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Department of Biological Sciences

NSF Award Funds Sensor Research at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State’s New Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute
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ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï researchers Elda and Torsten Hegmann pose with one of the sensors they created that detects toxic gases. The sensors can be made any shape or size and require no power to function.

Thanks to a rare Grant Opportunities for Academic Liaison with Industry (GOALI) award from the National Science Foundation (NSF), ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï researchers in the new Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute will be able to work with partners at Merck Performance Materials to advance life-saving sensory technology.

BSCI faculty member shares insights into road salt contamination of freshwater
Biological Sciences

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Ecologist Part of Global Collaboration to Answer Pressing Questions ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Global Change
Division of Research & Economic Development
Dave Costello, Ph.D., (left), assistant professor in ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Devan Mathie (right), an undergraduate honors student, stand in Wahoo Ditch in Ravenna, Ohio.

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Ecologist Part of Global Collaboration to Answer Pressing Questions ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Global Change
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Dave Costello, Ph.D., (left), assistant professor in ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï’s Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, and Devan Mathie (right), an undergraduate honors student, stand in Wahoo Ditch in Ravenna, Ohio.

The work of 153 ecological researchers from 40 countries, including ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï Assistant Professor Dave Costello, Ph.D., from the Department of Biological Sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, has revealed new findings on the effect of climatic factors on river-based ecosystems.

Kinsman-Costello Named as New Director of ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï's Center for Ecology and Natural Resources Sustainability
Environmental Science and Design Research Institute
Students perform environmental research in ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State natural areas

Researchers Reveal How Loss of South African Grasslands to Shrubs Could Affect the Soil and Atmosphere
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Grassland in Magersfontein (near Kimberley, South Africa), 1900

Researchers Reveal How Loss of South African Grasslands to Shrubs Could Affect the Soil and Atmosphere
Environmental Science and Design Research Institute
Grassland in Magersfontein (near Kimberley, South Africa), 1900

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Biologist Wins Grant to Study Neurological Roots of Chronic Stress and Fear
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John D. Johnson, Ph.D., associate professor of biological sciences at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï, received a three-year, $450,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health.

New Study by ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State Researcher to Examine Role of Oxytocin in the Developing Brain
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Heather Caldwell, Ph.D., professor of biological sciences at ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï, was awarded a $450,000 grant to study how oxytocin affects the development of the female and male brain.

Researcher Receives Five-Year Grant From the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health
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Gemma Casadesus Smith, an associate professor in ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State’s Department of Biological Sciences, has been awarded a five-year, $1.8 million grant from the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health.

ÌìÌì³Ô¹Ï State's Gemma Casadesus Smith is studying why women are more likely to develop Alzheimer's. 

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