THE OHIO STATE UNIVERSITY DEPARTMENT OF ENTOMOLOGY |
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ABOUT US PEOPLE ACADEMICS RESEARCH OUTREACH |
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Our department boasts excellent research facilities, which accomodate the exciting research programs our faculty and students engage in. |
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| > The C. A. Triplehorn Insect Collection is one of the foci of our research and teaching program in arthropod systematics at the Ohio State Department of Entomology. The collection is housed in a modern facility, the Museum of Biological Diversity, on the western edge of campus, and contains approximately 3.5 million specimens from all parts of the world.
The historical emphasis has been in the orders Coleoptera and Homoptera, but our interests are now concentrated on the Hymenoptera. In addition to a complete suite of tools needed for taxonomic and systematic studies, we have the facilities for studies using Geographic Information Systems and relational databases. One of our principal emphases now is the development of the tools and structure needed for packaging and disseminating information from museum holdings and literature: biodiversity informatics. |
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> With a teaching and research collection of more than 150,000 determined specimens and more than 1,000,000 undetermined specimens of ticks and mites, our Acarology Laboratory is world-renowned and functions as an international center for research on ticks and mites. The broad representation of specimens makes it the finest teaching collection of Acari in the world. We identify specimens submitted by state and federal agencies, researchers and the general public. We maintain a library of several thousand reprints. Our faculty and guest lecturers offer a three-week Acarology Summer Program, the longest running program of its kind. It provides advanced students and practicing biologists from all over the world with the latest information on problems related to ticks and mites. |
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| > Completed in September 1993, The Biological Sciences Greenhouse Facility houses an insectary, a quarantine facility, two research laboratories, a growth chamber area and a preparation room in addition to teaching and research greenhouse space. The facility has 15,120 square feet under glass divided into 24 individual computer controlled environments to allow optimal research and teaching opportunities. There are ten 10'X12' zones, five 20'X24' zones, eight 24'X40' zones and one 24'X80' zone each with perimeter hot water heat, hot and cold water, fertilizer injected water, metal halide high intensity discharge lights, and evaporative cooling. | ||
| > The Insectary rears insects and other arthropods for teaching and research in the College of Biological Sciences. The Insectary is managed by George Keeney, Research Associate in the Department of Entomology. The Insectary's living collection includes specimens of the giant Madagascar Hissing Cockroach, Australian walking sticks, scorpions and tarantulas. In addition to supplying insects and arthropods for laboratory exercises and research experimentation, the Insectary also supplies specimens to other insectaries around the country, to the Columbus Zoo, and to local allergy laboratories conducting research for the production of pharmaceuticals in the area of arthropod-induced allergies, such as dust mites, cockroaches, and flies. | ||
| > Ohio Turfgrass Foundation Research & Education Facility is located at the Waterman Learning Facility on the northwest side of campus. The turfgrass facility consists of approximately 23 acres on which is also located our Ohio Turfgrass Foundation Research and Education Center. The center was built by the Ohio Turfgrass Foundation in 1996 and it has nearly 7,000 square feet of high quality space for turfgrass research and educational efforts. | ||
| > The Rothenbuhler Honey Bee Lab is home of the Honey Bee Breeding Program. The state-of-the-art bee facility was dedicated to internationally acclaimed honey bee genetics pioneer Walter C. Rothenbuhler in 1989. This lab provides extensive opportunities for leading-edge honey bee research, both basic and applied. Susan Cobey, Staff Apiarist at Ohio State Universtiy since 1990, maintains the New World Carniolan breeding program, which she originated in 1981 at Vaca Valley Apiaries in California. The program also serves as a training model for the specialized beekeeping short courses offered to provide beekeepers with the tools for stock improvement. | ||
| > The Ohio State University Honey Bee Laboratory at Wooster, Ohio, is a multi-purpose laboratory encompassing both extension and research responsibilities. Located on the campus of the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, bee laboratory personnel provide international bee culture training, provide bee information to the public, conduct behavioral and pollination research, and support the research programs of other commodity groups. The program is composed of a honey processing facility, approximately 200 hives, a research laboratory, a honey bee museum, and a queen production out-building. | ||
| > The Franz Theodore Stone Laboratory on Gibraltar Island in Lake Erie operates as a summer biological field station of the university. Research opportunities exist in aquatic and field biology, and summer courses are offered at the introductory and upper levels, as well as courses for educators. | ||
| > In addition to the above facilities, the Columbus campus includes classrooms, well-equipped laboratories, spacious conference rooms with video-link capabilities, and more. There is an excellent library system at Ohio State University, with the majority of its extensive entomological holdings housed in the Biological Sciences/Pharmacy Library near Aronoff Labs. Facilities at The Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center, Wooster, Ohio, include classrooms, well-equipped laboratories, computers, technical library, insectary, glasshouse space, and extensive field plots. Additional plots are available at ten other branches throughout the state. Excellent opportunities exist for interaction with related agricultural research programs. | ||
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