Fungal biologists fighting peach tree-killing pathogen
Researchers aim to turn the tide against the fungus Cytospora, which for decades has wreaked havoc among peach orchards across the Western Slope.
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Jan Leach, Robin Reid elected to National Academy of Sciences
Leach and Reid are among 120 newly elected members of the National Academy of Sciences this year, which includes a historic 59 women.
International effort to combat crop-threatening weeds headed by CSU scientists
The International Weed Genomics Consortium, comprising 17 academic partners across seven countries, assembles a global community of experts who will develop genomic tools that fundamentally advance humanity’s approach to weeds and crops.
Bernie and Linda Rollin reflect on their five decades at CSU
When Bernie Rollin was about to finish his Ph.D. at Columbia University in the late 1960s, he and his wife Linda knew one thing: They wanted to get out of New York and move as far away as they could, to a place that was the complete opposite of the big city.
Charkowski and Chong named AAAS Fellows
AAAS Fellows are scientists whose efforts on behalf of the advancement of science, or its applications, are scientifically or socially distinguished.
When what-if scenarios turn real: CSU pandemic modeler provides COVID-19 insights on health care workers
In the last several weeks, pandemic researchers have run a series of analyses illustrating the toll that long-term school closures may have on U.S. health care providers.
CSU joins $9 million Sage project, a continent-wide network of smart sensors
Researchers Gene Kelly and Jay Ham will help integrate nodes of an existing NSF observatory into the Sage array of environmental sensors.
Investigating a microbial stopwatch of death, when only bone remains
Researchers have received over $1 million to continue studying how microbes can be used to estimate the postmortem interval.
As a way to fight climate change, not all soils are created equal
Understanding the diversity of soil organic matter can help science, government and agriculture move forward with carbon sequestration to help reverse the tide of climate change while increasing the health of our soils.