Research News Archive
Soren Tyree gave an oral presentation of her research titled “Structural Analysis of a Metamorphic Protein using AlphaFold2” in the Enzyme Mechanism and Chemical Biology of Protein Posttranslational Modifications session, under the Division of Biological Chemistry, at Southeastern Regional Meeting of the American Chemical Society (SERMACS) 2024 in Atlanta, GA on October 26, 2024. This
Last Friday, two outstanding presentations from Marshall Cyber Forensics and Security program were given at the First Annual Putnam County Career and Technical Center’s Cybersecurity Conference. Current CFS student and Women In Cybersecurity – Marshall University Student Chapter Treasurer, Hope Fry gave an excellent presentation on “Networking: The Secret Ingredient to Career Success,” bringing fresh
Congratulations to Brendin Flinn for successfully defended his thesis and for his recent publication! Brendin, the first author on the publication, developed the idea in CHM 678, Applied Microscopy in Research, with Dr. Norton and David Neff. His co-authors include Marshall undergraduates, Hayden O’Dell and Kara Joseph, and from our UNC Chapel Hill collaboration, Dr.
On 9 November 2024, two mathematics faculty Dr. Trung Truong and Dr. Tom Cuchta took a group of students to the 42nd Southeastern-Atlantic Regional Conference on Differential Equations, held this year at West Virginia University in Morgantown, WV. There were five talks contributed by students and faculty from Marshall’s Department of Mathematics and Physics. One
Students in Biological Sciences have been awarded scholarships for the 2024-2025 academic year. These awards recognize these outstanding students for their diligent work in the classroom, research lab, field, and beyond. Congratulations!
Professor Laura McCunn has published an article in The Journal of Physical Chemistry A with six undergraduate coauthors from the Department of Chemistry and collaborators from the University of Richmond. The paper is a combined experimental and computational study of the thermal decomposition of 2-cyclopentenone. This molecule occurs during the high-temperature processing of plant matter
On Saturday, November 2, Marshall students Ashley Robinett, Richard Williams, and Macy Skaggs and Marshall professor Stephen Deterding attended the Fall 2024 Ohio Section Meeting of the Mathematical Association of America. Ashley, Richard, and Dr. Deterding presented talks at the meeting.
Dr. Robin O’Keefe and Robbie Clark from the Department of Biological Sciences presented their research at the annual Society of Vertebrate Paleontology Conference. This year’s 84th meeting was held in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Their research involves predatory ecomorphology of Unktaheela specta, the smallest polycotylid of the Western Inferior Seaway. Congratulations Robin and Robbie!
Congratulations to our professors who were awarded NASA Mini-Opportunity Grants! Dr Tom Cuchta “Differential Analyzer in Lexington” Dr Judy Fan “Hybrid Materials-Based Resistive Memory Diodes for Artificial Neural Networks” Dr Yongick Kim “Reconstitution of the Circadian Clock In Vitro: A Strategy to Discover the Mechanism for Circadian Clock Synchronization” Dr Aley El-Shazly “Investigation of REEY
Dr. Quinones (Department of Chemistry) and Mr. Jay Rader (Center for Student Success) recently received $48,000 in NSF funding for the 2024-2025 academic year through the First2 Network. The First2 Network is an expanding group of over 1000 people and 30 organizations working to increase the number of college graduates in science, technology, engineering, and