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Graduate student Colin Kruse won best presentation for a graduate student in the Molecular Biology division at the Sigma Xi annual meeting. The Sigma Xi meeting on Big Data and the Future of Research, was held in San Francisco. Kruse’s presentation was on “Understanding Tumor Gene Expression Landscapes: New Treatment […]

Dr. Kim Thompson, Lecturer in Environmental & Plant Biology, was quoted along with other Ohio University officials in a Chronicle of Higher Education story headlined “This University’s ‘Accelerator’ Tests New Ideas for Teaching — and It’s Working.” Kim M. Thompson, a lecturer in environmental and plant biology, is enthusiastic about […]

Greetings Environmental & Plant Biology alumni, students, faculty, and staff! It is my privilege to now serve as chair of this outstanding department. This fall newsletter highlights some of the great things that our faculty, staff, students, and alumni are doing. If you are not highlighted in this current newsletter, […]

Ohio University’s Dysart Woods, the largest old-growth remnant in Southeastern Ohio, was inducted into the Old-Growth Forest Network on Oct. 10. The dedication ceremony took place at the trailhead in Dysart Woods, near Belmont, Ohio, and was followed by a hike into the forest. “In addition to creating a network […]

Ohio University alum Dr. Nicholas Tomeo and Dr. David Rosenthal authored an article on “Photorespiration differs among Arabidopsis thaliana ecotypes and is correlated with photosynthesis” in the Journal of Experimental Botany. Tomeo earned a Ph.D. in Plant Biology in 2017. Rosenthal is Assistant Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology at […]

From Research Communications Dr. Morgan Vis, Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology, has been named an Ohio University Presidential Research Scholar. Vis is an internationally known expert on the systematics of freshwater red algae, an important source of food and shelter for invertebrates in steams, and the use of algae […]

As the colder months approach us this fall, the colder-weather crops at the OHIO Student Farm are becoming ready for harvest. A recent harvest at the farm included about a dozen blue hubbard squashes, an heirloom squash variety. From this blue hubbard squash harvest, students learn not only about growing […]