Tag: biological sciences
S&T student team creates spinach-based skin graft
A team of three undergraduate students from Missouri S&T recently won a $15,000 first place award at the Regnier Venture Creation Challenge in Kansas City for their project titled “Foliagraft.” Foliagraft is a new way to use spinach leaves and stem cells to help burn patients and others with wounds and conditions that require a skin graft.
Read More »
Missouri S&T students exhibit research to state legislators
Thirteen undergraduate students from Missouri University of Science and Technology traveled to Jefferson City, Missouri on Thursday, April 6, to participate in the annual Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol.
Read More »
Researching worms to understand age-related diseases
Age-related decline and diseases are beginning to affect the aging population of Missouri in economics, health care and workforce. Because of this pressing issue for the state, two Missouri S&T students are investigating how different reproductive and aging traits affect the way aging occurs.
Read More »
Huang named associate dean for research at S&T
Dr. Yue-Wern Huang, professor of biological sciences at Missouri S&T, has been named associate dean for research and external relations in the College of Arts, Sciences, and Education at S&T. The appointment began Jan. 1.
Read More »
Dr. David Westenberg named Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor
Dr. David Westenberg, professor of biological sciences at Missouri University of Science and Technology, has been named Curators’ Distinguished Teaching Professor.
Read More »
S&T field laboratory continues to expand learning opportunities
Staff at Missouri S&T’s biological resource site, the Ozark Research Field Station, have already hosted several summer classes this semester, covering topics such as field biology, insect ecology and vegetation of the Ozarks. And soon, the field station’s offerings could expand thanks to a gift from S&T alumnus Michael Haynes.
Read More »
Researching for public health
Maya Washington wants people to maximize their physical potential and knows that actions speak louder than words. That is why she is researching the effects of autoimmune diseases on mesenchymal stem cells. These cells have a broad range of potential clinical applications and are a central building block in both engineering and cell therapies.
Read More »Missouri S&T undergraduates exhibit research to state legislators
Nine undergraduate students from Missouri University of Science and Technology traveled to Jefferson City, Missouri, on Monday, April 11, to participate in the annual Undergraduate Research Day at the Capitol. The event, which is designed to inform Missouri’s lawmakers about research at Missouri universities, welcomes undergraduate students from all four University of Missouri System campuses. […]
Read More »
Learning through teaching
In 2021, student teacher Sarah Darknell was cutting her teeth in the classroom in Newburg, Missouri, learning how to gain and keep student attention while presenting lessons in biology to high schoolers. Little did she know that only months later she would be taking the reins as a teacher in the classroom before she has even completed her Missouri S&T degree.
Read More »
Tackling modern health care
Justin Onwugbufor believes that his success on and off the field at Missouri S&T is based in a favorite saying of his grandmother’s – prepare, produce, prosper.
Read More »
Sports Headlines
- S&T cross country teams earn academic honors from USTFCCCA
- S&T track & field squad nets five CSC Academic All-District selections
- Five Miners land on CSC Academic All-District track & field squad
- S&T’s Hampton earns ABCA/Rawlings All-Midwest Region first team honors
- Swadley takes fifth in shot put, earns fourth career All-America award