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‘Forever chemicals’ expert Marta Venier to speak at Wright State’s virtual Carmichael Lecture April 19

March 31, 2021

The lecture will feature Marta Venier, an environmental chemist and assistant professor at the Paul O’Neill School of Public and Environmental Affairs at Indiana University.

Wright State biologists Shulin Ju, Quan Zhong win $450,000 federal research grant to study neurological disease

March 12, 2021

The research by Ju and Zhong is aimed at understanding mechanisms of the cellular toxicity of the protein-coding gene FUS, mutations in which cause ALS.

Wright State testing wastewater to detect COVID-19 on campus

February 5, 2021

Sampling wastewater can help the university to catch infections early and prevent an outbreak of COVID-19 in the Wright State community.

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