BioInnovation Laboratory News

GEORGIA RESEARCH ALLIANCE AWARD FOR MUSHROOM CULTIVATION

7/6/2020

Drs. Chris Cornelison and Kyle Gabriel have ben awarded $25,000 to study the potential commercialization of growing mushrooms on regional agricultural waste substrates.

KSU PROFESSOR RECEIVES GRANTS TO COMBAT WNS IN BATS

6/23/2020

Kennesaw State assistant professor of microbiology Chris Cornelison has earned two research grants totaling more than $300,000 over the next two years—one from the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service and another from the National Fish and Wildlife Foundation (NFWF) —to address how to mitigate the spread of white-nose syndrome, a fungal disease causing the rapid decline of tri-colored bats.

$117,422 WHITE-NOSE SYNDROME GRANT AWARDED

3/30/2020

The National Fish and Wildlife Foundation just awarded $117,422 for our continued research to treat bats at Black Diamond Tunnel.

BIOINNOVATION STUDENT SELECTED FOR PRESTIGIOUS RESEARCH PROGRAM

6/8/2019

Adriana Caldwell of the BioInnovation Laboratory has been recently chosen as one of only three selected nation-wide for a ten-week immersive Research Experiences for Undergraduates (REU) program at the University of Kansas, where she will be researching the microbiomes, or microbial communities, of plant and soil ecosystems.

WNS RESEARCH IN NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC

11/6/2018

Our current white-nose syndrome research has been featured in National Geographic, detailing our latest grant award from Bats for the Future Fund, and our upcoming collaboration with Texas A&M University to test...

GEORGIA CHAPTER OF THE WILDLIFE SOCIETY ANNUAL MEETING

9/10/2018

The Wildlife Society is a national organization comprised of nearly 10,000 scientists, academics, managers, and consultants who engage in wildlife related studies. Among them, is the Georgia chapter of The Wildlife Society dedicated to wildlife conservation, education, and research in the state. This chapter meets annually to...

FEATURED IN KSU GRADUATE COLLEGE MAGAZINE

8/29/2018

The Summer 2018 edition of Kennesaw State University's Graduate College Magazine was just released. Among other great students, our very own Kelly Lutsch was featured.

"Kelly Lutsch, graduate student in the Master of Science in Integrative Biology program, is working with...

2018 SYMPOSIUM OF STUDENT SCHOLARS

5/10/2018

Co-sponsored by the Undergraduate Research Club and the Office of Undergraduate Research, the Symposium of Student Scholars is an event to showcase student scholarship conducted at KSU during...

RESEARCH IN THE NEWS (APRIL 2018)

4/21/2018

On February 28th, with the aid of the Gerogia Department of Natural Resources, we conducted the post-winter bat population survey for our second year at Black Diamond Tunnel. This site is where we've been conducting treatment trials...

$30,000 WNS GRANT AWARDED BY THE USFWS

02/21/2018

The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service Small Grants Program recently awarded Dr. Chris Cornelison and Katrina Morris $30,000 to investigate bat habitats in Georgia bridges and culverts. This research...

URCA FUNDING AWARD: BROOKE WARRES

02/01/2018

Brooke Warres was recently awarded an Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities (URCA) grant in the amount of $700. Brooke is a biology major, in persuit of a Bachelor of Science degree. She...

PUBLICATION IN THE JOURNAL OF APPLIED MICROBIOLOGY

01/28/2018

A review article by Kyle Gabriel and coauthors D. Joseph Sexton and Christopher Cornelison was published January 28th, 2018 in the Journal of Applied Microbiology. In it, novel methods for mitigating emerging fungal pathogens are...

URCA FUNDING AWARD: MICHAEL MONSEES

11/15/2017

Michael Monsees was recently awarded an Undergraduate Research & Creative Activities (URCA) grant in the amount of $700. Michael is in his last year studying chemistry, in pursuit of a Bachelor of Science degree. He...

WNS RESEARCH IN S&P GLOBAL MARKET INTELLIGENCE

3/6/2017

Seeking new model of pipeline partnership, Williams funds Ga. wildlife research Reprinted from S&P Global Market Intelligence “A major natural gas pipeline company is bankrolling research in Georgia in an attempt to defeat a disease that is destroying bat populations,…

WNS RESEARCH IN MARK TRAIL

1/12/2017

Mark Trail, a newspaper comic strip created by the American cartoonist Ed Dodd, recently featured our bat white-nose syndrome research. See it on comicskingdom.com.