Post Tagged with: "Sarah Wyatt"

By Erica Molfetto From Compass The Baker University Center was buzzing with excitement on Saturday, May 17, for Ohio University’s first-ever Tech Savvy conference. Fifty four middle-school girls from 13 counties in Ohio and West Virginia gathered on campus to learn more about the rewarding careers that math, science and […]

Among the 31 space biology research proposals NASA announced on May 29 for immediate implementation is an experiment with Arabidopsis seedlings by Dr. Sarah Wyatt, Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology at Ohio University NASA will fund the “Research Opportunities in Space Biology” proposals to help investigate questions about how […]

A May 28 post on the American Association of University Women (AAUW) blog captured the energy of Tech Savvy, a new program for middle school girls and their parents. Ohio University was one of the pilot programs this spring, and Dr. Sarah Wyatt, Professor of Environmental & Plant Biology, gave the […]

By Gretchen Gregory From Compass Fifty-five Logan High School students from Autum Barry and Alyssa Burns’ biomedical science class and advanced placement biology class learned about plant biology and biomedical research at Ohio University during a recent visit to the Athens Campus. Acid mine drainage mediation, photosynthesis and climate change, […]

The American Society of Plant Biologists Midwestern Section annual meeting in Columbus on March 22-23. Doctoral student Wen Dong and undergraduate student researchers Avery Tucker, Megan Moore, Sean Fenstemaker, and  Tayler DeBrosse won awards for their presentations. Avery E. Tucker, an Undergraduate Research Assistant in the Wyatt Lab, won Best […]

Gravity. Actors Sandra Bullock and George Clooney provided a theatrical look at how humans might experience the lack of gravity in space. But what about plants? Humans have touched the moon and sequenced the human genome. But answers to how plants respond to gravity are just now being unlocked—by students […]

The Ohio University branch of AAUW has been awarded a grant to establish a Tech Savvy program for girls in sixth through ninth grades on May 17. “This is a great opportunity for the Athens AAUW to partner with Ohio University and offer an exciting science program for middle school […]