|
|
|
|
Fall 2018 Edition
|
|
|
|
Small animals, big questions
With hundreds of thousands of different species, insects are by far the most diverse group of animals on the planet. Beyond their stunning number, insects offer something much more. Over the past few years, a WSU research group has used them to provide a window into the amazing variation that exists between species and even between insects of the same species, and also to shed light on evolution itself.
|
|
Spotlights
|
|
You're invited! Join us Dec. 1 in Midtown.
The Department of Biological Sciences will host a Noel Night reception with cider, cookies and a children's activity from 5 to 10 p.m. on Dec. 1. You will be able to see posters of current research and graduate students will be selling t-shirts with a brand new design.
|
|
|
Dr. Yiran Li lives science and art
Graduate students expect to publish their research. But Dr. Yiran Li (Ph.D. 2018) has also published his art! While carrying out groundbreaking doctoral research to identify the source of pathology in the genetic disorder Barth syndrome, Yiran found the time to take stunning photographs.
|
|
|
|
Nikhil Yedulla applies synthetic biology to a new microorganism
Many undergraduate students look for research opportunities at Wayne State laboratories and a few venture further afield. Nikhil Yedulla, a fourth year Biology major, had an amazing opportunity to work in the laboratory of Dr. George Church, the renowned geneticist and National Academy of Sciences member, at Harvard University.
|
|
|
In the community
|
|
Growing community in the classroom
Everyone knows that the best way to learn something is to teach it. But conventional educational practices provide few opportunities for undergraduates to teach. Biological Sciences faculty Dr. Karen Myhr is leading an innovative program that provides teaching opportunities for undergraduates by engaging them as peer mentors.
|
|
|
Growing scientists at STEM day
On a chilly March morning, school buses from over 15 local school districts converged on Wayne State University. They were loaded with middle school students and teachers arriving for the second annual STEM Day. Initiated in 2017, STEM Day doubled in size to over 2,000 students in 2018!
|
|
|
|
The cultural hub of Detroit heats up
Wayne State University is the heart of Midtown Detroit, a diverse community of roughly 50,000 residents. Both the campus and surrounding neighborhoods have changed a lot over the last decade. An award-winning renovation of a vacant car dealership created the Integrative Biosciences (IBio) Center. The IBio Center provides sleek new research space for investigators at Wayne State University, including Biological Sciences, and from the private sector.
|
|
|
Putting the "green" in green and gold
Biodiversity is blooming in a greenhouse on the top of Science Hall. This sunny space is packed with native plant seedlings that are adapted to Michigan’s soil and climate. These plants are now featured in demonstration gardens all over campus.
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
