Nayun Kim, assistant professor in the department of microbiology and molecular genetics at The University of Texas Medical School, will present “Transcription and Genome Instability” as part of the School of Biological Sciences Seminar Series.
Tih-Fen Ting will present “Recovery Actions for Illinois State Threatened and Endangered Species: Franklin’s Ground Squirrel and Osprey” as part of the School of Biological Sciences Seminar Series.
Viktor Kirik, assistant professor of the School of Biological Science, will present “Regulation of cell growth and division by the microtubule cytoskeleton” as part of the School of Biological Sciences Seminar Series.
Illinois State Assistant Professor Wolfgang Stein will present “The Beauty and the Beast(s): Ubiquitous Modulation and Misbehaving Neurons” as part of the School of Biological Sciences Seminar Series.
The deputy director of Homeland Security for the Illinois National Guard will visit Illinois State to give a seminar about preparedness for threats such as biological, chemical, and radiological weapons.
Andrea K. Fritts, postdoctoral research associate of the Illinois Natural History Survey, will present “Mussels, not muscles: A look into the secret lives of freshwater bivalves” as part of the School of Biological Sciences Seminar Series.
The National Science Foundation has awarded Assistant Professor of Cellular Neurophysiology Wolfgang Stein of Illinois State University a $510,000 grant to study neurons in the brain.
Several individuals from the School of Biological Sciences attended the 15th International Behavioral Ecology Congress this past August in New York City.
School of Biological Sciences Professor Emeritus Joseph E. Armstrong has recently published a book titled How the Earth Turned Green: A Brief 3.8-billion-year History of Plants with Chicago University Press.
Alumnus John Bon ’95, M.S. ’97, will return to Illinois State to give a presentation on Friday, September 26.
