Thirty years after Asian tiger mosquitos first arrived in the United States, Illinois State doctoral student Peter Brabant is working to stop their spread.
Prestigious NIH fellowship helps student fight Asian mosquito invasion
Unit: Biological Sciences
Video: Research (and some B.E.E.R.) fuels ISU’s biomath program
One day last fall, Stacy Mowry, M.S. ’15, stood in front of the best and brightest minds in her chosen field—biomathematics—and talked about her own research into baffling behavior seen in mongooses.
Ask a Redbird Scholar: Why do we laugh and cry?
Why do people cry when they’re sad? Laugh when they’re happy?
Magneto man: Professor helps solve animal migration mystery
Illinois State Professor Andres Vidal-Gadea led a research team that won the race to be the first laboratory to find the receptor in the brain that helps animals use the planet’s magnetic field to navigate.
Paitz receives $330,000 NIH grant to study pre-natal stress
Ryan Paitz, a postdoctoral researcher in the School of Biological Sciences was one of two researchers to share a $339,816 grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to study the effects of prenatal stress on quails.
New water monitors mean more access for public
Illinois State University is partnering with the City of Bloomington to allow residents to instantly access the quality of water flowing into drinking reservoirs in Evergreen Lake and Lake Bloomington.
Can you die from a broken heart?
Illinois State scholars took a shot (no disrespect to Cupid or his arrows) at answering the question: Can one really die from a broken heart?
Biology student pursues medical research through Honors Program
Through the Honors Program, senior Moe Khalil has collaborated with instructors in an impressive nine upper-level biology and chemistry courses.
Ask a Redbird Scholar: What’s up with squirrels and cars?
Illinois State Biology Professor Rebekka Gougis explains why squirrels act the way they do when a car approaches.
Ask an Expert: Questions answered on planet Ceres, Cubs, tickling
Have you ever had a question even the Internet couldn’t answer? Some members of the Illinois State University community did. And we put Illinois State University’s faculty experts to work answering their inquiries.
