Many of you have likely received an email from the Dean of the College of Arts & Sciences this morning regarding changes to course instruction for the Fall 2020 semester consistent with the recommended guidelines to promote health and safety on our campus. The Department of Biological Sciences wanted to follow up with some specific […]
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Dr. Carla Atkinson just received news that her proposal “CAREER: Functional diversity and ecosystem function provisioning by a guild of macrofaunal consumers in riverine ecosystems” was funded by the National Science Foundation Division of Environmental Biology. Her work aims to merge the characterization of the functional traits of communities of freshwater mussels, the most globally […]
Congratulations to Dr. Phil Harris who was recognized by the College of Arts and Sciences as a Distinguished Teaching Fellow. Dr. Harris will be working with junior faculty across the college to assist with teaching strategies in large classroom environments. Dr. Harris will hold the title for three years. […]
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“At The University of Alabama our core principles include fostering a culture of inclusivity and respect for every member of our community, whether we are together in Tuscaloosa or engaging virtually throughout the world.” – President Stuart Bell Diversity, Inclusion and Respect are core values of the Department of Biological Sciences. We condemn the recent […]
The NSF Faculty Early Career Development, or CAREER, Program is the most prestigious award in support of early-career faculty at NSF. Recipients are recognized as being individuals with the potential to serve as academic role models in research and education and to lead advances in the mission of their department or organization. With this award, […]
Research on the digestive physiology of snake’s by Dr. Secor’s lab was featured in The New York Times. Read the article here: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/05/12/science/pythons-metabolism-animals-digestion.html […]
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Graduating senior student Harris Bolus (member of the Chtarbanova Lab since spring 2018) is the first author of a collaborative review article in the International Journal of Molecular Sciences that discusses the modeling of neurodegenerative diseases and neuroregeneration in the common fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster. In the Chtarbanova lab, Harris’ work focused on studying the […]
Dr. Gui Becker was awarded funding from the National Science Foundation (NSF) Rules of Life funding scheme for a project titled “RoL: The Scale of Resistance: Landscape to Microbiome-level Processes Regulating Acquired Disease Resistance.” Understanding how species cope with disease in an era of global change is of fundamental importance to the field of ecology […]
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Congratulations to Dr. Laura Reed who’s outstanding achievements in research will be recognized with a 2020 President’s Faculty Research Award in the mid-career scholars category! Read more about Dr. Reed’s research and achievements since joining the department here. Though originally scheduled for April 22, 2020, Faculty Research Day and the President’s Faculty Research Award Ceremony […]
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Congratulations to Drs. Carla Atkinson and Asma Hatoum-Aslan who were awarded tenure and promoted to Associate professor! Dr. Carla Atkinson’s research in the field of aquatic ecology is strongly oriented towards the advancement of both basic scientific understanding as well as better conservation prioritization of biodiversity and ecosystems. Dr. Atkinson’s research encompasses a broad […]
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