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In memoriam: F. Robert (‘Bob’) Tabita
Fred Robert Tabita, Ohio Eminent Scholar, professor of microbiology at The Ohio State University, a key figure in the Microbial One-Carbon Metabolism community, and a 54-year member of the…
RNA polymerases hibernate together during tough times
Bacteria can grow fast when nutrients are plentiful or lie dormant for years when food is scarce. A recent study led by Markus Wahl and Irina Artsimovitch published in Nature Communications…
How Bacteria Avoid Making Unwanted RNA
An important gene expression process in bacteria seems to proceed differently than described in textbooks. This is the result of a study published in the journal Science by an…
Dr. Daniel Wozniak Named As AAAS Fellow
Of the 11 Ohio State scientists elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) this year, 10 are from the College of Arts and Sciences.…
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
Scientists use CRISPR to edit structural gene in organism that causes leishmaniasisBy: 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…