Emily Garner has launched a five-year study to learn more about biofilms. Known as “cities of microbes,” biofilms are conglomerations of fungi, algae, bacteria and other single-celled organisms that cling to each other and to surfaces like the insides of water pipes, where they become coated in protective slime.
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Laura Gibson, who has spent more than 30 years at WVU in various roles, including mentor, science researcher and top-level administrator, will retire this summer as senior associate vice president for research and graduate education at Health Sciences.
Julie Patrick and the Healthy Aging Lab in the Department of Psychology invite men and women ages 30 years and older to participate in a research study examining the ways that feelings of awe influence heart rate.
Dozens of researchers with University ties have helped unearth evidence of ripples in spacetime that have never been observed before now. The Department of Physics and Astronomy will host a watch party at 1 p.m. today (June 29) at White Hall, Room G09, in conjunction with a livestream event about the research from the North American Nanohertz Observatory for Gravitational Waves, also known as NANOGrav.
The Research Computing team is offering three online workshops intended for new users. The workshops will be held on Zoom from 10 a.m. to noon on the following dates.
Small and medium-sized businesses have access to free pollution prevention and productivity improvement consulting thanks to grant support enabling University industrial engineers to leverage their expertise on behalf of local enterprises.