Isabella Muratore Receives Inaugural Belamarich Dissertation Writing Award
Isabella Muratore of the Traniello and Mullen Labs is the recipient of the inaugural Belamarich Dissertation Writing Award. This award complements the Belamarich Award, and is given to support an outstanding PhD student through the dissertation writing stage. Isabella’s research focuses on the following question, “What selective forces and molecular mechanisms govern the integration of […]
Brandon Güell Receives 2021 Thomas H. Kunz Award
Brandon Güell of the Warkentin Lab is this year’s recipient of the Thomas H. Kunz Award. Brandon’s general research interests are studying adaptive phenotypic plasticity, behavioral ecology, and predator-prey interactions of Neotropical frogs. His thesis work focuses on examining the behavioral ecology of gliding treefrogs, Agalychnis spurrelli, on Costa Rica’s Osa Peninsula and comparing […]
Margaret O’Connor Receives Brenton R. Lutz Award
Margaret O’Connor, MCBB PhD candidate of the Man Lab, is the recipient of this year’s Brenton R. Lutz Award. Margaret is investigating the X-linked protein NEXMIF, which is associated with Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD). She uses a transgenic mouse model to study the role NEXMIF plays in brain development, specifically neuronal growth and dendritic spine […]
Laura Angley Receives 2021 Denton Award
Laura Angley of the Schmitt Lab was selected as the winner of the 2021 Denton Award for her master’s research thesis in biology titled “Post-Release survival rates and welfare of rehabilitated vervet monkeys in malawi.” This award is given for excellence in scholarship and research accomplishment during a master’s thesis in the Department of Biology. […]
Leah Williams Receives Charles Terner Award
Leah Williams, Biology PhD candidate of the Gilmore Lab, is this year’s recipient of the Charles Terner Award. Leah studies the role of transcription factor NF-kappaB in the control of biological processes in invertebrate systems. This research has relevance to pathogen defenses in simple marine organisms, climate change-induced effects on coral health, and the evolutionary […]
Sarah Davies Receives NSF Awards
Dr. Sarah Davies recently received two National Science Foundation (NSF) awards: a Biological Oceanography award and a co-funded Biological Oceanography and Biological Sciences award. Dr. Davies is collaborating with Dr. Kirstin Meyer-Kaiser at WHOI for the NSF Biological Oceanography award, which will fund the proposal “Collaborative Research: How do selection, plasticity, and dispersal interact to determine […]
Jason Samaroo Selected for The Poetry of Science Project
PhD student Jason Samaroo of the Larkin Lab was recently selected for a project with The Poetry of Science, an initiative directed by the Cambridge Arts Council in which poets and scientists of color from the Cambridge area collaborate to create poetry for a public art installation centered around science, poetry, and racial social justice. […]
Lucy Zipf & Richard Primack Published in PLOS ONE
Alum Dr. Lucy Zipf (2020) and Dr. Richard Primack recently published an article in PLOS ONE titled “Citizen scientists and university students monitor noise pollution in cities and protected areas with smartphones.” The article describes a method using smart phones to monitor and make maps of noise pollution (example pictured above). Three sites in the […]
Shaikhah Alshuaib Receives Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences Grant
PhD student Shaikhah Alshuaib of the Lin Lab recently received a Kuwait Foundation for the Advancement of Sciences (KFAS) PhD Supplementary Grant. The grant supports highly motivated researchers from Kuwait who are obtaining their PhD, and provides funds for research projects that are STEM-related. Shaikhah plans to use the funds from the grant to better […]
Leah Williams Publishes Review in Molecular and Cellular Biology
PhD student Leah Williams of the Gilmore Lab recently published a review article in Molecular and Cellular Biology. The article, “Looking Down on NF-kB”, critically discusses research related to Leah’s thesis research on the role of transcription factor NF-kB in the control of biological processes, including especially immunity, in invertebrate systems. This research has relevance […]