A new review is out in The Anatomical Record, entitled “Headbutting through time: A review of this hypothesized behavior in “dome-headed” fossil taxa“. Co-authored by Cary Woodruff and Nicole Ackermans. This paper is part of a special issue for The Anatomical Record, organized and guest-edited by Nicole Ackermans. Get the full article here! https://anatomypubs.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ar.25526
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A new publication in Botanica Marina by Dr. Lopez-Bautista and former PhD student Dr. James T. Melton III, along with Italian colleagues, updates the DNA barcode inventory of Ulva species for two regions from the Mediterranean Sea.The correct identification of these green algal species is important due to their significant role in marine ecosystems and mariculture. This genetic resource will aid researchers in identifying specimens and improving understanding of Ulva diversity.
The benthic-to-pelagic habitat axis is a major environmental dimension along which fishes have diversified. Minnows (chubs, dace, and shiners) are a major component of fish communities throughout Alabama and the southeastern United States. A recent study published in Evolution co-authored by Drs. Burress and Hart in the Department of Biological Sciences, show that as minnows shifted from benthic (associated with the river bottom) to pelagic habitats (associated with the water column and water surface), these fishes exhibit faster speciation, but […]
Dr. Carla Atkinson is the awardee of the the 2024 Society of Freshwater Science (SFS) Leadership Award, which recognizes early or mid-career SFS members for extraordinary work on behalf of the society. Dr. Atkinson has been highly active in the society for 15 years and is a co-founder and the current President of the Southeast Chapter of SFS. The SFS webpage about this year’s award details Dr. Atkinson’s many contributions to the society and freshwater science in general. Congratulations Carla!!
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Collaborative research from Drs. Ciesla and Maitra and graduate student Swarnali Chatterjee was recently published in the journal Biomedicine and Pharmacotherapy. The UA team has identified a natural compound, gardenin A, which provides neuroprotection in a mouse model of Parkinson’s disease (PD). Previously this chemical was shown by Drs. Ciesla and Maitra to provide neuroprotection in a Drosophila model of PD. The UA team alongside their OHSU collaborators plan to further work on this interesting natural compound and evaluate its […]
Bama Biology Bootcamp (B³) is a one-week intensive program run by The University of Alabama Department of Biological Sciences for students enrolled in or planning to enroll in Biology courses. Its purpose is to help students make a successful transition from the expectations of high school to those of college. B³ is offered as a 1 credit hour course. Participants will be able to register for BSC 103 – Bama Biology Bootcamp during their Bama Bound registration time. The 2024 […]
We are thrilled to announce the promotions of several of our faculty members, effective August 16, 2024. Dr. Stanislava Chtarbanova-Rudloff and Dr. Lukasz Ciesla have been granted tenure and promoted to the rank of Associate Professor. Dr. Kaleb Heinrich and Dr. Tyler Hodges have been promoted to the rank of Associate Professor.
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Dr. Kocot’s proposal entitled “Collaborative Research: PurSUiT: A Backbone for the Peracarida” ($840,771) has been funded by the National Science Foundation’s Division of Environmental Biology and the Established Program to Stimulate Competitive Research (EPSCoR). This collaborative project with lead PI Dr. Sarah Gerken (University of Alaska, Anchorage) and PI Dr. Regina Wetzer (Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County) was funded to support research on Poorly Sampled and Unknown Taxa (PurSUiT). “The PurSUiT category is meant to encourage biodiversity discovery […]
Each year, the World Register of Marine Species (WoRMS) releases its annual list of the top-ten marine species described by researchers during the past year to coincide with World Taxonomist Appreciation Day on March 19th! If you were unaware of this celebration of all the work that taxonomists do to document and describe the world’s biodiversity, you can find more here and here. Dorymenia boucheti Cobo & Kocot 2023 is a newly described species of Solenogastres (Mollusca, Aplacophora) from the South […]