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Biology’s Sarah Diamond granted prestigious NSF CAREER award
Assistant professor and chair in environmental studies leading research into changing habits of butterflies in warming climate, with help of citizen scientists Sarah Diamond, an assistant professor in biology and the George B. Mayer Chair in Urban and Environmental Studies, has been awarded a Natio...
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A bean for all seasons?
ϳԹ biologist explores wider uses for Namibian “orphan legume;” Marama bean grows in drought conditions and shows resistance to pests Biology professor and researcher Christopher Cullis said he pondered two big questions when he first caught sight of the wild marama bean plant, its...
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Two Class of 2019 alumnae win Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants
Two of ϳԹ’s Class of 2019 graduates will gain international experiences in the coming months as recipients of Fulbright U.S. Student Program grants. Jasmin Bhangu, who majored in biology and business management, received an English Teaching Assistant Grant in Poland, wh...
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Deer, invasive earthworms gang up to damage forested areas
ϳԹ biologists say combined effect of two species could be harming Ohio’s forest ecosystems; research could inform deer-park management An overpopulation of whitetailed deer is contributing to the spread of invasive earthworms—a newly discovered link to understanding environmental ...
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ϳԹ, Holden Arboretum, Cleveland Metroparks Zoo and Cleveland Museum of Natural History join forces to expand research, education opportunities A team of world-class science researchers and educators at ϳԹ, the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo, the Cleveland Museum of Natural ...
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Biology’s Riley Tedrow helps craft assay for monitoring mosquito populations responsible for malaria transmission
Riley Tedrow, a PhD candidate in the Department of Biology, was part of a team of entomologists and malaria experts that have crafted an efficient assay for monitoring mosquito populations responsible for malaria transmission in Madagascar. The work, titled “Novel Multiplex Assay for Malaria Vector ...
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How male dragonflies adapt wing color to temperature
New research could explain color variance in other species and predict survival, reproduction in warming climate for other animals New research from ϳԹ in how dragonflies may adapt their wing color to temperature differences might explain color variation in other animals...
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ϳԹ representatives participate in Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students
Representatives from several ϳԹ departments and schools attended the annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students in Indianapolis Nov. 14-17. The representatives were from the College of Arts and Sciences’ biology and chemistry departments, the School of ...
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Faculty members co-edit paleoecology volume
Darin Croft, professor of anatomy, Denise Su, adjunct assistant professor of biology, and Scott Simpson, professor of anatomy, co-edited a volume titled Methods in Paleoecology: Reconstructing Cenozoic Terrestrial Environments and Ecological Communities, which was recently published by Springer. It...
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Understanding the neurological code behind how flies fly
ϳԹ scientists study acrobatic maneuvers of common flesh flies, offer first proofs of 70-year-old theory on nervous system controlling body rotations A common flesh fly takes off and maneuvers effortlessly, her head and body steadied by a hidden, minuscule gyroscope-like structure t...