Dr. Stuart Pimm, Duke University “Biodiversity – The Most Beautiful Carbon Offset” 11 April 2012, 6:00pm, 127 Biology Building
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Brock Huntsman wins research award
Brock Huntsman has won the University of Alabama Award for Excellence in Research by a Master’s Student for 2011-2012.
Caldwell lab’s work on Parkinsons Disease covered in local news
The local NBC affiliate filmed in the lab of Drs. Guy and Kim Caldwell, getting some exciting shots of lab glassware, and also interviewed Guy about the work of newly minted Ph.D. Adam Harrington on the protective effects of VPS41. Video here.
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Studying obesity in fruit flies
Laura Reed’s work has been highlighted in the latest issue of the University of Alabama Research Magazine.
Brock Huntsman recognized for outstanding research by a Masters student
Brock Huntsman will be the recipient of the Outstanding Research Award by a Master’s Student for the College of Arts and Sciences, and will be nominated by the College for the Graduate School’s Outstanding Research by a Master’s Student. Brock’s research concerns community structure in cave stream ecosystems.
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Brook Fluker wins award for presentation
Brook Fluker won 2nd Place for Best Oral Presentation at the Annual Southeastern Fishes Council Meeting in Chattanooga, TN (10-11 Nov 2011). Brook’s talk was entitled, “Spring-adapted species as a model for understanding the genetic consequences of aquatic habitat fragmentation.”
College highlights research activities of four Biological Sciences scientists
The College of Arts and Sciences has highlighted the work of four UA biologists for recent publications. Drs. Guy and Kim Caldwell were co-authors on a recent paper in the journal Science concerning Alzheimer’s Disease. Dr. Stephen Secor’s work, also published in Science, concerns cardiac hypertrophy and its regulation by fatty acids. Dr. Jennifer Sheridan’s work, published in Nature Climate Change, concerns the reduction in size of a wide variety of animals and plants, a response to climate change.
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HHMI Undergraduate and Precollege Research Program
Applications are being accepted for the 2012 Howard Hughes Medical Institute Undergraduate and Precollege Research Program. Visit this site for information and application materials.
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Climate change and body size reduction
Postdoctoral fellow Jennifer Sheridan (Rissler) and co-author David Bickford (National University of Singapore) have shown that diverse organisms have reacted to climate change by reduction in body size. The article has received widespread interest in the popular media.
Brock Huntsman’s research featured on cover of Freshwater Biology
Former M.S. student Brock Huntsman’s thesis research on energy limitation of cave predators is featured on the cover of the September issue of Freshwater Biology.
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