It’s Saturday morning, and students are filing into a Heady Hall classroom for the weekly Saturday Morning Breakfast Club gathering. Unlike the similarly named movie, these Iowa State economics students are not there for detention, but to get help organizing research ideas and identifying feasible steps to get started on their research projects.
Farmers may soon plant soybean seeds coated with essential oils to prevent crop disease. The biobased pesticides could be cheaper, more effective and friendlier to the environment than most of today’s plant protection chemicals.
Many know Dan Andersen (’08 MS ag engineering, ’12 PhD) as Dr. Manure, a “brand” he created for himself. He wanted the nickname to suggest his goal of bringing a “science-based perspective with some humor in it” to the serious topic of getting the most value from livestock poop.
From predicting crop losses due to defoliation of corn plants after a hailstorm to estimating soybean grain yield, the Remote Sensing and Imaging Lab at Iowa State University is strengthening researchers’ ability to use the latest innovations in precision agriculture.
The Digital Ag Innovation Lab’s “north star” is to be the premier thought leader and partner in agricultural innovation. Led by Matt Darr, professor in agricultural and biosystems engineering, Digital Ag has emerged as a global leader both in its approach to cultivating unique industry partnerships and through impactful farmer outreach efforts in partnership with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach.
Wes Wierson is working to cure cancer in dogs. The founder and CEO of LEAH Labs, Wierson (‘13 microbiology, ‘18 PhD molecular cellular and developmental biology) and his team are the first to successfully put pet dogs with lymphoma into remission with a pioneering cell therapy.
Walter Moss has a unique ability to visualize the structures of biomolecules. An associate professor in the Roy J. Carver Department of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Molecular Biology, Moss uses this superpower to harness the most basic structures of life to fight disease in new ways.
Iowa State researchers are working alongside farmers to discover the optimum rate of nitrogen to apply to fertilize fields and to develop a new tool to aid in that process.
You’ve heard of robotic vacuums, but have you heard of robotic mowers? Adam Thoms (’06 horticulture), associate professor of horticulture and turfgrass management specialist, is researching robotic mowers, focusing on how they affect the quality and performance of turfgrass.
Don Sakaguchi leads two programs at Iowa State that maintain a consistent enrollment of about 900 total undergraduates.
By: Kathleen Delate
Growing up in Senegal, Africa, Malcolm St. Cyr witnessed first-hand how food supplies were limited in his country due to farmers’ lack of access to equipment, supplies and transportation to markets.
TRACKING COVID IMPACTS VIA NEW WEB HUB A new web hub, “COVID-19 Pandemic: Research and Resources,” developed by the Center for Agricultural and Rural Development and Department of Economics has quickly become an important resource for those seekin
Thomas Lübberstedt is pushing the boundaries of genetics and its use in developing tools and methods to make plant breeding more efficient.
The George Washington Carver Summer Research Internship program in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences at Iowa State provides an opportunity for the next generation of Carvers to develop their inner scientist.
Students in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences are working with faculty to solve diverse, real-world problems.
A new center at Iowa State University is working to advance knowledge of China’s trade policy and agricultural markets.
Encompassing biology and life science, the biosciences include the study of all living things, from microorganisms to maize to mammals. Iowa State expertise in the biosciences has bettered lives for centuries. Today, new discoveries will be needed to address the challenges of a growing population—from feeding the world to preventing human, animal and plant diseases.
DNA is everywhere, including the root system of plants. Up until now few have studied the genetic basis of root structure because it’s difficult to observe how roots grow underground.
The development of antibiotics is one of the greatest discoveries of humankind, resulting in countless lives saved from the devastation of infectious diseases.
Scott Nelson and Marna Yandeau-Nelson combine genetic and biochemical science at work with a home life of raising a garden, two kids, a dog and batches of beer.
