Stories tagged with: Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry

Heritage College researcher receives funding to explore potential treatment for Type 1 diabetes

October 4, 2023 3 min

Craig Nunemaker, Ph.D., associate professor, Osteopathic Heritage Foundation Ralph S. Licklider, D.O., Endowed Faculty Fellow in Diabetes and Islet Biology, and principal investigator of the Nunemaker Lab at the Heritage College of Osteopathic Medicine, received funding to research a dual-acting molecule with potential to treat type 1 diabetes.

Innovation Center Director Stacy Strauss stands in front of the Center of Innovation

Nurturing Innovation

October 2, 2023 6 min

The Ohio University Innovation Center has been incubating startups since 1983

Michael Held and Art Oestrike, top right, take their class behind the scenes to help brew

Jackie O's Ohio Brew Week Keg Tapping Ceremony features a beer started in an OHIO chemistry class

July 7, 2023 3 min

"Honey Sunrise," a beer that started as a chemistry capstone project, was selected by Jackie O's for their official 2023 Brew Week keg tapping event scheduled for July 10 at the Uptown Brewpub.

Science teachers extracting DNA from lettuce, carrots, tomatoes, and strawberries. The teachers are wearing goggles.

Seriously fun chemistry with summer produce: Hines collaborates with Discovery Museum for educators workshop

June 8, 2023 3 min

Dr. Jennifer Hines worked with middle school and high school educators from across the state to mash up lettuce, carrots, tomatoes, and strawberries and extract natural products and DNA.

Scientists report world’s first X-ray of a single atom in Nature

May 31, 2023 6 min

A team of scientists from Ohio University, Argonne National Laboratory, and others, led by OHIO professor Saw Wai Hla, have taken the world’s first X-ray SIGNAL of just one atom.

New chemistry professor brings expertise in nanomaterials for energy and sustainability

May 11, 2023 3 min

Dr. Wenyang Gao joins OHIO in the fall, bringing expertise in the synthetic innovation of advanced nanomaterials that can be leveraged to address critical issues in energy and sustainability.

Khairul Alam was a 2022 patent recipient.

OHIO recognizes faculty, student and alumni inventors, including 11 patent recipients

April 20, 2023 5 min

Ohio University recognized dozens of faculty, student, staff and alumni researchers who submitted intellectual property disclosures and 11 projects that received patents in 2022.

Jackie O's Brewer Deshawn Brunner and Francesca Carney get ready to brew “Sun Tea.” a recipe she developed in CHEM4501 in 2022.

OHIO craft brewing courses on tap for this summer

April 12, 2023 2 min

Jackie O's Brewpub is on tap to brew a beer designed by OHIO University students in Michael Held's brewing science class. Held is offering several brewing courses this summer.

4-Aminoquinolines inhibit the function of the bacterial T-box riboswitch RNA. Illustration by Jennifer Hines

Hiding in plain sight: Hines group uncovers new class of medicinal compounds that target RNA

February 12, 2023 4 min

Chemistry students in Jennifer Hines' lab uncovered a new class of compounds that can target RNA and disrupt its function, a discovery that could be used in the development of RNA-targeted medicines.

Figure 1. Thought experiments comparing collisions in gas and mixed gasses under normal conditions. Figure (a) shows a random distribution of gases A and B in a sample volume traveling at a relative speed of vr in time t, and two possible distance d vs time trajectories. Figure (b) shows A and B diluted with C, and two possible trajectories between A and B. Where the flux of A is a function of time whose limit at infinity long time is used to calculate the collision frequency in the Smoluchowski rate model.

Jixin Chen discovers new reaction rate in solution, with implications for industrial, biological processes

December 8, 2022 7 min

While the world watches the soccer world cup, chemist Jixin Chen is studying another kind of "ball" and discovering that a 100-year-old collision theory doesn't stand up to 21st century calculations.

29 students receive Provost Undergraduate Research Fund awards

December 7, 2022 3 min

The Ohio University Provost Undergraduate Research Fund (PURF) award program provided 29 students with a total of $40,446 in funding for their original research, scholarship and creative work this fall.

From left, Yuxi Zhou, Hailey Payne, Tina Athans, Evelyn Potter, Veronica Bahamondes, Dr. Shiyong Wu

Shiyong Wu lab showcases student, alumna researchers at American Society for Photobiology meeting

November 16, 2022 6 min

Shiyong Wu took students to the American Society for Photobiology meeting this fall to showcase their research on ultraviolet exposure and basal cell skin cancer.

Howard Dewald helps unlock new method for testing protein-based drugs

October 4, 2022 2 min

A 15-year collaboration between chemists Howard Dewald and Hao Chen recently contributed to the unlocking of a new method for testing protein-based drugs .

Mock Trial names team, including nine first-year students

September 29, 2022 3 min

The Ohio University Mock Trial Team selected 20 students, including nine first-year students, for two teams for the 2022-23 academic year.

In this graph, students in the spring kinetics lab predicted daily cases in the state of Ohio through fall 2022.

Chemistry lab students predict spread of COVID-19 with kinetics models

August 9, 2022 5 min

Students in the spring kinetics lab predicted daily COVID-19 cases in the state of Ohio through fall 2022.

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