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Melting Ice Releases 15000 Year Old Viruses

There continues to be interest in research by Zhi-Ping Zhong, his colleagues, and collaborators a year after their work was published. Dr. Zhong, a microbiologist and research associate with the…

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A Promising Paleo-Environmental Messenger

Updated November 15, 2022

Emilie Beaudon, a principal investigator at the Byrd Center, is the first author of a recent study published in the journal Geosciences titled Aeolian…

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Effects of Interactive Data Visualizations on Student Engagement and Perceived Learning

A team at the Byrd Center collaborated with a group of other scientists on a study of the effects of interactive data visualization on student engagement and perceived learning in formal…

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Congratulations to Jason Cervenec and Allison Chartrand, Recipients of the 2022 Lois M. Jones Award!

During the 4th Annual Byrd Center Symposium on Climate Change Research on October 21, 2022, Aaron Wilson announced the 2022 Lois M. Jones award recipients as Jason Cervenec and Allison Chartrand.…

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Reflections and Future Strategies for Third Pole Environment

An article titled Reflections and future strategies for Third Pole Environment was published online recently by Nature Reviews Earth & Environment. The authors included Third Pole…

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Protist Impacts on Marine Cyanovirocell Metabolism

A study was recently published online in the journal ISME Communications titled Protist impacts on marine cyanovirocell metabolism, shedding light on how some carbon cycling…

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Ecogenomics Reveals Viral Communities Across the Challenger Deep Oceanic Trench

Matthew Sullivan, Professor at The Ohio State University Department of Microbiology and Civil, Environmental and Geodetic Engineering and a Principal Investigator at the Byrd Center, is co-author…

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Congratulations to Georgie Shockey, 2022 Recipient of the Gerlach Award!

Georgie Shockey, founder and co-chair of the Byrd Center Advisory Board, a director of the Ohio State University Foundation Board, Industry Advisory Board Member for the Association of Healthcare…

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The Polar Archives Research Award

The Polar Archives Research award is a $5000.00 award available to a graduate students, faculty or independent scholars, with or without a current institutional affiliation. The applicant must…