A new study led by Orie Shafer, Indiana University biology professor and a Linda and Jack Gill Chair at the Gill Institute for Neuroscience, with IU postdoctoral fellow Abhilash Lakshman, Ph.D., and IU undergraduate student Reed Evans, is reshaping how scientists study sleep by revealing that fruit flies experience multiple distinct sleep states rather than a unitary state.
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Assistant Professor of Biology Cristina Landeta was awarded $25,000 from the Lawrence Blatt Endowed Fund for Translational Research. Landeta is developing new antibacterial therapies for disarming disease-causing bacteria. Her team is creating stronger inhibitors that block the natural resistance to antibiotics, presenting an alternative approach to address the growing problem of antibiotic resistance.
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Department of Biology Professor Clay Fuqua and his research team have been funded for a four-year project via an R01 grant from the National Institute of General Medical Sciences at the National Institutes of Health. This project focuses on the role of enigmatic metabolites called pterins that are common to all living systems.
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Indiana University's “coral corral” is maintained by associate professor of biology Julia van Kessel. She and her startup cofounder, teaching professor of chemistry Laura Brown, use the lab to teach IU students and the public about the challenges facing coral worldwide. Their innovative approach to student research fights aquatic pathogens posing threats to marine and human health.
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To tackle critical national security challenges, drive innovation and support U.S. global competitiveness, Indiana University has awarded eight IU research teams with the IU LAB National Security Biotechnology Challenge Grant. Among the eight recipients were Roger Innes, IU Distinguished Professor of Biology in the College of Arts and Sciences at IU Bloomington, and Jay Lennon, professor of biology in the College of Arts and Sciences.
Indiana University Bloomington invites everyone to experience the wonders of science at Science Fest 2025, taking place this Saturday, Nov. 1, from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. This annual family-friendly celebration of science offers hands-on, interactive activities designed to engage and inspire learners of all ages.
12 Indiana University Bloomington faculty members were featured in a recent IU Bloomington Today story about their selection for one of three Big Ten Academic Alliance leadership programs.
Armin Moczek, professor and chair of the Department of Biology, is among five department chairs included this year who will be joining more than 60 department heads in the Departmental Executive Officer Program.
Total solar eclipses only happen in the same spot once every 300 or 400 years, so it’s no surprise that a team of researchers based at Indiana University jumped on the opportunity to use this natural experiment to better understand how light affects wild birds.
Their study, led by Liz Aguilar, was published in the latest edition of Science. Aguilar is a Ph.D. student in Kimberly Rosvall’s lab in the Evolution, Ecology and Behavior program in the College of Arts and Sciences at IU Bloomington.
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