LSU College of Science

Happy Valentine's Day, Tigers! 🐯🩷

"No More Sidelines: Bringing Students to the Forefront of Lab Exploration"

an op/ed piece by @jadatdaniels.bsky.social ,
#PhD candidate in #Ecology ( @lsuscience.bsky.social @lsu.bsky.social )
& IOB co author of Introducing a Novel Course-Based #Undergraduate
iobopen.com/2026/02/13/n...

#science

From parade routes to research labs, @lsu.bsky.social students are rethinking Mardi Gras beads. In Dr. Naohiro Kato’s lab, they created PlantMe Beads: biodegradable, 3D-printed throws that break down naturally and can even grow plants. Science meets tradition in Louisiana www.lsu.edu/science/news...

Yesterday marked 10 years since LSU Boyd Professor Gabriela González served as spokesperson for the 1,000+ member LIGO Scientific Collaboration to announce the first direct detection of gravitational waves.
Watch: www.youtube.com/live/aEPIwEJ...
#GeauxScience

As Valentine’s Day approaches, we’re celebrating LSU Science faculty who make a real impact. Students shared messages through the @lsucxc.bsky.social Celebrate a Teacher initiative highlighting faculty and instructors who go above and beyond 💌
#LSUCxC #CelebrateATeacher #ThankATeacher #GeauxScience

So proud of @lsu.bsky.social 's CURE program - allows our undergrads to get a real taste of research. Plus our grad students get practice leading a research team. @lsuscience.bsky.social

We’re continuing our celebration of the International Day of Women and Girls in Science by highlighting of our students’ voices. Their curiosity, determination, and passion for discovery are shaping the future of science and mathematics. #EveryVoiceInScience #WomenInScience

Ecogeomorphic feedbacks influence elevation change across microtidal wetland settings of coastal Louisiana - Nature Communications Nature Communications - Ecogeomorphic feedbacks influence elevation change across microtidal wetland settings of coastal Louisiana

New paper by our Professor Carol Wilson in Nature Comms shows how ecogeomorphic feedbacks control elevation change in Louisiana’s coastal wetlands. This is key to predicting resilience under sea-level rise and improving restoration strategies. www.nature.com/articles/s41... @lsuscience.bsky.social

On the International Day of Women and Girls in Science, we’re celebrating women faculty who lead with curiosity, persistence, and impact. Through research, mentorship, and leadership, they’re shaping the future of science and math.
Scroll to hear their insights.
#EveryVoiceInScience #WomenInScience

LSU’s CURE program puts first-year biology students into real research from day one, working with grad students and faculty, asking unanswered questions, building lab skills, and learning how science actually works. 🧪www.lsu.edu/science/news...

Future healthcare professionals from the Science Residential College explored emergency simulation scenarios, toured clinical spaces, connected with healthcare professionals, and met current medical students to hear about their journeys at Our Lady of the Lake this past Friday🩺

Meet Piper, a chemistry senior making waves in the classroom and the lab. An SI leader and researcher in Prof. Gerald Schneider’s lab, she’s explored analytical and forensic chemistry and even conducted research at Oak Ridge National Lab. 🧪🔬🎓
#GeauxScience #WBTTW

Save the date! 🐯

LSU Giving Day returns March 25, 2026, uniting Tigers everywhere to strengthen the teams that move LSU forward.

Stay tuned for ways to support The College of Science.

#LSUGivingDay26

BBC Audio | Discovery | Frontiers of Earth Science The very latest developments in the world of Earth science with Roland Pease

LSU G&G professor Carol Wilson and MissDelta research featured in this BBC audio broadcast www.bbc.com/audio/play/w... @lsuscience.bsky.social @lsu.bsky.social

Today, the LSU College of Science welcomed Chancellor James Dalton to campus to highlight the teaching, research, and collaboration driving our mission, including a tour of the new Our Lady of the Lake Health Interdisciplinary Science Building.
#WBTTW #GeauxScience

💗 World Cancer Day🎗️
Early detection saves lives, and LSU scientists are working to make breast cancer screening more accurate and to reduce the risks of screening. Learn more here: https://bit.ly/49VFrO7

