Javier Méndez Narváez Published in Ecology and Evolution
Biology PhD alum, Dr. Javier Méndez Narváez of the Warkentin Lab recently had his first dissertation chapter “Reproductive colonization of land by frogs: Embryos and larvae excrete urea to avoid ammonia toxicity” published in the journal Ecology and Evolution and highlighted as News of the Week by AmphibiaWeb for the week of April 4, 2022 […]
Leah Williams Published in Communications Biology
Dr. Leah Williams, who recently received her PhD in the Gilmore Lab in the Cell & Molecular Biology PhD program in Biology, was lead author on a paper published in December 2021 in the Nature journal Communications Biology. The study, entitled “Comparison of NF-kappaB from the protists Capsaspora owczarzaki and Acanthoea spectabilis reveals extensive evolutionary diversification of this transcription […]
Alejandro Rondón Ortiz Wins Tau Leadership Award
Alejandro Rondón Ortiz, Biology PhD candidate of the Emili Lab, was recently awarded a Tau Leadership Award. The Rainwater Tau Leadership Fellows is funded by the Rainwater Charitable Foundation. This foundation invests in early-career scientist to promote the next generation of leaders in neurodegenerative disease research and beyond. “These early-career leaders in research will know […]
Daniel Segrè and Melisa Osborne Featured in the Brink
Dr. Daniel Segrè and Dr. Melisa Osborne were recently featured in The Brink for their article “Non-additive microbial community responses to environmental complexity,” which was published in nature communications this spring. An excerpt of The Brink article is below: There’s a lot of interest right now in how different microbiomes—like the one made up of […]
Tina Barbasch Receives 2021 Belamarich Award
Dr. Tina Barbasch of the Buston Lab was selected as the winner of the 2021 Belamarich Award for her doctoral dissertation in Biology titled “How Do Parents Respond to Changing Ecological and Social Environments: Insights from a Coral Reef Fish with Biparental Care.” This award is given annually to a recent PhD candidate for their […]
James Fifer and Brenna Stallings Receive Dana Wright Fellowship
James Fifer, PhD candidate of the Davies Lab, and Brenna Stallings, MS student of the Rotjan Lab, are recipients of the 2021 Dana Wright Fellowship. James is interested in investigating genomic signatures of latitudinal adaptation in several different coral species. He is employing physiological and population genetic tools to answer these questions. His current work […]
Sarah Davies Featured in The Brink
Dr. Sarah Davies was recently featured in The Brink’s article, “Sexism and Racism in Science: How the Coronavirus Pandemic Exposed Everything.” The Brink interviewed Dr. Davies about her new PLOS Biology paper, “Promoting inclusive metrics of success and impact to dismantle a discriminatory reward system in science.” The paper is the product of a collaboration […]
2021 Dr. Marion R. Kramer Scholarship Winners
The Department of Biology is excited to announce the three recipients of this year’s Dr. Marion R. Kramer Scholarships: Nicola Kriefall of the Davies Lab, GPN PhD student Lisa Kretsge of the Cruz-Martin Lab, and Zoey Werbin of the Bhatnagar Lab. Nicola Kriefall is interested in understanding how reef environments affect corals and their symbioses […]
Caroline Fleming Receives 2021 I. Alden Macchi Award
Caroline Fleming, Biology PhD student of the Rotjan Lab, was selected as the winner of the 2021 I. Alden Macchi Award for excellence in the field of regulatory biology. Read more about Caroline’s research below! Marine organisms located downstream from urban centers face potentially negative interactive effects from pollutants (heavy metals, microplastics, pharmaceuticals, increased nutrients) […]
Amanda Pinheiro Recipient of 2021 Kilachand Fellowship
Amanda Pinheiro, MCBB PhD student of the Naya Lab, is a recipient of a 2021 Kilachand Fellowship. This fellowship is funded by the Biological Design Center’s Multicellular Design Program (MDP), which combines research in Synthetic Biology, Microbial Engineering, Tissue Engineering, Data Science, and Biophysics to understand the design principles of multicellular systems. Amanda will be working […]