U-Idaho receives $5.1 million grant from National Institutes of Health
Posted: Friday, April 19
The National Institutes of Health has awarded the University of Idaho a five-year grant for $5.1 million in continued support of the Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies (IBEST).
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2013 College of Science Student Awards
Posted: Thursday, April 4
The College of Science has named Katie Slavens as the recipient of the John P. George Award for 2013. The George Award is given to the outstanding graduating senior from the college, chosen from among students nominated from each of the college’s departments. Katie will receive a certificate and a 50 oz. engraved silver bar, to be presented at the college’s graduation reception in the ...
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$718,304 in Competitive Grants Awarded to Faculty Members.
Posted: Wednesday, February 20
University of Idaho faculty members of the Institute for Bioinformatics and Evolutionary Studies (IBEST) were awarded $718,304 in competitive grants as part of the NSF BEACON Science and Technology Center on "Evolution in Action". The award will be dispersed over two years. $513,304 for 2013-14 academic year, and $204,836 for the 2014-15 academic year. These funds support nine projects involving 1...
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U-Idaho Biologist Investigates a Common Virus’ Damaging Effect on Cells
Posted: Thursday, November 29 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho - University of Idaho biologist Lee Fortunato’s innovative new research method reveals how a virus responsible for birth defects co-opts a cell’s ability to repair itself. Fortunato, an associate professor of biological sciences, has spent more than 15 years studying human cytomegalovirus (HCMV), and her recent research was published today in the Public Library of Scien...
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Dissertation Defense: Manasi Kanuga
Friday, August 10 2012 at 9:00 AM
Doctoral candidate in biology, Manasi Kanuga, will defend her dissertation entitled, "Sperm Subpopulations in Steelhead (Oncorhyncus mykiss)" on Aug. 10 at 9 a.m. in TLC 44. The event is free and open to the public.
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Dissertation Defense: Ewelina Betleja
Friday, July 27 2012 at 1:00 PM
Doctoral candidate in Microbiology, Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Ewelina Betleja, will defend her dissertation entitled, "Analysis of the Gliding Machinery in the Green Algae, Chlamydamonas reinhardtii" on July 27 at 1 p.m. in Life Science South, room 163. The event is free and open to the public.
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New Branches (of Knowledge) Help Grow the Tree of Life
Posted: Wednesday, July 18 2012
By Amanda Cairo MOSCOW, Idaho – It’s a revolutionary time in biology and resulting data are piling up. Luke Harmon, University of Idaho associate professor of biological sciences, and his peers are hoping to add to a global research corps of knowledge focused on evolution, with the help of a three-year, $4 million National Science Foundation grant. “As we’re sequencing whole genomes of a wide v...
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Dissertation Defense: Stephanie Hamilton
Wednesday, May 2 2012 at 12:00 PM
Doctoral candidate in MMBB, Stephanie Hamilton, will defend her dissertation entitled, "Effects of Selective and Non-Selective NSAIDs on Initiation, Progression and Antibiotic Efficacy of Experimental Group A Streptococcal Myonecrosis" on May 2. Videoconference locations and times are Idaho Water Center, Rm 248 at 1 p.m. mtn time and Moscow campus, in Ed 103 at noon pacific time. The event is free...
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Agricultural and Life Sciences | Science | College of Graduate Studies | Biological Sciences

U-Idaho, University of Maryland Study Finds Vaginal Microbes Vary Over Time Among Healthy Women
Posted: Wednesday, May 2 2012
MOSCOW, Idaho – The delicate balance of microbes in the vagina can change drastically over short periods of time in some women, while remaining the same in others, according to a new joint study by the University of Idaho and the University of Maryland School of Medicine’s Institute for Genome Sciences. The scientists believe these microbes affect a woman’s susceptibility to infection and other ...
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Biological Sciences Departmental Seminar: Dr. Axel A. Elling
Tuesday, May 1 2012 at 12:30 PM
Dr. Axel A. Elling, Department of Plant Pathology, Washington State University, will present “Lessons from a plant-parasitic nematode: genomes and host-parasite relationships” Tuesday, May 1 at 12:30 p.m. in LSS 277.
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