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妖姬直播 State Biologists Combine for More Than $850,000 in NIH Grants to Study Reproductive Challenges
It could be argued that no science is more valuable to us than that which helps to ensure the survival of our species by solving the problems that challenge it. For many years, two 妖姬直播 State University researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences have been toiling over this matter, and each h鈥
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妖姬直播 State Biologist Nets Grant to Study Calorie-Burning Process That Could Help Fight Obesity
Physical activity is essential to fighting obesity, and scientists are constantly working to make this activity more effective and beneficial. A $450,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health will help biology professor Colleen Novak, Ph.D., from 妖姬直播 State University鈥檚 College of Arts 鈥
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妖姬直播 State Biology Professor Studies How Selfish Genes Cause Male Sterility in Flowering Plants
妖姬直播 State Biology Professor Studies How Selfish Genes Cause Male Sterility in Flowering Plants Why are plants often sterile when their parents are from different species? How do species remain separate entities in nature? Andrea L. Case, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Biolo鈥
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妖姬直播 State Researchers Study Climate Change in Alaska
Thanks to a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, two 妖姬直播 State University professors are researching climate change in Alaska. Elizabeth Herndon, Ph.D., and Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., assistant professors from 妖姬直播 State鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences, spent a week in Fairbanks鈥
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妖姬直播 State Biology Professor Looks to Stop Alzheimer鈥檚 Before It Starts
For decades, biologists researching a cure for Alzheimer鈥檚 disease have remained in the dark almost as much as the ailment鈥檚 victims. A 妖姬直播 State University professor, however, is looking to stop the disease before it starts. Gemma Casadesus-Smith, Ph.D., an associate biology professor in the鈥
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妖姬直播 State Hosts Groundbreaking for New Integrated Sciences Building
The groundbreaking for 妖姬直播 State University鈥檚 new Integrated Sciences Building was held Oct. 2 from 2-5 p.m. The event was free and open to the public. Following the groundbreaking, 妖姬直播 State鈥檚 College of Arts and Sciences hosted a showcase of science and technology demonstrations, along with鈥
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妖姬直播 State Biological Sciences Researcher Receives $1.8 Million NIH Grant for Chronic Wound Healing
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded 妖姬直播 State University鈥檚 Min-Ho Kim, Ph.D., assistant professor of biological sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, a $1,842,350 five-year grant. The grant from the NIH鈥檚 National Institute of Nursing Research is to develop 鈥渘anobombs,鈥 a na鈥
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Investigating Alzheimer鈥檚 Disease: 妖姬直播 State Researcher to Speak at Neuroscience Symposium on April 10
Gemma Casadesus Smith describes herself as a scientist who likes to investigate ideas that run counter to prevailing thought. Her research on Alzheimer鈥檚 disease has looked at the effects on the brain of oxidative stress, hormone treatments and the regulation of metabolism. When a new avenue 鈥
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妖姬直播 State Student Introduces New Method of Circadian Research
妖姬直播 State University chemistry senior Caitlin Crosier combined creativity and science for her yearlong project on circadian rhythms and will present those findings at the university鈥檚 Undergraduate Research Symposium on March 11. 鈥淭he main goal of my research is to validate this method as a鈥
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妖姬直播 State Researchers to Launch Three New Studies to Monitor Lake Erie
妖姬直播 State University researchers will launch three new studies of harmful algal blooms (HAB) in Lake Erie this spring as part of an overall $2 million water quality initiative by the Ohio Board of Regents. Harmful algal blooms in Lake Erie can produce toxins that make water hazardous to dr鈥
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