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Discussing Climate Change and Agriculture
I was recently invited to address a public meeting of the Sierra Club, an environmental activism organization, in Columbus, OH to discuss the projected effects of climate change on agriculture. It…
William Rolling Internship with Arcadia
Translational Plant Sciences Fellow, William Rolling will be interning with Arcadia Biosciences in Davis, California. He will be working with Dr. Claire McCallum a Principal Scientist in autumn…
Stephanie Karhoff's Internship with Beck's Hybrids
TPS Fellow, Stephanie Karhoff, has earned an internship with Beck's Hybrids Practical Farm Research (PFR) program at the London, Ohio station. She will be working with Dr. Alexandria Knight, the…
How Do Scientists "See" Structures that are Smaller than Light?
Traditional optical microscopy is a powerful tool used by the majority of scientists, but it is not without limitations. Namley that a wavelength of light has an amplitude of approximately 550 nm…
AAAS Annual Meeting
The American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) held their annual meeting on February 16-20 in Boston. One of the key focuses of this year's meeting was the change in federal…
Irene Gentzel USDA Fellowship
TPS-Fellow, Irene Gentzel, has recently been honored to become a USDA AFRI-ELI Predoctoral Fellow. Irene is a fourth year graduate student in Dr. Dave Mackey's lab, and is co-advised by Dr. Ana…
Salt: So Simple and Yet So Complicated
The winter season in Ohio ultimately means some degree of snowfall and an ample application of salt and brine solutions to streets and sidewalks. A 2011 report by the Ohio Department of…
TPS Fellows Blog
Follow along with the research of our graduate students through the TPS Fellow's blog. The graduates are sharing interesting stories, research, and information regarding their scientific interests…
An Arctic Apple a Day Will Keep the Pseudoscience Away
Soon you will be able to fill your grocery cart with the Arctic Apple, a non-browning apple developed by Neal and Louisa Carter. Would you hesitate though if you discovered this product was a…