Lesneski wins Dana R. Wright Research Award
Katey Lesneski was the recipient of the Dana R. Wright Research Award for her research in marine science as a member of the Kaufman Lab. Lesneski’s research centers on the clustering behavior of Aplysina fistularis. Currently, Katey is designing and planning to implement a long-term field monitoring research project of outplanted Acropora cervicornis in Key […]
Warkentin Lab highlighted in Science
When Dads Go Missing, Frogs Start Hatching Dr. Karen Warkentin and graduate student Jesse Delia’s research on early hatching behavior of glass frogs in Central and South America is highlighted in Science magazine.
Animal Behavior Society awards Jesse Delia
Warkentin lab graduate student wins research grant Graduate student Jesse Delia of the Karen Warkentin lab has been awarded an Animal Behavior Society research grant to study social dynamics of paternal care, hatching plasticity, and mate choice in two glassfrogs. Read more about Delia’s research.
Cohen wins Kramer Scholarship
Kristina Cohen Awarded for Excellence in Research Kristina Cohen of the Karen Warkentin Lab was awarded the Marion R. Kramer Award for excellence in research. Kristina studies the evolution and development of hatching mechanisms and hatching performance. She divides her time between tropical and temperate fieldwork, molecular lab work, and histology.
Timmons Wins Terner Award
For excellence in cell and molecular biology Graduate student Allison Timmons of the McCall Lab was honored with the Terner Award for her excellence in research in Cell and Molecular Biology. Timmons’ research centers around the contribution of follicle cells to the non-apoptotic programmed cell death of the nurse cells in the Drosophila ovary
Cotter wins Macchi Award
For excellence in endocrinology and regulatory biology Kellie Cotter of the Gloria V. Callard lab was honored with the Macchi Award for excellence in endocrinology and regulatory biology. Cotter’s research centers around endocrine disruption and adaptive strategy in Killifish from an estrogenic environment.
Warren-McLeod Fellowships Announced
Marine Biology Graduate Students Win Awards The 12-month Warren-McLeod Fellowship has been awarded to Ben Carr of the Les Kaufman Lab and Michael Piacentino of the Bradham Lab . Ben Carr’s research concerns an “Analysis of the Western and Central Pacific Tuna and Billfish Fishery Through Historical Catch Records.” This work bears directly on the […]
Tracy Meehan wins Deans Award on Scholars Day
The Department of Biology is proud to acknowledge graduate student Tracy Meehan of the McCall Lab for her Deans Award on Scholars Day 2014
Finzi and alum team up on Climate Change
Colin Averill (CAS ’08), mentored in Dr. Adrien Finzi’s lab is now earning a PhD through UT Austin’s Ecology Evolution and Behavior program. Averill is conducting research that could revolutionize our understanding of climate change, and maybe even help us fight it. CAS News..
Students win prestigious NSF GRFPs
The 2014 National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships were announced and the Department of Biology is proud to acknowledge four graduate students for their awards: Tiffany Dill (Naya Lab): characterizing the roles of Mef2 and the Gtl2-Dio3 cluster in regulating the cell cycle of terminally differentiated heart muscle cells. Also examining how these transcription […]