Author: Jen Correia

Robin Francis Receives Thomas H. Kunz Award

  Robin Francis of the Buston Lab is this year’s recipient of the Thomas H. Kunz Award. Robin has general interests in marine metapopulation ecology and conservation biology, and specific interests in plasticity of larval dispersal and its effects on population connectivity of reef fishes. The aim of her current research is to conduct an […]

Leah Williams Gives Talk at EMBO | EMBL Symposium

  Leah Williams of the Gilmore Lab gave an invited talk at EMBO | EMBL Symposium: The Organism and its Environment, held at EMBL Heidelberg, Germany from March 1-4, 2020. The title of her talk was “Evolution of immune regulation: structure, activity, and biology of transcription factor NF-kappaB in early metazoans.” Leah’s research explores the […]

Julie Jung’s Paper Shortlisted for 2019 Journal of Experimental Biology Outstanding Paper Prize

Julie Jung of the Warkentin Lab recently received recognition for “How do red-eyed treefrog embryos sense motion in predator attacks? Assessing the role of vestibular mechanoreception.” The paper was shortlisted for the 2019 Journal of Experimental Biology Outstanding Paper Prize, and was described as a “fascinating finding, [with] carefully planned experiments and very well written up.” Read […]

Jenna Rindy Receives Deland Award

Jenna Rindy of the Templer Lab was recently awarded a $10,000 Deland Award from the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. The award supports investigations by graduate and advanced undergraduate students working on the comparative biology of woody plants, including developmental biology, physiology, genetics, reproductive biology, or ecology. Jenna is interested in researching the effects of anthropogenic pollutants on urban […]

Ashley Comer, Dr. Tushare Jinadasa, & Dr. Alberto Cruz-Martín Published in PLOS Biology

GPN PhD student Ashley Comer and Biology Postdoctoral Fellow Dr. Tushare Jinadasa in Alberto Cruz-Martín’s Lab recently co-authored an article published in PLOS Biology, “Increased expression of schizophrenia-associated gene C4 leads to hypoconnectivity of prefrontal cortex and reduced social interaction.” The article was featured on the January 2020 cover. Schizophrenia is a debilitating psychiatric disorder characterized by hallucinations, emotional […]

Heather Hook Recipient of Inaugural Kilachand Doctoral Fellowship

Heather Hook of the Siggers Lab is a recipient of the inaugural Kilachand Doctoral Fellowship. This fellowship is funded by the 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. Heather’s research is focused on developing a new high-throughput technique, […]

Fall Semester GSO Travel Grant Winners

Congratulations to Brandon Güell (Warkentin Lab) and Natalie Vaisman (Frydman Lab) for being recipients of Fall 2019 Graduate Student Organization (GSO) Travel Grants! They are two of just ten winners. The next GSO Travel Grant deadline is April 1st.

Alum Amanda Gallinat Finds New England Migratory Birds Seek Native Food

Alum Dr. Amanda Gallinat and Dr. Richard Primack were recently published in the journal Biological Conservation. “Can invasive species replace native species as a resource for birds under climate change? A case study on bird-fruit interactions” finds that New England migratory birds prefer native foods. By examining examining the bird poop from over 450 birds, Dr. Gallinat […]