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Tag: microbiology

Resistance in the River: UF senior awarded grant to study Blanchard River Watershed

For 70 years, antibiotics have been used globally to successfully reduce illness and death from infectious diseases. However, the infectious organisms that antibiotics are designed to kill have existed alongside antibiotics for so long that they have adapted, making the drugs less effective. University of Findlay senior Sarah Klass is researching this universal problem with […]

Microbiology Classes Study Fungi Through Weekend Field Trips

Most Saturday mornings this fall, Donald Walker, Ph.D., instructor of biology, is searching for and collecting fungi at local parks and nature preserves. He’s getting help from students in his microbiology classes, many of whom have never visited any local park. Walker requires each student to participate in one Saturday field trip. Many, though initially […]