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.