#geauxscience #wbttw @lsuresearch.bsky.social

Thriving Against the Odds: What the World’s Toughest Plants Can Teach Us 🌱 Mohamed Elgallad reflects on how experiences in arid landscapes shaped his passion for plant science. Learn more here 🌍 👉 https://bit.ly/3M2QxJq

@lsubiosci.bsky.social #GeauxScience #WBTTW

As ecosystems grow more crowded, competition reshapes how species grow and survive. New research reveals why this matters for a changing world. 🔗 https://www.lsu.edu/science/news/2026/tan-nat-comms.php

Student Spotlight: Melanie Madrigal 🌟

PhD student in Biological Sciences studying how fungal pathogens adapt to plant defenses using lab + computational work. Future Scholars Fellow, flower arranger, and scone baker outside the lab. 🔬🧪

#LSUScience

Our research impact reaches all the way to Antarctica! 🌎

LSU researcher @icedoctord.bsky.social and team at @lsugeology.bsky.social have documented, in rare detail, a large brine discharge event at Blood Falls. The salty, blood-colored water flows out when pressure under Taylor Glacier rises.

Calling curious kids in grades 4–6 🔬
Join us for a behind-the-scenes look at the @lsumns.bsky.social, hands-on science activities, and time with LSU scientists.
📅 Feb 21 | ⏰ 10:30–2:45 | 📝 Apps open now, due Jan 30!
Apply here : https://bit.ly/3RXu8vY
#LSUScience #BatonRougeEvents #STEMKids

Seeing the unseen just got clearer at LSU 🔬
New AZtec software now powers the SEM in LSU’s AMAC, enabling sharper imaging and large-area chemical mapping.
Learn more✨: https://bit.ly/4jN9L1X
@lsugeology.bsky.social @lsuresearch.bsky.social

Curious why some plants smell like a crime scene and still manage to be stunningly successful at pollination? 🌷 Come hang out with us at Science Café and learn how “corpse flowers” fake it till they make it. It’s weird, fascinating, and absolutely worth your Tuesday night 🤩

LSU faculty member Hollie Hale-Donze found a new way to teach infectious diseases: ImmunoWars. Now @LSUscience, Harvard and Dutch medical schools are helping the creators refine the game for wider audiences, turning complex immunology into fast, fun learning.
FULL STORY: https://bit.ly/45fsFsq

Come join us for a STAR PARTY! ✨
We’ll be observing the First Quarter Moon, Jupiter, and Saturn at Nicholson Hall!
📅 January 24, 2025
⏰ 7:30 PM
Perfect for students, families, and anyone who loves looking up at the night sky. 🌙💫
#LSU #Astronomy #StarParty #BatonRouge #Stargazing #PhysicsAndAstronomy

@lsu.bsky.social's Hollie Hale-Donze is making learning infectious diseases interactive with 𝘐𝘮𝘮𝘶𝘯𝘰𝘞𝘢𝘳𝘴! Students gain hands-on experience understanding pathogens, vaccines, and immune responses 🎲🦠.
Check it out here 👉 https://bit.ly/45fsFsq

How does Staphylococcus aureus evade our immune system? 🦠 With a new NIH R01, @lsu.bsky.social researcher Chen Chen is uncovering how this bacterium slows immune cells—insights that could improve pneumonia treatment.
Read the full story here✨:https://www.lsu.edu/science/news/2026/nih-chen-chen.php

From @lsu.bsky.social to the @nytimes.com! Daniel Geldof, @lsumns.bsky.social alumnus, shows how the rockhead poacher may use its massive skull to make sound in noisy tidal zones. 🔊🐟 #LSUScience
✨🔗:
https://nyti.ms/4jzAor3
https://bit.ly/4pBPU7c
https://bit.ly/49gJvto

Welcome back, Tigers! Campus wasn’t the same without you. Here’s to a fresh start and a strong spring semester. 🐯✨

@lsu.bsky.social Astrophysicist Eric Burns is leading an investigation of a gamma-ray burst detected on July 2, 2025 that may expand on what scientists know about these powerful cosmic explosions.
✨Learn more here: https://www.lsu.edu/physics/news/burns_cosmic_burst.php

@lsuresearch.bsky.social