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 genetic mechanisms underlying neurodegeneration. Together with two other undergraduate students, Harris co-authored another research article in the Journal of Visualized Experiments on methods used to […]
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 and to the stability of wildlife populations. Anthropogenic deforestation is frequently associated with increases in wildlife disease. These patterns are expected to stem from both […]
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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 will be rescheduled to a later date.
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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 set of long-standing questions in ecology such as the linkages between community structure and ecosystem function, food web structure and dynamics, landscape scale patterns dictating […]
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Dr. Carol Duffy, a microbiologist and virologist, researches viruses in her lab. Making viral transport media-like solutions is a normal part of her research. Unfortunately, there is a shortage of this media, which is needed to preserve samples during transport to testing labs. Working from her lab, Dr. Duffy has created and delivered a batch of 800 viral transport media, toward a goal of 4,000 tubes for DCH Health System. Read an article about Dr. Duffy’s support of COVID-19 testing […]
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Congratulations to Lozier Lab graduate student Sam Heraghty and Kocot Lab graduate student Nick Roberts who received honorable mentions on their NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program applications! NSF accords Honorable Mention to meritorious applicants who do not receive Fellowship awards. This is considered a significant national academic achievement. Although these students do not receive a monetary award, they are granted access to the XSEDE high-performance computing cluster.
Jeana Yates has been awarded The University of Alabama’s Council on Community-Based Partnerships premiere award in the area of community engagement for her work with the Biology Outreach Program. This honor recognizes the program as an Outstanding Faculty/Staff-Initiated Engagement Effort for 2020 and includes $2,000 of funding support. The Biology Outreach Program trains undergraduate biology majors to create and teach hands-on STEM lessons to over 1,000 K-12 students annually in the Tuscaloosa County and City School Systems and community partners […]
BSC graduate students Nate Sturm and Jennifer Fortunato were both successful at the UA Three Minute Thesis (3MT) semi-finals and advanced to the UA finals on Monday, November 11th. . There was stiff competition at the finals, but Nate Sturm was awarded first place and Jennifer Fortunato was awarded fourth place. Nate will advance to the southeast regional competition in March in Birmingham.
In a recently signed agreement with The Wemp Co. will sponsor Dr. Lukasz M. Ciesla to analyze its hemp. The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, or Farm Bill, declassified hemp (all parts of the Cannabis plant containing less than 0.3% THC) as an illegal drug, deeming hemp as an agriculture commodity that can be grown, processed and handled by those with the appropriate licenses. Dr. Ciesla will examine the plants to check the level of non-psychoactive compounds to help select the […]
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