Located in the Laboratory for Plant Identification and Conservation in Felmley Hall, the herbarium boasts more than 50,000 plant specimens, some of which are more than 200 years old.
A legacy of leaf and stem: The George S. Vasey Herbarium
Unit: Biological Sciences
Doctoral student honored in Germany
Margaret DeMaegd, who has presented her neuroscience research in places such as Washington D.C., recently garnered the top poster presentation for the German Zoological Society meeting in Greifswald, Germany.
ISU geology professor awarded $1.7 million NSF grant
Illinois State Associate Professor of Geology Catherine O’Reilly is serving as principal investigator for a $1.7 million National Science Foundation grant to fund Project EDDIE, a series of classroom modules for undergraduate students.
North American Prairie Conference papers now available in ISU ReD
ISU ReD is now home to all of the papers that were presented at the 2016 North American Prairie Conference.
STEM social highlights research, scholarships, careers for underrepresented students
The fair aims to educate students about majors in the STEM fields. The event will include networking with faculty from STEM departments and meeting with successful students from underrepresented backgrounds.
Students, alumni from all majors connect with health care recruiters
From nursing to communicative disorders, social work to marketing, recruiters in the health care industries seek Redbird talent at the Healthcare Professions Fair.
Garris, Mulligan named to inaugural ‘Researchers to Know’ list
The Illinois Science and Technology Coalition named Distinguished Professor of Neurobiology Paul Garris and Associate Professor of Analytical Chemistry Christopher Mulligan to their inaugural “Researchers to Know” list for 2018.
Stein earns $495,000 NSF grant to study how temperature change impacts nervous system
Illinois State University’s Associate Professor of Neurophysiology Wolfgang Stein received a $495,000 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to examine how changes in temperature can impact the nervous system.
Vidal-Gadea awarded $638,000 NSF grant to study how animals detect magnetic fields
The grant will support graduate and doctoral students in the lab, as well as activities for 15 undergraduate students, who will study the neurological systems of tiny worms known as C. elegans.
Illinois State University receives $661,000 NSF grant for microscope lab
The recipient of a grant of more than $661,000 from the National Science Foundation will help establish a microscopy facility that will benefit the entire region.
