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NAU scientist Frank von Hippel connects famine, pandemics, war and ecology in new book, The Chemical Age

Posted by Heather Tate on September 24, 2020

Frank von Hippel working in labFrom pesticides to chemical weapons, from marshlands to battlefields, Frank von Hippel, ecotoxicology professor in the Northern Arizona University Department of Biological Sciences, traces the efforts of scientists to end famine and plagues, and to wage war, in his new book, The Chemical Age: How Chemists Fought Famine and Disease, Killed Millions, and Changed Our Relationship with the Earth, which was recently published by University of Chicago… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences

Top Northern Arizona University microbiologist joins COVID-19 Genomics Union to track virus, lead state’s response to pandemic

Posted by Heather Tate on April 8, 2020

Paul Keim working in the PMI lab.Team will use genomic sequencing to track new coronavirus, provide critical data for global biomedical researchers and give Arizona an edge in responding to the pandemic

The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), an affiliate of City of Hope, The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute at Northern Arizona University and the Ecology and… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, COVID-19, Department of Biological Sciences, TGen, The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute

As ice recedes in Antarctica, new microbial research frontier opens for NAU, Texas Tech team

Posted by Heather Tate on April 1, 2020

Purcell_MarrIcePiedmont-photo-credit-Kelly-McMillanWarming global temperatures are changing life on every continent on Earth, including Antarctica, where more microbes are moving in to territory previously covered by ice. How these microbes respond to warming offers us clues about what future Antarctica will look like and who will thrive there. Microbial ecologist and PhD candidate Alicia Purcell from the Center for Ecosystem… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Ecosystem Science and Society, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences

The tip of the ICEBERG: NAU planetary scientists developing large-scale ‘imagery-computing superhighway’

Posted by Heather Tate on December 16, 2019

Mark Salvatore and Helen Eifert looking at computers
NAU doctoral student Helen Eifert and assistant professor Mark Salvatore study geologic maps generated through satellite images

Scientists are creating ways to compile and interpret an abundance of high-resolution satellite images on a continental scale to better understand Antarctica, Arizona and the world.

The same sophisticated satellite imaging techniques being developed to map and identify the size and composition of uncharted land… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Astronomy and Planetary Science

NAU team awarded prestigious Chan Zuckerberg grant to build global community around bioinformatics software

Posted by Heather Tate on November 14, 2019

Greg Caporaso sitting in front of computer with screen showing Qiime2 imageEven as NAU associate professor Greg Caporaso and his team were putting the final touches on their QIIME 2™ paper, published earlier this year, he was already planning several major enhancements to this open source and free bioinformatics software that enables scientists to perform microbiome analysis from increasingly large amounts… Read more

Filed Under: College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Biological Sciences, The Pathogen and Microbiome Institute

¡MIRA!: NAU establishes new interdisciplinary, inclusive center as transformative model for high-impact materials research and workforce development

Posted by Heather Tate on June 18, 2019

Group photo of Jen Martinez, Cindy Browder, Gabriel MontanoOne of the biggest and most complex challenges facing Arizona’s institutions of higher education is the need to produce a more interdisciplinary workforce for STEM fields that is inclusive and representative of the state’s diverse populations. A new multicultural research center at Northern Arizona University built on the field of materials science promises… Read more

Filed Under: Center for Materials Interfaces in Research and Applications - ¡MIRA!, College of Engineering, Informatics, and Applied Sciences, College of the Environment, Forestry, and Natural Sciences, Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, STEM

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