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(Nov. 8, 2024)
Biology Ph.D. Student Awarded Two Prestigious National Scholarships to Study Fungi’s Role in Forest HealthEva Legge has been named a Mollie Beattie Visiting Scholar by the Society of American Foresters and was also awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship.
(Oct. 15, 2024)
NSF Grant in Biology Aims to Boost STEM Student Retention through Hands-On ResearchProfessors in the Department of Biology have received a Research Experiences for Undergraduates site grant to host students from other institutions for immersive summer research at Syracuse.
(Oct. 2, 2024)
Insights from the Experts: SU Faculty Share Favorite “BioArt” Works by Eduardo KacSyracuse University professors comment on notable "BioArt" creations by renowned artist Eduardo Kac, who will be the keynote speaker for the Kashi and Kameshwar C. Wali Lecture on October 24.
(Sept. 27, 2024)
Can Folic Acid Supplementation During Pregnancy Help Prevent Autism and Schizophrenia?Biology Professor Jessica MacDonald has received a grant from the National Institutes of Health to investigate maternal folic acid’s role in promoting healthy brain development.
(Sept. 27, 2024)
A Tool to Enhance the Taste and Texture of Sourdough and Study the Complexity of MicrobiomesA&S researchers explore how acetic acid bacteria shapes emergent properties of sourdough, with implications across complex microbial systems.
(Sept. 26, 2024)
Funding Research That Improves Health and Shortens ‘Bench to Bedside’ TimeWalters Endowed Fund for Science Research supports research and discovery that addresses grand challenges facing global and human health.
(May 23, 2024)
Biology Professor Receives NSF Grant to Study “Community Coalescence”Angela Oliverio is studying what happens when microbiomes mix, reassemble and potentially change functions.
(April 30, 2024)
A&S Biologist Calls for Protection and More Studies of Natural Time Capsules of Climate ChangeAncient rodent nests—or middens—offer critical ecological and evolutionary archives of the last 50,000 years. Katie Becklin helps lead an effort for midden preservation and study.