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2018 Fall - Seek - Full Issue (Pdf), News And Communications Services

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Fall 2018 issue of Seek

Explain It: Crispr, News And Communications Services

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Eduard Akhunov, professor of plant pathology, explains, in under 100 words, what CRISPR technology is and how it can evolutionize the global food system to feed the world’s growing population.

Undergraduate Scholar: Ready, Set, Graduate, Taylor Provine

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Program prepares first-generation students for graduation and beyond.

Graduate Scholar: Taking Research To The Nest Level, Beth Bohn

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Prairie songbird biologist, Sarah Winnicki, engages public in her work on nestlings.

Udp Focus: On The Trail, Taylor Provine

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Professor James Sherow's passion for history leads him down the Chisholm Trail.

Patent Focus: The Trick To Patent Success, Pat Melgares

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Plant pathologist Harold Trick's patent portfolio benefits farmers and researchers

Child's Play, Mary Lou Peter

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A stone house is home to innovative child development research

Life Of The Wild, Jennifer Tidball

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Why scientists study ecosystems and the wildlife within them

Engagement: Welcome To The Neighborhood, Sarah Caldwell Hancock

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North Campus Corridor will provide gathering place for university, public sector and private sector.

Shorts, News And Communications Services

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• Is there life on Mars? The clues may be in earthly lava caves
• Finding the sweet spot to preserving bacon
• Healthy horses: Veterinary Health Center begins offering equine stem cell therapy
• Political matchmaking: How campaigns find the best donors
• Cracking the wheat code
• Wheat center receives economic engagement award

Table Of Contents And Introduction, Fall 2018, Peter Dorhout

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Table of Contents and a message from Vice President for Research Peter Dorhout for Seek, the research magazine for Kansas State University, Fall 2018 issue.

2018 Spring - Seek - Full Issue (Pdf), News And Communications Services

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Spring 2018 issue of Seek

When The Wells Run Dry, Pat Melgares

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Agriculture in race for solutions to the declining Ogallala Aquifer

Keeping It Moving, Jennifer Tidball

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By studying physical activity, kinesiology researchers improve our daily lives.

• Exercise for astronauts
• Army strong and fit
• Matters of the heart (and blood vessels, too)
• Upstanding workplace behavior
• Keeping hearts beating with beetroot

Bugs With Benefits, Mary Lou Peter, Stephanie Jacques

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Why we should appreciate the creepier, crawlier life forms of Earth.

Fighting Fallacies, Stephanie Jacques

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Researchers battle false factoids that surround people every day.

Table Of Contents And Introduction, Peter Dorhout

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Table of Contents and a message from Vice President for Research Peter Dorhout for the Seek Magazine Spring 2018 issue.

2017 Fall - Seek - Full Issue (Pdf), News And Communications Services

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Fall 2017 issue of Seek

Table Of Contents And Introduction, Peter Dorhout

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Table of Contents and an Introductory message from Vice President for Research Peter Dorhout for the Seek Magazine Fall 2017 issue.

2017 Spring - Seek - Full Issue (Pdf), News And Communications Services

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Spring 2017 issue of Seek

Earth Tones, News And Communications Services

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Inspired by the Flint Hills eco-region of Kansas, “Mineral Strata” is a naturally dyed ahimsa — or peace — silk by Sherry Haar, professor of apparel and textiles at Kansas State University.

Explain It: B Cell, Stephen K. Chapes

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Stephen K. Chapes, professor of biology and interim director of the Johnson Cancer Research Center at Kansas State University, explains, in around 100 words, what a B cell is and its role in immune systems. Chapes’ lab wants to know how the genes and gene combinations used by a B cell to make antibodies change after vaccine administration.

Engagement: Center For The Advancement Of Entrepreneurship Helps Turn Ideas Into Business, Tiffany Roney

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New businesses are popping up across Kansas with the help of Kansas State University’s Center for the Advancement of Entrepreneurship.

Udp Focus: Prasad's Work All About Feeding The Future, Beth Bohn

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P.V. Vara Prasad believes research goes beyond finding solutions to problems; it’s also about preparing the next generation of scholars and practitioners.

Undergraduate Research: Hands-On History, Taylor Manges

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The discoveries by undergraduate students at Kansas State University’s Chapman Center for Rural Studies keep coming.

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Resisting Resistance, Pat Melgares

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Scientists race to stay ahead of disease-causing microbes

The Buzz Behind The Bite, Jennifer Tidball

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How scientists tackle infectious diseases and the mosquitoes that spread them

Home Of The Range, Stephanie Jacques

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Konza Prairie Biological Station works to conserve one of the most diminished ecosystems in North America.

The Silicon Valley Of Biodefense, Jennifer Tidball, Beth Bohn

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K-State cements status at the forefront of biodefense