Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry
Nobel Laureate to Speak at Honors Week Event
The Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry will host its annual Honors Week plenary lecture on Thursday, April 13 at 3:00 p.m. in the Kiva. This year's speaker is Dr. W. E. Moerner, Nobel Laureate, from Stanford University. Dr. Moerner's talk is titled, "What Can You Learn from Watchin…
Chemistry & Biochemistry
Kent State Chemists Create Microscopic Environment to Study Cancer Cell Growth
According to the American Cancer Society, there will be an estimated 1,688,780 new cancer cases diagnosed and 600,920 cancer deaths in the U.S. in 2017.
These numbers are stark and sobering, and worse yet, we still do not know exactly why cancer develops in its victims or how to stop it.
An online publication in Nature Nanotechnology this week by Kent State University researchers and their colleagues at Kyoto University in Japan, however, may offer new understanding about what turns good cells bad.
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Kent State Chemistry Professor Awarded the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Medal in Poland
Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State University, was recently awarded the Medal of Marie Sklodowska-Curie by the Polish Chemical Society for his scientific achievements. The prestigious medal is…
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Kent State Chemistry Professor Awarded the Marie Sklodowska-Curie Medal in Poland
Mietek Jaroniec, Ph.D., a professor in the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry in the College of Arts and Sciences at Kent State University, was recently awarded the Medal of Marie Sklodowska-Curie by the Polish Chemical Society for his scientific achievements. The prestigious medal is…
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Kent State Hosts Groundbreaking for New Integrated Sciences Building
The groundbreaking for Kent State University’s new Integrated Sciences Building was held Oct. 2 from 2-5 p.m. The event was free and open to the public. Following the groundbreaking, Kent State’s College of Arts and Sciences hosted a showcase of science and technology demonstrations, along with…
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Kent State’s Jordan Italiano Named Smartest Player in College Football
Kent State University student-athlete Jordan Italiano of Canfield, Ohio, was tabbed “Smartest Player in College Football” in NFL.com’s 15 for ’15 series released on June 16. The pre-medicine/biochemistry major and safety on the Kent State football team carries a 3.978 heading into his seni…
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Kent State Student Introduces New Method of Circadian Research
Kent State University chemistry senior Caitlin Crosier combined creativity and science for her yearlong project on circadian rhythms and will present those findings at the university’s Undergraduate Research Symposium on March 11. “The main goal of my research is to validate this method as a…
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Kent State Chemistry Professor's Longtime Collaborator Wins 2014 Nobel Prize For Chemistry
For Robert Twieg, Ph.D., a professor in Kent State University’s Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, the recent news of his longtime collaborator William E. Moerner winning the 2014 Nobel Prize for Chemistry was actually no surprise at all. In fact, he believes that “he’s deserved it for a whil…
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Woodgett to present "Genetic analysis of an over-achieving protein kinase (GSK-3) and what it reveals about cellular communication"
On Friday, October 17 (at 12 noon) Dr. James Woodgett, Director of Research & Senior Investigator at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Mount Sinai Hospital, will present, "Genetic analysis of an over-achieving protein kinase (GSK-3) and what it reveals about cellular communic…
College of Sciences and Humanities
National Science Foundation Awards Nearly $2.5 Million to Kent State Researchers
Kent State University faculty members have been awarded nearly $2.5 million in funding from the National Science Foundation for research over the next three years in biology, physics and the science of liquid crystals. The awards will fund basic research on: How plants respond to environmen…
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