Kennesaw State Biology

02/11/2025

Join us for another exciting EEBOB seminar this week! Check out how to view this week's on-demand video and join the Q&A session on Thursday at the link below.
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02/07/2025

Recent Kennesaw State University graduate Megan McGabe (Biology, ’24) hopes to bring her passion for science to medical school this fall. After switching from a nursing major to biology, she discovered her enthusiasm for research while working in Dr. Dongyu Jia’s lab, where she studied a human proto-oncogene associated with ovarian and nerve-related cancers. Within the past year alone, Megan has participated in the Birla Carbon Scholars Program, placed third in the Fall 2024 Symposium of Student Scholars, and is now compiling her research findings for potential publication in a scholarly journal.

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02/04/2025

There is another exciting EEBOB seminar this week! Check out how to view this week's on-demand video and join the Q&A session on Thursday at the link below.
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01/21/2025

There is another exciting EEBOB seminar this week! Check out how to view this week's on-demand video and join the Q&A session on Thursday at the link below.

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01/14/2025

The EEBOB virtual seminars are back for the Spring semester! Check out how to view this week's on-demand video and join the Q&A session tomorrow at the link below.

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12/12/2024

Biology major Jazmin Dozier graduated from Kennesaw State University this December, confident in her plans to pursue a Ph.D. in molecular biology thanks to the U-RISE Program. Through the program, she has gained invaluable experience as an undergraduate in biomedical research, leading to national conference presentations and publications in scientific journals. Jazmin describes KSU as the perfect place to earn her degree and feels fully prepared for her future as a scientist.

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12/12/2024

Congratulations to Dr. Todd Pierson on the publication of his paper, “A Genetic Polymorphism Underlying Alternative Reproductive Tactics in Eurycea Salamanders” in the Molecular Ecology journal! Master of Science in Integrative Biology student Yatin Kalki is also a featured author on this paper.

Alternative reproductive tactics are discrete, intrasexual differences in reproductive behaviour within a population. In some cases, these complex phenotypes are determined by autosomal supergenes or...

12/09/2024

Biology major Olivia Walker grew up with a love of hiking in the woods, not realizing she might be among an endangered species of trees she would one day research at Kennesaw State University. After arriving at KSU, her strong interest in nature led her to the First-Year Scholars Program to study longleaf pine forest ecosystems with biology professor Paula Jackson. Now in her junior year, Olivia has learned how soils support endangered trees by analyzing samples gathered in the field.

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12/04/2024

Congratulations to Dr. Paula Jackson (EEOB) for the publication of the “Insights on Rooting Depths for Woody Species of the Barro Colorado Nature Monument” chapter inside The First 100 Years of Research on Barro Colorado: Plant and Ecosystem Science book by the Smithsonian Institution Scholarly Press!

Read the chapter below.

Root of woody plants are difficult to investigate because they make up extensive networks into the soil. Recent methods, including stable isotopes, hydraulic traits, and DNA protocols combined with standard methods and irrigation and fertilization experiments, have provided insight into root dynamic...

11/27/2024

Congratulations to assistant professor of biology Todd Pierson for receiving a three-year, $380,238 grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF)! The grant will fund opportunities for Kennesaw State University students to participate in research classes to study two-lined salamanders, an ecologically crucial amphibian commonly found in Atlanta-area waterways.

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11/19/2024

Master of Science in Integrative Biology student Kerrigan Larkin discovered her love for plants and animals at a young age during walks in a local park with her grandmother. Her passion for animals grew throughout grade school, inspiring her to major in biology at Kennesaw State University and conduct research under biology professor Thomas McElroy. After graduating with a bachelor’s degree in 2023, Kerrigan continued her studies in the MSIB program to focus on her research on the effects of urbanization on bat populations.

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11/13/2024

A new EEBOB on-demand seminar is live! Check out how to view this week's video and join the Q&A session tomorrow at the link below.

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10/31/2024

Join us for a new MBIG seminar tomorrow!

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10/23/2024

The Bretfeld PlantEcoFizzLab at Kennesaw State University is now accepting applications for a graduate student position starting in January 2025. The successful candidate will engage in cutting-edge research on plant-microbe interactions as part of a USDA-funded project, focusing on crops grown at our hydroponics facility. For more information, visit

Plant ecophysiology research by the Bretfeld PlantEcoFizz lab at Kennesaw State University - trying to figure out, what the flux is going on...

10/23/2024

A new EEBOB on-demand seminar is live! You can check out how to view this week's video and join the Q&A session tomorrow at the link below.

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