TROY professor helps discover new species causing black gill in Georgia shrimp

The Skidaway Institute for Oceanography boat docks on the Skidaway River in Georgia.

The Skidaway Institute for Oceanography boat docks on the Skidaway River in Georgia.

A Troy University biologist recently identified the microscopic parasite behind a mysterious ailment ravaging the shrimp population off the coast of Georgia.

For years, Georgia’s shrimpers have watched in dismay as the shrimp population off the Atlantic coast has dwindled. As the Atlanta Journal Constitution reported, shrimpers there blamed “black gill,” an affliction that darkens…

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Alumna wins Miss New York title

TROY alumna Lauren Molella has been named Miss New York 2019. (Photo/Submitted)

TROY alumna Lauren Molella has been named Miss New York 2019. (Photo/Submitted)

Troy University alumna Lauren Molella has been crowned Miss New York 2019, becoming the first person to have won the title of both Miss New York’s Outstanding Teen (2011) and the state title in the Miss America preliminary.

The 24-year old native New Yorker, who graduated with a double major in biology pre-med and psychology…

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TROY faculty on cutting edge of feeding tube research

Faculty members teamed with the Mayo Clinic for research indicating a change is coming in the products patients are fed.

Faculty members teamed with the Mayo Clinic for research indicating a change is coming in the products patients are fed.

Troy University faculty members from multiple departments are shedding new light on feeding techniques that could improve patient health.

Faculty members from TROY’s Department of Kinesiology and Health Promotion, Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences, and School of Nursing have spent several years studying the effects of blended tube feeding — in other words, using…

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Troy University professors receive NOAA RESTORE Science Program grant

Living shorelines, like the one near Bayfront Park, are the focus of a NOAA RESTORE grant received by  Dr. Chris Boyd and Dr. Xutong Niu.

Living shorelines, like the one near Bayfront Park, are the focus of a NOAA RESTORE grant received by Dr. Chris Boyd and Dr. Xutong Niu.

Troy University researchers have been awarded a two-year, $519,853 grant from the NOAA RESTORE Science Program that will identify where living shorelines are the most appropriate erosion control solution to protect tidal shorelines at various sites along the Gulf of Mexico.

Dr. Chris Boyd of TROY’s Department of Biological and Environmental Sciences is the lead…

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Death of beloved faculty member shocks, saddens TROY family

Death of beloved faculty member shocks, saddens TROY family

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