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Faculty and Staff

2016 Winter Teaching & Advising Awards

The College of Science celebrated our 2016 Winter Teaching and Advising awards on January 12.

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Faculty and Staff

Faculty Highlight: Afua Nyarko

Growing up in a “curiosity-driven environment," Afua Nyarko excelled in science and mathematics enough to study biochemistry at one of Ghana’s top science universities.

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Biochemistry & Biophysics

Genetic coding research receives $1.83 million in federal funding

Ryan Mehl has received two NSF and NIH grants to explore using genetic code expansion to change how we can use and study proteins.

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Biochemistry & Biophysics

BB fall picnic connects new students and faculty

The Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics welcomed ushered in fall term with a department picnic last week, attracting more than 100 faculty and students.

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Graduate students

Mathews Graduate Fellow announced in Biochemistry & Biophysics

Doctoral student Michelle Wiley receives the 2015-16 Christopher and Catherine Mathews Graduate Fellowship in the Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics.

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Students

Science students present at Undergraduate Summer Research Symposium

Science students present their research at the Undergraduate Research Summer Symposium August 27 from 8:30 am - 5:00 pm in ALS, room 4000.

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Biochemistry & Biophysics

Inaugural Genetic Code Expansion workshop

The Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics hosts inaugural Genetic Code Expansion workshop offering training in GCE technology.

Andrew Karplus in front of the Memorial Union
Faculty and Staff

Karplus to lead Biochemistry and Biophysics

We welcome Distinguished University Professor P. Andrew Karplus as the new Head of the Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics

Elisar Barbar in Paris, France
Biochemistry & Biophysics

High-powered nuclear magnetic resonance instrument to draw regional, national and international scientists to OSU

Elisar Barbar and her team were recently awarded $1.3 million by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) and another $504,000 from M.J. Murdock Charitable Trust

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Alumni and Friends

Scholarship Dessert celebrates excellence and gratitude

The College of Science celebrated our extraordinary scholarship students at our annual spring Scholarship Dessert.

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Students

Biochemistry & Biophysics turns up heat with spring BBQ

The Department of Biochemistry & Biophysics gathers faculty, students and recent alumni together to celebrate the end of spring term

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Events

Faculty excellence: Promotions and tenure 2015

The College of Science is proud to congratulate the following faculty for receiving promotions and/or tenure this spring.