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Meister publishes groundbreaking research about ice nucleating bacteria

October 25, 2024

“Meister’s research focuses on ice nucleating bacteria, which facilitate the state transition of water to ice at low temperatures.”

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2024 Osher Faculty Grant Award recipients announced

April 30, 2024

“The grant supports Boise State faculty research and raises awareness of the Institute within the university. “

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Meister Receives Department of Defense Grant

March 27, 2024

“Dr. Konrad Meister (BMOL Faculty) recently received $600,000 for a three-year period from the Defense Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (DEPSCoR), which falls under the Department of Defense (DoD).”

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Meister receives NSF CAREER award to study ice-nucleating bacteria

February 14, 2024

“With this award, Meister will study microbes that have the ability to make ice-making proteins. Why? Because making ice is more important than you might think.”

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Meister Secures Cutting-Edge Inverted Confocal Raman Microscope with $460,000 Murdock Grant

February 5, 2024

“The new imaging system will offer a non-invasive and non-destructive way to perform 3D imaging of complex water-based samples, and will allow for the visualization and investigation of (bio)materials at the nanoscale level, including their physical and chemical properties under various gas and liquid conditions.”

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Rosemary & Dr. Meister Write a Book Chapter on Ice Binding Proteins

October 25, 2023

“Rosemary and Dr. Meister helped write the chapter, “Measurement of Ice Nucleation Activity of Biological Samples”. This was a part of the second section on measuring and identifying the activity of ice binding proteins. “

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Konrad Meister Publishes in PNAS

November 13, 2023

“Dr. Meister along with his collaborators demonstrated that small extracellular proteins, of which over a hundred are capable of assembling in cell-free environments, make up the fungal ice nucleators that enable ice formation at warm temperatures.”

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Meister and Eufemio conduct research on National Geographic polar expedition

November 13, 2023

“Konrad Meister and biomolecular science graduate student Rosemary Eufemio recently joined the team aboard the National Geographic Endurance to perform research in Iceland and East Greenland.”

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Meister receives the 2023 Journal of Physical Chemistry Lectureship award

November 2, 2023

“The award recognizes the contributions of investigators who have made major impacts on the field of physical chemistry.”

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