by William Cahalin | May 13, 2014 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
AUBURN, Ala. —In the seven years he has been on the faculty in Auburn University’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, associate professor Alan Wilson has introduced more than 70 undergraduate students from Auburn and beyond to the fascinating world...
by William Cahalin | May 6, 2014 | Entomology & Plant Pathology
AUBURN, Ala. — The Auburn University Office of Technology Transfer presented its Excellence in Innovation Award to Joseph Kloepper, plant pathology professor in the College of Agriculture, during the fourth annual luncheon of the Auburn University chapter of the...
by William Cahalin | May 1, 2014 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
AUBURN, Ala.—The recently released 2013 U.S. Catfish Database compiled by Auburn University aquacultural economist Terry Hanson paints a grim portrait of the U.S. farm-raised catfish industry overall, but a few bright spots, particularly for Alabama producers, are...
by William Cahalin | Apr 29, 2014 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
AUBURN, Ala.—Dan Holt and Carol Johnston, researchers in Auburn University’s School of Fisheries, Aquaculture and Aquatic Sciences, have discovered evidence that fish—like mammals and birds—raise their voices when communicating in noisy settings. This reaction, known...
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | Apr 13, 2014 | School of Fisheries, Aquaculture & Aquatic Sciences
by MARY CATHERINE GASTON The first time Alan Wilson looked through a microscope at a drop of pond water, he was fascinated by all the things moving around in it. Still, he never imagined that one day he would make a living researching those microscopic organisms as an...
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | Apr 11, 2014 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Biosystems Engineering
by MARY CATHERINE GASTON In a nondescript building on the Auburn University campus, an Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station researcher is transforming the ordinary into the extraordinary in a study that could have huge implications here at home and around the...
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by Mary Catherine Gaston | Apr 10, 2014 | Alabama Agricultural Experiment Station, Poultry Science
Auburn scientists use laying hens to study uterine fibroids by JAMIE CREAMER An estimated 70 percent of women in the U.S. develop fibroid tumors in the uterus by age 50, and while the noncancerous tumors cause no symptoms for the majority of those women, they make...
