News
New Articles on Ocean Virome
Check out the two new articles below that feature Professor Matt Sullivan and the work he is doing for Ocean Virome.
"Why the ocean virome matters"
https://www…
Congrats, new faculty appointments!
Congratulations and pleased to announce four new faculty appointments:Steven Carlson, Assistant Professor of Teaching
Lubomira Cubonova, Assistant Professor of Teaching
Tammy…
New Grad students Autumn 2022
Incoming Fall 2022 graduate classWe welcome 13 graduate students who will join us in August 2022!
Afaf Abdelrahim
Taylor Chermak
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Igor Jouline named ASM Distinguished Lecturer
Igor Jouline, the Rod Sharp Professor of Microbiology, has been selected to serve as an American Society for Microbiology Distinguished Lecturer for a two-year term, effective July 1,…
Tara Oceans Consortium Article
Please view the Tara Oceans Consortium paper on the ocean microbiome and its biosynthetic potential that Professor Matthew Sullivan contributed on.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-…
Postdoctoral life in a pandemic
By: Ann C. Gregory
Being a postdoctoral researcher opens many doors, but it can also bring feelings of loneliness and uncertainty, which are exacerbated during a pandemic. Making…
Ocean water samples yield treasure trove of RNA virus data
Study of organisms in the sea identifies 5,500 new speciesBy: Emily Caldwell (caldwell.151@osu.edu)
Ohio State news
Ocean water samples collected around the world have yielded a…
Vaccine protects against ‘tough cookie’ parasite found in the Americas
Findings in mice validate CRISPR technology for leishmaniasis vaccine
by: Emily Caldwell, OSU News
The parasites that cause a disfiguring skin disease affecting about 12 million…
The rare discovery of a protein function universal to bacteria and humans
Scientists have discovered that a human receptor protein has the ability to detect individual amino acids in exactly the same way that bacteria do.
The finding could lead to enhancements…