Biological Sciences – Page 5

A homegrown love for science: Graduate student researches, promotes use of cover crops

Portrait of Emily Hansen standing with her computer in the Science Laboratory Building Greenhouse.

Illinois State graduate student Emily Hansen, who is from three generations of famers, is researching the potential of pennycress as a cover crop.

Illinois State awarded $403,900 NSF grant for state-of-the-art electron microscope

Scanning electron microscope image shows SARS-CoV-2, 2019-nCoV, the deadly virus that causes COVID-19 emerging from the surface of cells cultured in the lab, 3d render

Known as a field emission scanning electron microscope, the instrument can take images of nano-sized objects. The instrument will aid in research across campus and institutions across the area.

Students, faculty, and staff contribute to massive COVID-19 testing effort

two lab technicians work on iPads in a lab

Launched in early 2021, Illinois State University’s SHIELD Illinois COVID-19 testing lab conducts PCR (polymerase chain reaction) tests on saliva samples from the University community along with local community partners.

Nine receive 2022 Alumni Awards

The Alumni Association recognizes nine individuals and their outstanding achievements and contributions.

Team Pennycress: A cooperative of regional institutions takes on an important environmental and economic challenge

Genetics professor Dr. John Sedbrook and a cooperative of regional institutions takes on an important environmental and economic challenge through research on the pennycress plant.

Image of Research showcases Illinois State students’ creativity, scholarship

Person views work at Image of Research competition

The Office of Student Research announced the winners of its third annual Image of Research competition and showcased all of the finalists’ entries at a reception February 9 at University Galleries.

Redbirds in the Know: COVID-19 and the Omicron variant

Illinois State University School of Biological Sciences professors offer insights on the Omicron variant.

Elevating the game: Women’s basketball team reflects on the 50th anniversary of Title IX

Earning a college scholarship has been a game changer for thousands of women over the past 50 years following the passage of Title IX in 1972.

Thanks to you: David DeMarini

Portrait of David DeMarini smiling in front of a yellow flower garden.

David DeMarini ’72, M.S. ’74, Ph.D. ’80, enjoyed a 36-year career as a genetic toxicologist for the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

International team creates ultimate model for predicting COVID spread

Dr. Olcay Akman spearheaded the creation of the Multiresolution Modeling Framework, which provides a path for up-to-date predictions of COVID-19.