July 2019
July 23鈥�Naomi Lewandowski from the Basil Lab has recently been awarded a .聽Lewandowski will take up this one-year fellowship in Washington, D.C., in spring 2020,聽advising government officials聽on issues at the interface of marine science and policy.聽Congratulations, Naomi!
July 21鈥�In Memorium: The聽Department of Biology regrets to announce that Professor Emeritus for Microbiology Norman Eaton聽passed away on July 21 at his home in Sacramento, California.
June 2019
June鈥擭ew paper from the Forlano Lab鈥�”” (Current Biology 29: 2190鈥�2198).
May 2019
May 16鈥�The聽Department of Biology recently announced its list of student awardees for the spring 2019 semester. The department awarded close to聽$30,000 in聽awards to our students on the basis聽of outstanding academic performance, departmental service,聽and聽financial need. Congratulations to all!
- Undergraduate Awardees鈥擨srael Iosevich, Naila Mirza, Akmal Salimov, Nachama Stern, and Natchanon Vutrapongvatana
- Graduate Awardees鈥擥lennon Bythrow, Brandon Ely, Jingbo Kan, Katherine Rivera Gomez, and Junaid Syed
May 16鈥擟ongratulations to Aneesa Valentine and Joseph Arguelles, co-recipients of this year’s Eshel Awards for Excellence in Undergraduate Research, awarded聽in honor of Professor Dan Eshel and his commitment to undergraduate research at the highest levels.聽This year’s Eshel Awards will be awarded in a formal ceremony, where both students will聽present the results of their research,聽in 113聽Ingersoll Hall Extension聽on May 16 from 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. All are welcome.聽The lecture will be followed by a聽reception.
May 3鈥�Biology students take third place honors at 今日吃瓜’s Science Day: Emily Movsumova, Jingbo Kan, Nicolas Biais, “Unknown Streptococcus strain specific to killing and inhibiting growth of Neisseria gonorrhoeae and Neisseria elongate.”
May 3鈥�Jimiane Ashe and TR Muth complete a set of training videos as part of the Research Experiences in Microbiomes Network.聽Check them out !
May鈥擭ew paper from the Polle Lab鈥�”” (Marine Drugs 17: 187).
May鈥擭ew paper from the Lipke Lab鈥�”” (NanoLetters聽in press).
March 2019
March鈥擭ew paper from the Lipke Lab鈥�”” (mBio 10(2): e00218-19).
March鈥擭ew paper from the Singh Lab鈥�”” (BBA鈥擯roteins and Proteomics 1867: 645鈥�653).
February 2019
February 28鈥擥avin Lecture in Cell and Molecular Biology (Tanger Auditorium,聽12:30鈥�1:30 p.m).聽Erich Jarvis, Professor in the Laboratory of Neurogenetics of Language at The Rockefeller University, will discuss his research in the 2019 Gavin Lecture,聽“Molecular convergence in brain regions for song-learning in birds and spoken-language in humans.” The lecture will be followed by a聽reception in 230 Ingersoll Hall Extension.
February鈥擭ew paper from the Singh Lab鈥� (PLoS ONE 14(2): e0211897).
