 in St. Louis. Ohio University undergraduate research students Madeline Sudnick, Evelyn Blakeman, and Mitch Duffner—compelled […]

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December 4, 2019 at 2:04 pmIn Class Research

Heller Looks at Plant Protein Less Active in Space

Heller Looks at Plant Protein Less Active in Space

Ohio University undergraduate student Ava Heller will present a poster at the American Society for Gravitational and Space Research meeting in Denver, CO., Nov. 20-23. “This project essentially looks at a protein that was less activated in space than on Earth,” Heller said. “I am growing plants that don’t have […]

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October 27, 2019 at 4:28 pmResearch

Vince Presents at 49th Annual meeting for the Society for Neuroscience 2019

Matthew Vince with his poster.

Ohio University undergraduate student Matthew Vince presented at the 49th Annual meeting for the Society for Neuroscience 2019. “I am studying monoamine oxidase inhibitors (MAOI) and their targets in Caenorhabditis elegans,” said Vince, a junior majoring in Biological Sciences Pre-Professional. “I am testing combinations of genetic knockouts for genes involved […]

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October 24, 2019 at 9:45 amResearch