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Lindsey Olive didn’t choose to attend Auburn University because it’s in her hometown, but because it would provide room for career exploration and vast study abroad opportunities.

Auburn University Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences Joanna Sztuba-Solinska recently received a big boost in her quest to discover what makes viruses target specific enzymes within cells.

While poultry manure has served as a convenient and inexpensive fertilizer source for many Alabama farmers, little is known about where those nutrients and minerals go once they pass through the soil. Of special interest to a group of Auburn researchers is the destination of heavy metals in the manure, including zinc, copper and lead.

Opioids and synthetic opioids are a growing cause of overdose deaths both in the United States and in Alabama, accounting for nearly half of all overdose deaths in Alabama.