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Unit: Biological Sciences
Students’ research creatively displayed for Image of Research competition
Check out the winners and a recap of the Office of Student Research’s Image of Research competition.
Three Minute Thesis competition, February 23
The annual Three Minute Thesis (3MT) competition will be at 6 p.m. Thursday, February 23, at the Normal Theater located in Uptown Normal. The event is free and open to the public.
Molecular animator Dr. Janet Iwasa to deliver Rilett lecture, March 7
Dr. Janet Iwasa’s work as a molecular animator illuminates and illustrates data. She will present the R. Omar and Evelyn Rilett Family Life Sciences Lecture Series.
Alum provides life-saving blood as a medical lab scientist and frequent donor
When Eddie Gordon ’12, ’17 isn’t on the job as a medical lab scientist for Carle Foundation Hospital’s blood bank in Urbana, he’s often either organizing a local blood drive, promoting the importance of blood donations, or donating blood himself. For Gordon, giving blood—a liquid essential to life—is personal.
Crompton, Redbirds have won four in a row, in good form in tough MVC
Mary Crompton ’21 has had a love for basketball since she was a little girl growing up in Iowa. Now in her second year of graduate school and fifth year on the Redbird women’s basketball team, that feeling is as strong as ever.
DMPTool available to assist researchers with data management plans
Illinois State University is now affiliated with DMPTool, an open-source online application built to assist researchers in creating comprehensive data management and sharing plans in easy-to-view formats.
Dr. Martin Engelke awarded $1.6 million NIH grant for cell physiology studies
Illinois State University’s Dr. Martin Engelke has received a $1.6 million Maximizing Investigators’ Research Award from the National Institutes of Health to advance studies on a cellular level.
Endowments like yours provide access to eye-opening experiences
The Susan T. Kern Special Opportunities Endowed Scholarship was established in 2006 by Dr. Susan and Stephen Kern to support Illinois State students participating in a one-time special academic or co-curricular opportunity.
Meet the December 2022 GradBird Scholar: Rachael DiSciullo
The Graduate School has selected Rachel DiSciullo as its 2022 December GradBird Scholar recipient! .