Stories tagged with: Department of Biological Sciences

Ohio University professors (left to right) Douglas Goetz, Stephen Bergmeier and Kelly McCall, who discovered a compound that can possibly help protect against a plethora of physiological and pathophysiological diseases.

Alumna Kelly McCall veered into a research career fighting autoimmune and inflammatory diseases

Kelly McCall thought she was headed to dentistry school. But as graduation loomed, she changed her major to biological sciences and found herself on a very different health-care related path.

The Ohio University sundial

2022-23 Presidential Research Scholars are explorers of human history and scientific discovery

Ohio University has named four professors as its 2022-23 Presidential Research Scholars: Neil Bernstein, Ronan Carroll, Katherine Jellison, and Patrick O’Connor.

Riley Zielinski in the lab

29 students receive Provost Undergraduate Research Fund awards

The Ohio University Provost Undergraduate Research Fund (PURF) award program provided 29 students with a total of $40,446 in funding for their original research, scholarship and creative work this fall.

Andrew Owusu, Osahon Ogbebor, and Adam Ward are shown in the podcast studio

With help from the Pod, four friends made the most of daily debates over sports

Shortly after they met their freshman year, Andrew Owusu, Osahon Ogbebor, Adam Ward and Gavin Broome found themselves arguing daily as they ate lunch at Nelson Dining Hall.

Silvana Duran-Ortiz

EBI postdoctoral fellow awarded fellowship in aging research

Ohio University’s Edison Biotechnology Institute (EBI) postdoctoral researcher Silvana Duran-Ortiz was awarded the 2022 Glenn Foundation for Medical Research Postdoctoral Fellowship in Aging Research.

A group of Ambassadors facilitating a clothing swap in Jefferson Hall in 2021 during their annual outreach day.

Sustainability Day on Nov. 14 aims to spur local action with a global impact

The Climate and Sustainability Ambassadors and the Ohio University Office of Sustainability are hosting Sustainability Day on Monday, Nov. 14, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. in the Baker University Center

Deborah Swegan

OHIO senior earns Air Force Health Professions Scholarship

Deborah Swegan, an Air Force ROTC cadet and senior at Ohio University, was recently awarded a competitive scholarship to pay for medical school.

Science Café
Event

Science Café features Lynn Harter exploring 'The Poetics and Politics of Storytelling' on Nov. 2

Ohio University's Science Café presents Lynn Harter exploring "The Poetics and Politics of Storytelling" on Wednesday, Nov. 2.

Era Bakia works in the field

TriBeta invites students to explore opportunities to work with faculty at research fair on Oct. 11

Biological Sciences seniors say working in faculty labs results in exciting research, lasting friendships, and critical experience for future careers.

Riley Zielinski at the Institute of Tropical Medicine and International Health at Charité-Universitätsmedizin Berlin.

Riley Zielinski finally nails it in the lab, then tops her success with Germany internship

Riley Zielinski was in the biology lab late at night, running her experiment—again. "I had no faith it would work," she said.

Viorel Popescu, portrait
Event

Viorel Popescu to discuss future for Ohio bobcats at Oct. 5 Science Café

Science Café features Viorel Popescu discussing "The Secret Lives of the #RealBobcatsofOhio" at 5 p.m. on Oct. 5 at the Baker Center Theater and via YouTube.

An intrigued Eastern Gartersnake (Thamnophis sirtalis sirtalis) examining the camera. | Photo by alumnus Kyle Brooks
University Announcement

Biology alumnus inspires OHIO Wildlife and Nature Photography Scholarship competition

Ohio University students are invited to submit their best Athens County nature pics to the OHIO Wildlife and Nature Photography Scholarship Competition.

Ryan Wagner with a mudpuppy salamander.

Alumni News | Ryan Wagner turns his grad school, camera focus on mudpuppy salamanders

Ryan Wagner has left a lot of footprints across the state of Ohio—most of them muddy ones.

Overhead photo of tropical island and shoals

Professors to hold information sessions about spring break biology program in Panama, Sept. 14, 16 and 19

Students are invited to an information session about OHIO's Tropical Biology Program in Panama, a field course where students will spend spring break 2023 in Panama.

A recently metamorphosed wood frog. Photo by Cassie Thompson.A recently metamorphosed wood frog. Photo by Cassie Thompson.
Research

Cassandra Thompson shows danger to frogs from pesticide; points to a solution

Cassandra Thompson's research highlights the need to understand the tradeoffs of using pesticides on invasive species and the effects on vulnerable species such as amphibians.

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