News and Events – Page 49 – Department of Biology

Dr. Arnold Caplan featured in Orthopedics Today article

July 16, 2015

More research needed to fully harness power of stem cells in sports medicine Stem cells have demonstrated promise across all facets of medicine, including sports medicine, where early results have exhibited the potential for enhanced cartilage, tendon and meniscal healing. These results have increased demand among patients. Several high-profile professional athletes,...

Science on the Farm

July 16, 2015

In the University Farm’s habitats and laboratories, research and education flourish The director of Case Western Reserve’s University Farm dresses elegantly and works out of a charming office on the top floor of a former dairy barn. But Ana Locci once had a less illustrious post on these 400 acres...

Undergraduate Students in Biology Discover New Species

July 16, 2015

Two undergraduate students in Biology, Riley Tedrow and Russell Engelman, make new species discoveries and become lead authors of the papers that described them. Read more about it in THINK: http://case.edu/think/fall2014/new-species.html#.VGtWgPnF97g

Dr. Michael Benard, faculty member in Biology, publishes in Global Change Biology

July 16, 2015

CWRU researcher studies how weather affects wood frogs:  After warmer winters, wood frogs breed earlier and produce fewer eggs, a Case Western Reserve University researcher has found. Michael Benard, an assistant professor of biology, also found that frogs produce more eggs during winters with more rain and snow. Benard's study, published Monday in the...

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