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Department of Biological Sciences

NSF Award Funds Sensor Research at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State’s New Advanced Materials and Liquid Crystal Institute
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Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University 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), Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University 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

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Ecologist Part of Global Collaboration to Answer Pressing Questions Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ Global Change
Division of Research & Economic Development
Dave Costello, Ph.D., (left), assistant professor in Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University’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.

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Ecologist Part of Global Collaboration to Answer Pressing Questions Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ Global Change
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Dave Costello, Ph.D., (left), assistant professor in Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University’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 Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University 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 Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University's Center for Ecology and Natural Resources Sustainability
Environmental Science and Design Research Institute
Students perform environmental research in Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ 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

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ 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 Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University, received a three-year, $450,000 grant from the National Institutes of Health.

New Study by Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State Researcher to Examine Role of Oxytocin in the Developing Brain
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Heather Caldwell, Ph.D., professor of biological sciences at Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State University, 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 Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ 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.

Ñý¼§Ö±²¥ State's Gemma Casadesus Smith is studying why women are more likely to develop Alzheimer's. 

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