research

FAMU, FSU, TCC to co-host third annual Discovery on Parade

Published: February 26, 2018 | 2:58 pm | Posted in: University News

Event to Showcase Local Innovation with a Worldwide Impact Every day, researchers and creative professionals from FAMU, FSU and TCC strive to unlock new and exciting discoveries that enrich our imaginations, improve our lives and change our world. Now, for the third time, Tallahassee’s institutions of higher education are teaming up to share their extraordinary […]

Researchers achieve ‘Olympic ring’ molecule breakthrough just in time for Winter Games

Published: February 20, 2018 | 8:52 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

As the world’s premier winter athletes were preparing to take to the slopes, rinks and tracks for the 2018 Olympic Winter Games, Florida State University researchers were hard at work making a gold-medal discovery of their own. More than 7,000 miles away from the snowcapped peaks of PyeongChang, scientists from FSU’s Department of Chemistry and […]

World-class researcher leads new campuswide center on behavioral health

Published: January 31, 2018 | 3:13 pm | Posted in: Health & Medicine

Sylvie Naar, director of the Center for Translational Behavioral Research

Florida State University’s research reputation is set to receive a boost with the arrival of a highly regarded behavioral researcher whose focus includes improving the health of minority adolescents. Sylvie Naar, described as a “force of nature” by her department head in the College of Medicine, has been hired to direct FSU’s new Center for […]

FSU research: 2017 marks new highs for university scientific, creative endeavors

Published: December 19, 2017 | 3:07 pm | Posted in: University News

Florida State University researchers pushed their work to new heights in 2017, engaging in research and creative activity that produced extraordinary work and made international headlines. Here are some of the highlights of the past year: FSU HITS RECORD NIH FUNDING Florida State University researchers brought in record funding of $35.8 million from the National […]

A year to remember: Florida State achieves new heights in 2017

Published: December 14, 2017 | 3:07 pm | Posted in: University News

2017 Year in Review: (from left) international students gather at The Globe; celebrity chef Art Smith cooks at FSU's "1851"; Jawole Willa Jo Zollar earns lifetime achievement award; FSU leaps ahead in rankings; Second Lady Karen Pence announces art therapy initiative; Willie Taggart becomes new FSU football coach; Professor Gregory Erickson discovers new facts about dinosaurs.

Florida State University enjoyed unprecedented success in 2017, continuing to build on the positive momentum of recent accomplishments. The university climbed five places for the second consecutive year in the U.S. News & World Report rankings, brought in a record amount of funding from the National Institutes of Health and won national awards for its campus diversity […]

Researchers first to unlock key molecular mystery of premature aging syndromes

Published: November 27, 2017 | 4:00 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology

FSU postdoctoral researcher Juan Carlos Rivera-Mulia used an advanced approach to disease marker discovery developed at Florida State to conduct breakthrough research on premature aging diseases called “progeroid syndromes.”

New research from Florida State University is beginning to piece together the stubborn puzzle posed by a family of rare and debilitating premature aging disorders. Most of these diseases, called progeroid syndromes, share physiological symptoms characterized by the appearance of accelerated aging, such as skin disorders, loss of hair, skeletal and dental abnormalities and cardiovascular […]

Six FSU researchers named fellows of American Association for the Advancement of Science

Published: November 20, 2017 | 12:50 pm | Posted in: Science & Technology, University News

Six Florida State University faculty members have been named fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science in recognition of their efforts to advance science or its applications. Election to fellow is an honor bestowed upon AAAS members by their peers, and the six FSU faculty members are among 396 honorees this year. […]

Rival sperm and choosy eggs: FSU researcher finds that when sperm compete, eggs have a choice

Published: November 8, 2017 | 10:29 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

During his research, Chair and Professor of Biological Science Don Levitan induced male sea urchins to spawn using a potassium chloride solution. Later, he collected tiny parcels of sea water in syringes stocked with unfertilized eggs. (Photo: Keeha Levitan)

The delicately mannered dance between discerning eggs and vying sperm is more complicated than scientists once believed, and it may hold secrets about the evolution of new species. In a paper published in the journal American Naturalist, Florida State University Chair and Professor of Biological Science Don Levitan investigates a root mystery in our scientific […]

New assistant vice president to join FSU Office of Research

Published: October 24, 2017 | 1:48 pm | Posted in: University News

Kerry Peluso, assistant vice president for research administration and finance

Vice President for Research Gary K. Ostrander has announced the appointment of Kerry Peluso as the new assistant vice president for research administration and finance to oversee the financial operations of the university’s research enterprise. “We are very excited to have an administrator of Kerry’s caliber joining our team at FSU,” Ostrander said. “Her extensive […]

Undergraduates show off creativity, scientific know-how in annual research showcase

Published: October 13, 2017 | 8:09 am | Posted in: Students & Campus Life, University News

Florida State University research was on full display last week. But the researchers weren’t faculty members – they were undergraduate students. The Fall Showcase of Undergraduate Research was held Oct. 2 at the Augustus B. Turnbull III Florida State Conference Center. During the symposium, students had the opportunity to present their summer research findings funded […]

ACC Smithsonian festival to showcase FSU innovators

Published: October 12, 2017 | 9:46 am | Posted in: Science & Technology

Florida State University students and researchers will be front and center for the first ACCelerate Festival, a three-day celebration in the nation’s capital of creative research at the nexus of science, engineering, arts and design. Organized by Virginia Tech and the Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History, the festival runs Oct. 13-15 at the National […]