A school-record three Florida State University students have received the Barry Goldwater Scholarship, a prestigious national award that annually recognizes the brightest mathematics, science and engineering college sophomores and juniors.

Ahmed Kenawy is a senior pursuing a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry, within the Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, with minors in biological science and mathematics, all part of the College of Arts and Sciences.

They say a picture is worth a thousand words, but in science, it sometimes takes a thousand photos to tell the whole story. Florida State University researchers have assembled the first atomic-level resolution image of part of a molecule that produces force in muscle contraction, an accomplishment that is opening new avenues of research into how muscles contract.

Researchers from Eastern Virginia Medical School, Florida State University and the University of Virginia have observed a tiny muscle filament during a crucial stage in a beating heart for the first time. The research was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Researchers from Eastern Virginia Medical School, Florida State University and the University of Virginia have observed a tiny muscle filament during a crucial stage in a beating heart for the first time. The research was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Researchers from Eastern Virginia Medical School, Florida State University and the University of Virginia have observed a tiny muscle filament during a crucial stage in a beating heart for the first time. The research was published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences.

Lorea Arambarri is a doctoral candidate in biological neuroscience in the Department of Biological Science, part of the College of Arts and Sciences. Arambarri worked in the Dennis Lab, the Florida State University-Tallahassee Memorial Hospital Rapid Response Laboratory that is part of FSU’s COVID response, from June to December 2020 to help set up the lab.

Certain brightly colored coral species dotting the seafloor may appear indistinguishable to many divers and snorkelers, but Florida State University researchers have found that these genetically diverse marine invertebrates vary in their response to ocean warming, a finding that has implications for the long-term health of coral reefs.

U.S. Navy veteran and Honors student Benton Jaco graduated in Fall 2020 with a bachelor’s degree from the Department of Biological Science, part of the College of Arts and Sciences. Prior to attending Florida State, Jaco served as an air warfare operator aboard a Navy P-3 Orion aircraft. At FSU, he pursued research with the help of associate professor of biological science Janie Wulff and received an IDEA Grant for his work on seagrass meadow ecosystems.

Graduate student researchers from two College of Arts and Sciences departments have been selected as finalists for the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration’s 2021 John A. Knauss Marine Policy Fellowship Program. The fellowship, part of the National Sea Grant College Program, has provided educational and professional experiences for graduate students interested in ocean, coastal, and Great Lakes resources and policy decisions affecting these resources since 1979.

FSU senior combines passions for biology, Spanish to study the science of language

FSU-led team earns NSF grant to study effects of heat waves on sea urchins