UA Department of Biological Sciences professor Dr. Asma Hatoum-Aslan has received an NSF CAREER Award to study the molecular events that transpire in the battle between bacteria and their viruses (called phages). This work could lead to novel strategies to combat antibiotic-resistant infections using phages and the bacterial immune systems that defend against them. Read more about her work in UA News.
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The Department of Biological Sciences at The University of Alabama invites applications for three full-time (9- month) tenure-track faculty positions at the rank of Assistant Professor in Ecohydrology, Macroevolutionary Comparative and Quantitative Biology, and Cellular & Molecular Physiology to begin August 2018. For the Ecohydrology position, the successful applicant will establish an extramurally funded and internationally recognized research program centered on the interactions and feedbacks between ecological and hydrological processes through any component of the water cycle. Applicants should employ […]
The Department of Biological Sciences at The University of Alabama seeks to hire three assistant teaching professor positions for Fall 2018 start dates. These are non-tenure track renewable contract (NTRC) faculty, each with three-year contracts, subject to annual reviews. Position 1: Assistant Teaching Professor Job # 0810897 Primary teaching duties will entail large-enrollment undergraduate courses, such as Introductory Biology, Microbiology, and / or non-majors Human Anatomy and Physiology. A course in the successful candidate’s own specialization may be considered, […]
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The phylum Ctenophora (comb jellies) consists of gelatinous, planktonic marine animals. Despite their somewhat unassuming nature, a fierce debate has been raging in the scientific literature about comb jellies as a number of genome-scale studies have suggested that ctenophores, and not the morphological simple sponges, are the sister group to all other animals. A new study published in Nature Ecology and Evolution co-authored by Dr. Kevin Kocot helps shed light on this question with new data spanning the diversity of […]
UA Department of Biological Sciences professors Dr. Guy Caldwell and Dr. Kim Caldwel and doctoral student Hanna Kim are co-authors on a new study that provides a molecular explanation for why it is the dopamine neurons, specifically, die in Parkinson’s patients. This work, which was published in the top journal in its field, is an important step forward and highlights a new potential path for drug discovery. Read more about this work in UA News and read the original research […]
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An team of researchers including Department of Biological Science’s chair Dr. Janis O’Donnell and recently graduated students Rami Ajjuri and Matthew Lollar has published a new paper in Biology Letters showing how varying levels of a chemical found in the brain of fruit flies can affect their responses to social interactions. Specifically, the neurotransmitter dopamine, which is also used in humans, contributes to a fly’s response to others in a social group. See popular media articles about this work in CBC Radio […]
Department of Biological Sciences graduate students Derek Tollette and Taylor Ledford, who study at the Dauphin Island Sea Lab, received the 1st and 2nd place awards, respectively, for their poster presentations at the Alabama Water Resources Association Conference held on September 7-8 in Perdido Beach. The Alabama Water Resources Conference is the premiere water conference in the state. It was established in 1986, and has provided a forum for showcasing emerging research, education and outreach in all aspects of water resources.
An international team including the Department of Biological Science’s Dr. Stanislava’s Chtarbanova has published a new paper in Cell Reports showing a dual role for the brain immune system in neurodegenration and lifespan extension in the model organism Drosophila. Read it at Cell Reports.
Greg Starr has been recognized as the outstanding senior investigator in Physical and Biological Sciences, Mathematics, and Engineering. Greg’s research concerns human effects on global ecosystems and natural resources.
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The crown-of-thorns sea star genome was published in Nature. Read a press release about it in The Australian and BBC News. Link to the paper: Hall, Kocot, and Baughman et al. 2017 Nature doi:10.1038/nature22033.
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