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Nature News & Views piece by Patrick Bradley

What determines the chemical make-up of human blood? Read this super cool News & Views article in Nature by Patrick Bradley and Katherine Pollard (Gladstone Institutes at UCSF),…

In house collaboration on evolution of a transcription factor

Collaboration between Irina Artsimovitch and Igor Jouline labs resulted in the newest paper published by the American Society of Microbiology flagship journal mBio. The paper was highlighted as…

Something old, something new combine for effective vaccine against parasitic skin disease

By: Emily Caldwell

Ohio State News

Scientists are planning for Phase 1 human trials of a…

How good gut bacteria help reduce the risk for heart disease

In a recent paper published in Journal of Biological Chemistry, Joe Krzycki and his colleagues describe an alternative pathway for carnitine (a molecule found in red meat) metabolism in the gut…

Ohio State leads 13 universities to understand climate change and ecosystems

The Ohio State University is one of 14 universities from around the globe that have collectively been awarded $12.5 million from the National Science Foundation (NSF) to launch a new Biology…

A new paper by Tabita Lab: Soil sulfur metabolism surprise

In a paper published in Science, Bob Tabita and his team report a new enzyme involved in sulfur metabolism. Congratulations to Justin North, Kathryn Byerly, Guanqi Zhao, Sarah J.…

New textbook by Tina Henkin

“Snyder & Champness Molecular Genetics of Bacteria, 5th Edition” by Tina Henkin and Joseph Peters has just been published by ASM Press and Wiley. This newly updated edition is the…

How good gut bacteria help reduce the risk for heart disease

By: Emily Caldwell

Scientists have discovered that one of the good bacteria found in the human…

How cars can kill coronavirus

Successful partnership with Ford to decontaminate cars during COVID-19 pandemic: a project led by our own Jesse Kwiek and Jeff Jahnes. The full story here.