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Dr. Daniel Robison, from West Virginia University-Morgantown, is the new endowed dean of the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences, as well as the director of the Iowa Agriculture and Home Economics Experiment Station.
Lauren Kueffer, a Ph.D. student in Biochemistry in Professor Andreotti’s research group, was the first graduate student in several years to invite and host a BBMB department seminar speaker. Lauren invited Professor Thomas Smithgall to speak ...
The weather forecast for Ames on August 30th was sunny with a high of 80, a perfect day for a picnic at Emma McCarthy Lee Park for the 2018 BBMB Department Annual Picnic. Bocce ball was added to this year's game agenda. Fortunately, it didn't look like anyone was keeping...
Iowa State University and the University of Iowa new seed grant program has awarded seed grants to help investigators build teams, collect data, grow projects and win grants.
The new seed grant is one of 15 internal funding programs offered by the Office of Research and Economic...
For the past 10 years, Omega-3 polyunsaturated fatty acids have received a great deal of research attention as a nutritional food supplement because of their many demonstrated and putative benefits for human health.
A task force has been created to understand how each member of...
Amy Andreotti
Raji Joseph
Over 60 Iowa State faculty and staff will be honored during the university's annual awards ceremony on Friday, September 14, that will be held in the Memorial Union Great Hall. Included in the awards are two BBMB members, Amy...
Natalie Whitis
Natalie Whitis, an Iowa State alumna, was recently awarded the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship, which provides three years of full financial support during a five-year fellowship period. The goal of the program is to...
For 20176, 64 employees reached 25 consecutive years of service at Iowa State University. For more than 100 years, the 25 Year Club has recognized faculty and staff who have worked at Iowa State a quarter century or more. A honoree, Donald Beitz, started working at Iowa State in 1967 and is...
[Photo left to right: Basil Nikolau, Naazneen Sofeo and Liza Alexander]
Liza Alexander, a Ph.D. candidate in MCDB, and Naazneen Sofeo, a Ph.D. candidate in Biochemistry, both graduate students in Professor Basil Nikolau’s research group, are headed off to internships in industry for...
The Iowa State Daily takes a look at the wearing of the hijab by women of the Muslim faith.
Bailey Mooney
Every year the Division of Student Affairs celebrates the accomplishments of students who serve the community with their gifts of leadership. For 2018, Bailey Mooney, a Biochemistry and Genetics student in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences from Middle,...
Iowa State University researchers gain new insight into the human immune system by studying the material left over after blood donations. The results published in a peer-reviewed journal, Journal of Biological Chemistry, illuminates the process of how the human body fights off...
Daniel Kramer
Daniel Kramer, a second year Ph.D. student in Professor Stone Chen’s research group, has been awarded the Print and Grace Powers Hudson Scholarship in Agriculture by the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences for the 2018-19 academic year. This scholarship of $1,000 is...
The College of Agriculture and Life Sciences Spring Awards Program, honoring faculty and staff achievements, was held on March 8, 2018, in the Memorial Union Sun Room. The list of award recipients can be viewed on the CALS On-line website.
Please join us for a special event celebrating the dedication of the Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology on Friday, March 30th at 3 p.m. to be held in the Molecular Biology Building Atrium.
The Bailey award is given to faculty whose research is innovative and not only increases fundamental knowledge, but also has practical applications. This year, Thomas Bobik, professor of microbiology, received a three-year, $137,697 award to explore the use of...
Faculty chosen for 2018 Dean's Emerging Faculty Leaders Awards are Adam Barb, Nell Gabiam, and Grant Arndt in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences. These members were chosen based on their excellent research. The awards are funded by donations from members of the LAS Dean's...
The diversity of ideas and perspectives students bring is essential to keep research fresh and moving forward. Awarded the LAS Award for Excellence in Graduate Mentoring, Reuben Peters, a professor in biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology, has provided guidance to 17...
Take a look back at 2017 for accomplishments and milestones for Iowa State University.
To add to the growing understanding of CRISPR as an immune system for the benefit of gene editing technique as well as other unforeseen applications, Dipali Sashital, an assistant professor of biochemistry, biophysics and molecular biology, and Chaoyou Xue (’17 Ph.D. Biochemistry)...
While Coulomb’s Law of opposites attract may have brought Marna Yandeau-Nelson and Scott Nelson together, it is the combination of genetic and biochemical science and teaching at ISU, and a mutually supportive home life that keeps the bond strong.
CALS "Stories About..." article written by Basil Nikolau explains how big science projects are built on small science advancements.
Five graduating seniors from the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences were recognized at the college's convocation on December 16, 2017.
A novel database presented by researchers at ISU will allow scientists to access information on RNA structures encoded within the human genome. "This will help facilitate basic research into human biology and could pave the way for new medical treatments that target RNA", stated by...
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