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.
Unit: Research and Sponsored Programs
The Fulbright connection: Changing the world through shared knowledge
Over the Fulbright Program’s 70-plus-year history, more than 370,000 scholars have taken part in the prestigious program, including at least 50 who teach at Illinois State University today.
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.
Ask a Redbird Scholar: What is bitcoin?
Glen Sagers, a professor in Illinois State University’s School of Information Technology, explains bitcoin.
Research center spotlight: Ethnicity and Ethnography Laboratory and Research Center
The launch of one of Illinois State University’s newest research centers is due in large part to the hard work and vision of a single professor.
Lights, camera, risers—Friends of the Arts grant helps bring audience center stage
Out of all the places on Illinois State’s campus to spend the last few weeks as a student, John Tovar ’99, M.F.A ’18, chose a small, dingy diner.
Decoding the mutant, all-female, self-cloning crayfish
Illinois State scientists are sequencing the genome of the marbled crayfish so neuroscientists can use the unique species to unlock mysteries in the human brain.
The Q&A with Andrew Hartman: Did the culture wars ever end?
Andrew Hartman could hardly have known in 2008, when he began writing his history on America’s culture wars of the late-20th century, how timely the book would turn out to be.
Ask a Redbird Scholar: Why is higher education so liberal?
Andrew Hartman, Illinois State University professor of history, offers a nuanced answer to the question, Why is higher education so liberal?
Protecting pets and their owners during natural disasters
A $94,085 National Science Foundation grant is helping Criminal Justice Sciences Assistant Professor Ashley Farmer improve the way pets and their owners are evacuated and minimize loss of life during natural disasters and emergencies.