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Igor Jouline named Interim Chair for the Department of Microbiology

Igor Jouline, the Rod Sharp Professor of Microbiology, was appointed interim chair of the Department of Microbiology, effective July 1 through June 30, 2021. Jouline has held his endowed…

Mike Ibba to become Dean of Schmid College, Chapman University

After 19 years at the OSU Department of Microbiology, 7 of which he led the Department as its Chair, Mike Ibba will take up an extraordinary opportunity to influence science at the next level in…

Mentoring Graduate Students During & Beyond COVID-19

Originally published on May 6, 2020

We are seeing a disruption in scientific research as we continue to social distance and follow stay-at-home orders in many countries because of COVID-19…

Ford Software Heats Up Police-Car Interiors to 133 Degrees to Kill Coronavirus

Ford is testing a new heat-cleaning method, using Police Interceptor utility vehicles' own climate-control systems to decrease COVID-19 virus concentration.

by: COLIN BERESFORD …

Microbiology to Welcome New Discovery Theme Faculty Hire This Fall: Introducing Dr. Patrick Bradley

Dr. Patrick Bradley will be joining the Department of Microbiology and the Infectious Diseases Institute at Ohio State this fall as an Assistant Professor. Dr. Bradley comes to OSU from the…

Fermented friendship: Microbiology department, Wolf’s Ridge Brewing team up

By: Nicholas Youngblood

Sometimes relationships turn sour, but that’s exactly the goal for the collaboration between the microbiology department and a local brewery.

How a warming world may alter functions of the oceans’ organisms

By: Emily Caldwell

Ohio State News

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The work is part of an…

Computational Biologist, Igor Jouline, awarded prestigious $1.9 Million grant from NIH

Researchers detail marine viruses from pole to pole

By: Misti Crane

New research provides the most complete account to date of the viruses that impact the world’s oceans,…