The department is pleased to announce the arrival of two new growth chambers to the department equipment collection.  The chambers are the result of professor Mike Wolyniak’s National Science Foundation funding and provide precise environmental conditions (temperature, humidity, light intensity, etc.) for the growth and maintenance of plants.

The new growth chambers in their new home in Gilmer Hall

Chambers such as these are essential to conducting controlled plant experiments that can be used for student and faculty research.  New plant-based experiments based on using the chambers are being planned for both spring 2015 coursework in the department and summer 2015 student/faculty research projects.