Mick Kulikowski

Oct 5, 2011

Mapping Biodiversity

Ecuador sits on 800 million to 1 billion untapped barrels of oil. It’s a good problem for a nation to have, right? Not necessarily, when the oil flows beneath parts of the Yasuní National Park – the home to a wide array of living things which is perhaps the most biodiverse area in the Western… 

Sep 28, 2011

Not Quite ’Roid Rage: Complicated Gene Networks Involved in Fly Aggression

Fruit fly aggression is correlated with smaller brain parts, involves complex interactions between networks of important genes, and often cannot be controlled with mood-altering drugs like lithium. Those are the results of a painstaking study conducted by researchers at North Carolina State University and colleagues in Belgium who are trying to discover what happens in… 

Sep 26, 2011

Dr. Paul Lunn Named Dean of NC State’s College of Veterinary Medicine

Dr. D. Paul Lunn, professor of equine medicine and head of the Department of Clinical Sciences at Colorado State University’s College of Veterinary Medicine and Biomedical Sciences, has been named dean of the College of Veterinary Medicine at North Carolina State University, effective Feb. 15, 2012. Provost Warwick Arden announced the appointment today. “I am… 

Sep 25, 2011

Rogue Receptor Critical For Ill Effects of Devastating Kidney Disease

Effects of a particularly devastating human kidney disease may be blunted by making a certain cellular protein receptor much less receptive, according to new research by scientists from North Carolina State University and a number of French universities and hospitals. The findings take a major step toward suggesting a beneficial treatment for rapidly progressive glomerulonephritis… 

Sep 15, 2011

NC State Gets Grant To Transform Elementary STEM Teaching

A five-year study at North Carolina State University could help reverse the nation’s decline in production of scientists, engineers and mathematicians. NC State will gauge whether its elementary teacher preparation model – which provides more rigorous undergraduate coursework in science and math disciplines than other elementary teacher preparation programs – can be combined with more careful tracking… 

Sep 7, 2011

NC State to Hold Sept. 11 Memorial Service

North Carolina State University will hold a memorial service to recognize and honor all those who perished during the tragic events on Sept. 11, 2001, as well as those members of the Wolfpack family who have honorably served the United States since the university’s founding in 1887. The service will take place at 2 p.m.… 

Aug 25, 2011

NC State Extends Chinese Classes to St. Augustine’s College

In a first for historically black colleges and universities, North Carolina State University’s Confucius Institute will extend its reach across Raleigh by opening a Confucius Classroom at St. Augustine’s College. The Confucius Classroom will provide one Chinese language instructor and an operational fund for supporting Chinese language classes and cultural events at St. Augustine’s College… 

Aug 24, 2011

NC State Experts Can Discuss Hurricane, Disaster Issues

With Hurricane Irene churning toward the Southeastern United States, media looking for information on a variety of hurricane topics can contact the following North Carolina State University experts: Storm Surge and Flood Prediction Marine meteorologist Dr. Lian Xie can discuss research on hurricane formation. Specifically, Xie can talk about hurricane climatology and seasonal prediction; storm… 

Aug 24, 2011

NC State Joins National Effort Linking Diversity, Internationalization

North Carolina State University will be part of a new national project aimed at promoting collaboration between international and diversity/multicultural education initiatives on college and university campuses. The American Council on Education (ACE) project, “At Home in the World: Educating for Global Connections and Local Commitments,” will explore connections between international and diversity efforts that… 

Aug 17, 2011

NC State to Hold Sept. 11 Memorial Service

What:         North Carolina State University will hold a memorial service to recognize and honor all those who perished during the tragic events on Sept. 11, 2001, as well as those members of the Wolfpack family who have honorably served the United States since the university’s founding in 1887. U.S. Air Force jets will… 

Aug 8, 2011

Made in the Shade

When environmental conditions are poor, plants can’t get up and walk away. They must, instead, figure out how to deal with the stresses placed upon them by lack of sunlight or extreme temperatures, for instance. Now scientists have discovered a genetic link to understanding how plants change their shape to respond to environmental challenges. Their… 

Aug 3, 2011

NC State Gets $25 Million Grant to Nullify Norovirus

North Carolina State University will use a $25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to strengthen food safety by studying human noroviruses across the food supply chain in an effort to design effective control measures and reduce the number of virus-caused food-borne illnesses. Human noroviruses… 

Aug 3, 2011

NC State Gets $25 Million Grant to Nullify Norovirus

North Carolina State University will use a $25 million grant from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA) to strengthen food safety by studying human noroviruses across the food supply chain in an effort to design effective control measures and reduce the number of virus-caused food-borne illnesses. Human noroviruses… 

Aug 2, 2011

DNA ‘Fingerprint’ Techniques Can Aid Food Safety

Tracking polluted water back to the source of its contamination can help researchers assess potential health risks and determine methods for cleaning up the affected water. Now those same techniques can be utilized to keep food safe. For about a decade, researchers have used a technique called microbial source tracking to trace water pollution back… 

Jul 21, 2011

Don’t It Make My Black Wings Red?

Many tropical butterflies and moths have strikingly beautiful wing colors and patterns. To scientists, though, studying these colors and patterns is less about beauty and more about learning how some butterflies and moths have managed to evolve deceptively similar or exceptionally diverse color patterns. When butterflies mimic the wing patterns and colors of other butterflies…