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Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences

KCBS Radio talks to Maureen Ferran, associate professor in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, about how to speed up the COVID-19 vaccine rollout around the world.

Essay by Maureen Ferran, associate professor in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, published by The Conversation.

WXXI’s “Connections” program features Christy Tyler, associate professor in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences.

A pioneer of one of RIT’s earliest study abroad programs and a founding member of the biotechnology and molecular bioscience program has retired. Professor Robert Rothman from the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences taught his final courses in Genetics and Evolution and Creationism this spring, capping off an RIT career that began in 1984.

Ashley Tucker, a graduating senior majoring in biomedical sciences and biology, will travel to Nigeria at the end of the summer on a Fulbright Research award. Tucker will work with a malaria research group at University of Ibadan College of Medicine. Her research will help improve the rapid diagnostic testing for the deadly tropical disease.

WHAM-TV talks to Mary-Anne Courtney, lecturer; Andre Hudson, school head; and Christy Tyler, associate professor, all in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, about bacteria on cloth face masks and proper disposal of used face masks.

Once RIT secured enough antigen tests for students for the spring semester, plans for administering saliva tests were put on hold. But this did not stop faculty and students in RIT’s College of Science from creating a Plan B of new lab activities, research, and community outreach.

The Conversation asks Maureen Ferran, associate professor in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, about the AstraZeneca COVID-19 vaccine.

Nature talks to Carmody McCalley, assistant professor in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, about climate models not accurately accounting for microbial activity in Arctic permafrost and Arctic lakes.

Essay by Sophia Maggelakis, dean of the College of Science, published by the Rochester Beacon.

NPR's 1A program talks to Maureen Ferran, associate professor in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, about how the different COVID-19 vaccines work.

Fast Company talks to Maureen Ferran, associate professor in the Thomas H. Gosnell School of Life Sciences, about why the efficacy of the Johnson & Johnson COVID vaccine appears to be less than the Pfizer and Moderna vaccines..