While their peers indulged in summer vacation, a group of high school students from across Illinois experienced research at the university level during the Illinois Summer Research Academy (ISRA).
Unit: Biological Sciences
NIH grant enables Mortimer to study connection between Alzheimer’s and the immune system
A National Institutes of Health grant totaling $293,000 will support efforts in Nathan Mortimer’s research lab to examine a protein called amyloid beta, thought to accumulate in the brains of Alzheimer’s patients.
Fell Arboretum plant sale, May 4
The annual Fell Arboretum plant sale will be held from 8-11 a.m. Saturday, May 4.
Seeing it all: Marine scientist leaves ocean to focus on family
On a walk one day, Jamie Baldwin Fergus’ graduate school advisor asked her if it all ended tomorrow, would she be happy?
2019 Clarence W. Sorensen Distinguished Dissertation Award announced
The winner of the 2019 Clarence W. Sorensen Distinguished Dissertation Award is Douglas Ryan Schuweiler for his dissertation “Dopamine Transients and Amphetamine: Learning or Incentive Salience?”
Undergraduate research conference scheduled for May 29
The 4th annual Cross-institutional Undergraduate Research Experience (CURE) will be held at Illinois State University from May 29 through June 1, 2019.
Watershed moment: Scholar’s studies on lakes worldwide sound environmental alarm
Nobel Peace Prize-winning scientist Catherine O’Reilly has been leading international research teams that have discovered climate change has been warming lakes worldwide, threatening the fish and humans depending on them.
Main Street College to explore canine behavior, behavioral psychology
“Going to the Dogs: How our furry friends help us better understand human behavior” is the title of the spring Main Street College event scheduled for March 27.
Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About Sex (Determination) but Were Afraid to Ask: Bowden to give Distinguished Professor Lecture, April 4
Professor of Ecological Physiology Rachel Bowden will deliver the Distinguished Professor Lecture at 5 p.m. Thursday, April 4, in the Prairie Room of the Bone Student Center at Illinois State University.
Ask a Redbird Scholar: Why are we running out of bees?
In this edition of Ask a Redbird Scholar, Illinois State Assistant Professor Benjamin Sadd answers the questions: Why are we running out of bees? What would be the impact of a world without them?