Department of Biological Sciences
Researcher Receives Five-Year Grant From the National Institute on Aging at the National Institutes of Health
ӰƵ's Gemma Casadesus Smith is studying why women are more likely to develop Alzheimer's.
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The Mystery Behind Euphoric Feelings of Holding a Baby
There is nothing like it - holding a tiny baby in your arms. As a parent, you most likely know what it is like to get flooded with a rush of those ooey-gooey feelings. But why? How does it happen and what is the science behind those feelings for dads? Business Insider reached out to Heather Ca…
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ӰƵ Biologists Combine for More Than $850,000 in NIH Grants to Study Reproductive Challenges
It could be argued that no science is more valuable to us than that which helps to ensure the survival of our species by solving the problems that challenge it. For many years, two ӰƵ researchers in the College of Arts and Sciences have been toiling over this matter, and each h…
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ӰƵ Biologist Nets Grant to Study Calorie-Burning Process That Could Help Fight Obesity
Physical activity is essential to fighting obesity, and scientists are constantly working to make this activity more effective and beneficial. A $450,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health will help biology professor Colleen Novak, Ph.D., from ӰƵ’s College of Arts …
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ӰƵ Biology Professor Studies How Selfish Genes Cause Male Sterility in Flowering Plants
ӰƵ Biology Professor Studies How Selfish Genes Cause Male Sterility in Flowering Plants Why are plants often sterile when their parents are from different species? How do species remain separate entities in nature? Andrea L. Case, Ph.D., associate professor in the Department of Biolo…
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ӰƵ Researchers Study Climate Change in Alaska
Thanks to a $100,000 grant from the National Science Foundation, two ӰƵ professors are researching climate change in Alaska. Elizabeth Herndon, Ph.D., and Lauren Kinsman-Costello, Ph.D., assistant professors from ӰƵ’s College of Arts and Sciences, spent a week in Fairbanks…
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ӰƵ Biology Professor Looks to Stop Alzheimer’s Before It Starts
For decades, biologists researching a cure for Alzheimer’s disease have remained in the dark almost as much as the ailment’s victims. A ӰƵ professor, however, is looking to stop the disease before it starts. Gemma Casadesus-Smith, Ph.D., an associate biology professor in the…
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ӰƵ Hosts Groundbreaking for New Integrated Sciences Building
The groundbreaking for ӰƵ’s new Integrated Sciences Building was held Oct. 2 from 2-5 p.m. The event was free and open to the public. Following the groundbreaking, ӰƵ’s College of Arts and Sciences hosted a showcase of science and technology demonstrations, along with…
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ӰƵ Biological Sciences Researcher Receives $1.8 Million NIH Grant for Chronic Wound Healing
The National Institutes of Health (NIH) has awarded ӰƵ’s Min-Ho Kim, Ph.D., assistant professor of biological sciences in the College of Arts and Sciences, a $1,842,350 five-year grant. The grant from the NIH’s National Institute of Nursing Research is to develop “nanobombs,” a na…
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Investigating Alzheimer’s Disease: ӰƵ Researcher to Speak at Neuroscience Symposium on April 10
Gemma Casadesus Smith describes herself as a scientist who likes to investigate ideas that run counter to prevailing thought. Her research on Alzheimer’s disease has looked at the effects on the brain of oxidative stress, hormone treatments and the regulation of metabolism. When a new avenue …
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