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Dinosaur Discovery

Biological Sciences

Areal view of deforested patches of forest

May 14, 2015

Shrinking Habitats Have Adverse Effects on World Ecosystems

An extensive study of global habitat fragmentation led by an NC State biologist points to major trouble for a number of the world’s ecosystems and the plants and animals living in them.
Abstract architecture at entrance to NC State University

May 13, 2015

New Project Tackles Genetic Switchboard for DNA

The Genotype-Tissue Expression project aims to explain links between genetic variation and disease.
This image shows a biological expression network analysis of a portion of the "1,000 Genomes" cell lines used for testing the effects of environmental chemicals.

May 1, 2015

Cross-Population Study Links Individuals’ Chemical Sensitivity, Genes

NC State scientists helped lead the first large-scale cell-based screening to test variations in environmental chemical sensitivity across a range of human populations and link those variations to genetic data.
Abstract architecture at entrance to NC State University

Apr 29, 2015

NC State Receives $6.5 Million from NIEHS to Study Effect of Environment on Human Health

The Center for Human Health and the Environment has received a $6.5 million NIEHS grant to investigate the effects of environmental factors on human health.

Apr 6, 2015

Hearing the Call

Alumna Nell Cant, an auditory system researcher, has named the College of Sciences Foundation as the primary beneficiary of a significant portion of her retirement accounts.

Feb 12, 2015

Sciences Advisors Receive Awards

Two academic advisors associated with the College of Sciences received awards at the Undergraduate Academic Advising Awards ceremony in January. The ceremony, sponsored by Academic Advising Services and the Division…

Dec 31, 2014

2014 Distinguished Alumnus: J. Tift Mann

The 2014 College of Sciences Distinguished Alumnus is Dr. J. Tift Mann.

Sep 25, 2014

Geneticist Earns Beckman Young Investigators Grant

Dr. Reade Roberts, assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences, has been named one of seven recipients of the Beckman Young Investigators grant. The grant program has provided research…

Jul 11, 2014

Connecting the Dots

What are the chemicals we’re exposed to doing to us? How do we develop drugs that are safe? With help from Pfizer, researchers in the biological sciences at NC State…
Siats meekerorum dinosaur

Jul 11, 2014

Dinosaur Discovery

A newly discovered species of carnivorous dinosaur — one of the three largest ever discovered in North America — prevented tyrannosaurs from taking their place atop the food chain nearly…