Neuroscience Cluster Hire The Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, invites applications for three (3) tenure-track, 9-month, Assistant Professor positions in Neurobiology. Applicants must have completed a Ph.D. and have post-doctoral research experience. We are particularly interested in researchers addressing questions related to 1) Neurophysiology; 2) Neuroimmunology; and 3) Neurogenetics. The successful applicants will join a growing core of faculty working in the areas of neurodegenerative disease modeling, neurogenetics and neuroinflammation, blood-brain barrier modeling, neurobehavior and […]

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Tri-Beta is the Biological Honors Society for undergraduates. The next meeting is this Thursday evening. The topic of the meeting is course registration and they will be holding a townhall of sorts for students to ask questions about the biology/chemistry/elective courses they are considering taking or for older students to share their experiences in the classes that they have taken in the past. We feel that this is a great opportunity, in addition to traditional advising, that we want to […]

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The inaugural NEON Ambassador Program is bringing together 20 research scientists, educators, and industry professionals to work together to help shape NEON community engagement. The Ambassador Program is designed to help guide and encourage members of the scientific community to work with NEON; to highlight opportunities for cross-disciplinary research; to empower and connect researchers & educators to use NEON data; and to increase inclusion and diversity of the scientific community. The ultimate goal of the program is to help showcase […]

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Dr. Jennifer Howeth was featured in a recent Crimson White article on climate change and invasive species. We are thrilled to see these important topics being addressed by the campus newspaper!

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Paramount to predicting the future of biodiversity is knowing when and how living systems are resilient to (i.e., can recover from) anthropogenic disturbances. The focus of this Biology Integration Institute is to understand resilience to a key global threat: emerging infectious diseases. The team will develop a new framework to measure resilience across multiple scales, stressors, and diverse biological systems, and apply it to a case study involving a fungal disease linked to global amphibian declines. Building on past research […]

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Congratulations to Jennifer Fortunato who was accepted into the SEC Emerging Scholars Career Preparation Workshop! Jennifer is one of only 10 Ph.D. students at UA selected for the program, which will aid in preparing future faculty members. The program is designed to provide professional development and networking opportunities for current doctoral students and a limited number of postdoctoral researchers who are considering careers in higher education. Learn more about the workshop here.

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Dr. Lukasz Ciesla, assistant professor in Biological Sciences, is working with Regis Technologies Inc. to expedite drug development thanks to funding from a grant from the National Institutes of Health (NIH) Small Business Technology Transfer program. Read about it at UA News.

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Corianne Tatariw, postdoctoral researcher, and Behzad Mortazavi, professor, recently published “Ditching Nutrients: Roadside Drainage Networks are Hotspots for Microbial Nitrogen Removal” in JGR: Biogeosciences. Working with Olivia Mason, an associate professor at Florida State University, they measured the nitrogen removal potential and microbial community structure of roadside ditches in forested, urban, and agricultural areas surrounding Mobile Bay. They found that ditches had a high capacity for removing nitrate, a nutrient that can cause harmful algal blooms in coastal waters, in […]

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The Department of Biological Sciences at The University of Alabama seeks to hire two instructors for 9-month non-tenure track positions. The appointments will be on a one-year contract. The successful applicants will teach non-majors Introductory Biology, non-majors Human Anatomy and Physiology and/or related lab course sections. Other teaching duties associated with the Introductory Biology or Human Anatomy and Physiology courses may be required. Applicants must hold a minimum of an M.S. degree in Biology or related disciplines and have at […]

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GRADUATE AWARDS Joab Langston Thomas Scholarship – Bryan MacNeill, Sontosh Deb Ralph L. Chermock Prize – Weslsy Neely, Vanessa Marshall Graham Prize – Jennie Thies, John Sutton Bishop-Stackman Marine Science Endowed Scholarship – Taylor Ledford, Matteo Monti Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student in Biological Sciences Spring 2020 – M’Kayla Motley, Frank Gigliotti Outstanding Teaching by a Graduate Student in Biological Sciences Fall 2020 – Jennifer Fortunato, Taylor Ledford Cell and Molecular Biology Research Award – Leigha Stahl, YounJi Nam, […]

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