IMPACT

Discoveries and news in research, student success, faculty engagement and alumni accomplishments.

Bo Sun working in physics lab with student

Faculty and Staff

Scientists garner innovation awards for cancer and materials research

The Science Research and Innovation Seed awards were given to four multidisciplinary research teams working on cancer diagnostics and materials science.

February 24, 2020

Faculty and Staff, Biochemistry & Biophysics, Chemistry, Physics, Biomedical Science, Materials Science, Research

Biomedical Science

Demystifying coronavirus: Is it a pandemic and other questions answered

Ecologist Benjamin Dalziel discusses the novel coronavirus outbreak and transmission and its ramifications for all of us.

February 18, 2020

Faculty and Staff, Integrative Biology, Biomedical Science, Research

Beetle triungulin in front of neon green backdrop

Integrative Biology

Fossilized insect from 100 million years ago is oldest record of primitive bee with pollen

The findings shed new light on the early days of bees and the diversification of flowering plants.

February 13, 2020

Faculty and Staff, Integrative Biology, Research

Kyriakos Stylianou standing in front of Gilbert Hall

Chemistry

New chemistry professor develops a way to curb CO2 emissions

Chemist Kyriakos Stylianou has developed new carbon capture materials to reduce emissions from anthropogenic sources.

January 30, 2020

OSU Press Releases, Faculty and Staff, Chemistry, Materials Science, Research

Students

Helping people care: A passion for science leads to student-created podcast

Victor “Tori” Puoci’s "At This Point” science podcast shapes undergraduate research science stories in such a way that people listen.

January 28, 2020

Students, Research

Adrian Gombart in lab coat next to microscope

Biochemistry & Biophysics

Vitamin D increases protection against infection, new model suggests

Biochemist Adrian Gombart and collaborators have led the development of a new model for studying vitamin D’s role in infection prevention.

January 1, 2020

Faculty and Staff, Biochemistry & Biophysics, Biomedical Science, Research

Robert Mason holding garter snake with colleague in field

Integrative Biology

Eminent zoologist named 2019 AAAS Fellow

Robert Mason, professor of integrative biology, has become a new Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

December 23, 2019

News, Faculty and Staff, Integrative Biology, Research

Mas Subramanian standing in front of bookshelf

Chemistry

Materials chemist makes key design advance for future durable, vivid pigments

Materials chemist Mas Subramanian has paved the way toward designing more pigments that are stable, durable and non-toxic with vivid hues.

December 20, 2019

Chemistry, Materials Science, Research

Chemistry

Scrubbing carbon dioxide from smokestacks for cleaner industrial emissions

An international team co-led by chemist Kyriakos Stylianou has uncovered a better way to scrub carbon dioxide from smokestack emissions.

December 16, 2019

OSU Press Releases, Faculty and Staff, Chemistry, Materials Science, Research

Biochemistry & Biophysics

Hops compounds help with metabolic syndrome while reducing microbiome diversity

Results from the lab of biochemist Adrian Gombart show that each of the hops compounds decreased the amount and diversity of microbes and reduced inflammation leading to improved metabolism.

November 27, 2019

OSU Press Releases, Faculty and Staff, Biochemistry & Biophysics, Biomedical Science, Research