Congratulations to Ed Griffin and Xiaohui Yan of the Caldwell Lab for their article being selected as the cover of Human Molecular Genetics! “Distinct functional roles of Vps41-mediated neuroprotection in Alzheimer’s and Parkinson’s disease models of neurodegeneration” carries the official publication date of December 15th – happy graduation day indeed! https://academic.oup.com/hmg/article/27/24/4176/5079033 […]
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UA Leads Effort to Understand Imperiled Mussel Biodiversity […]
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Each year, the College of Arts and Sciences has a tent on the quad during the pre-homecoming football game festivities. As always, Biological Sciences was there this year to share our research with students and the public. We couldn’t do it without our amazing graduate students and their enthusiasm for science! […]
The McCollough Institute for Pre-Medical Scholars offers a minor in interdisciplinary studies on medicine to a small cohort of aspiring physicians. McCollough scholars form a living-learning community investigating big picture questions about the art of medicine. The McCollough Scholars program would likely be of interest to incoming biology majors interested in medicine. More details are […]
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In this collaborative work, Dr. Chtarbanova and colleagues discover a novel mutation in the gene brat, that leads to the formation of brain tumors and progressive, age-dependent neurodegeneration. Although cancer and neurodegeneration appear as two very different diseases, they share the disruption of common cellular pathways. This novel fly mutant could serve as an excellent […]
BioFest is an annual Department of Biological Sciences tradition where new students are welcomed and current students present their research via a poster colloquium. We are proud of our talented and hard-working students and pleased to acknowledge these winners: 1st place – Identifying Epigenetic Modulators of Neuronal Resilience in the C. elegans Dopaminergic System. Anthony […]
The National Science Foundation has funded a $1.8 million Dimensions of Biodiversity award to UA faculty Carla Atkinson and Jeff Lozier and collaborators at the University of Mississippi to study the evolutionary ecology of freshwater mussels. Learn more about the project at http://mussels.ua.edu/. […]
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Although flies, mice, and rabbits might be the first laboratory research organisms that come to mind, the Laboratory of Evolutionary and Integrative Physiology led by Dr. Stephen Secor employs an atypical but very useful laboratory species – the Burmese python – as a research model. Learn about this remarkable species and how the Secor lab […]
From the September 2018 Desktop News UA Researchers Examining Parkinson’s Resilience […]
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DBS seminars are on Fridays from 12 – 1 PM in 2006 North Lawn. Date Speaker Speaker’s Institution Host Faculty/Advisor 08/24/18 Nate Swenson University of Maryland Atkinson 09/07/18 Jason Rohr University of South Florida G. Becker 09/14/18 Steve Saul Arizona State Ferguson 09/21/18 Alexis Janosik The University of West Florida Kocot 09/28/18 Kevin Kuehn Southern […]
