Indiana University Bloomington welcomes Stephen Giovannoni, University Distinguished Professor of Microbiology at Oregon State University, for the 2024-25 Pace Lecture. His lecture, “Microbial Life in Low-Nutrient Ocean Deserts,” is April 16 at 3:30 in Biology Building 00A.
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Karen Bush, professor of practice emerita of biology, and Sid Shaw, professor of biology, have been named 2024 AAAS Fellows. The American Association for the Advancement of Science, one of the world’s largest general scientific societies and publisher of the Science family of journals, has named seven Indiana University faculty members to its 2024 fellows’ class, a lifetime honor within the scientific community.
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A team of researchers at Indiana University Bloomington, led by biology professor John Patton in collaboration with GIVAX Inc., has developed a groundbreaking rotavirus-norovirus combination vaccine to combat norovirus, a highly contagious virus responsible for about 100,000 childhood deaths globally each year.
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IU biologist Heather Hundley has been awarded a five-year, $2.1 million grant from the National Institutes of Health’s National Institute of General Medical Sciences to decipher the molecular mechanisms of a family of proteins that modify and regulate RNA. Abnormal function of these proteins occurs in more than 35 human diseases, including neurological disorders, metabolic diseases and cancer.
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Indiana University Bloomington graduate student Shefali Shefali has received the prestigious American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship supporting pre-doctoral and clinical health professional students pursuing careers in science, medicine, and related fields. The fellowship aims to improve global cardiovascular, cerebrovascular, and brain health.
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A recent study led by Indiana University Bloomington graduate student Alexandra Margets and Distinguished Professor of Biology Roger Innes identifies and characterizes a key protein involved in soybean cyst nematode infection.
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Indiana University Bloomington biology professor and department chair Armin Moczek and Bloomington High School South science teacher Kirstin Milks have collaborated for nearly 15 years to support STEM education in the Bloomington community.
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A new study by researchers at Indiana University Bloomington investigates why velvet ant stings are among the most excruciating in the animal kingdom, and offers a fascinating glimpse into the evolutionary arms race between predators and prey—while providing insights that may inform pain-related medical research.
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Biologists at Indiana University Bloomington have shown that the surfaces of plant leaves are coated with a diverse array of RNA molecules.
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IU Biology professor Tuli Mukhopadhyay was awarded the 2025 Alice C. Evans Award for Advancement of Women by the American Society for Microbiology.
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