Spring 2023 Undergraduate Research Award Winners
Congratulations to Izzy Frenette, Ines Picard, and Judy Wong for receiving the Spring 2023 Undergraduate Research Award. This annual award is given to outstanding seniors of many majors performing research in Biology Department labs by the Biology Research and Honors Committee. Isabelle Fernette (EBE/MAR Award) researched the urbanization impacts on aboveground tree dynamics with […]
Work on Neuronal Communication Published in Molecular Cell by the Garcia-Marcos Lab
The Garcia-Marcos Lab has recently published a study in Molecular Cell titled, “Fine-tuning GPCR-mediated neuromodulation by biasing signaling through different G protein subunits.” The paper describes how various signaling responses triggered by the same neurotransmitter receptor must be carefully scaled to ensure proper brain function. They found that the protein named GINIP shifts the balance […]
Gilmore Lab Featured in Nature’s Communications Biology
The Gilmore Lab published a journal article in Nature’s Communications Biology titled “Starvation decreases immunity and immune regulatory factor NF-kB in the Starlet Sea Anemone Nematostella vectensis.” This study was in collaboration with Dr. Sarah Davies and Dr. Trevor Siggers. Ph.D. student Joshua Aguirre Carrión led this investigation with the support of undergraduate Niharika Desai. Nutrition is one of […]
Joanna Lee Receives the 2023 Outstanding Teaching Fellow in Biology Award
Congratulations to Joanna Lee for receiving the Outstanding Teaching Fellow in Biology Award! Joanna Lee is recognized for her teaching excellence when teaching Tropical Marine Invertebrates (CAS BI 569) and Marine Genomics (CAS BI 550) this year with her PI, Dr. John Finnerty. In these classes she helped guide the students through the research process […]
Alex Lion Receives 2023 Charles Terner Award
Congratulations to Alexandra Lion for receiving the Charles Terner Award. This award supports CM or MCBB Ph.D. candidates who have completed the qualifying exam and made significant contributions to their field. Alexandra is a fifth-year MCBB Ph.D. student conducting research in the Bradham Lab. Her lab studies pattern formation during embryonic development using sea urchin larvae, Lytechinus variegatus as […]
Mandy Pinheiro Receives the Summer 2023 I. Alden Macchi and Susan K. Jackson Graduate Award
Congratulations to Mandy Pinheiro for receiving the I. Alden Macchi and Susan K. Jackson Graduate Award! The Alden Macchi Award supports attending a conference for candidates who have completed the qualifying exam in endocrinology and regulatory biology. The Susan K. Jackson Award recognizes students who create and nurture community in the College of Arts & […]
Graduate Students Awarded Warren-McLeod Fellowships
Congratulations to the 2023 winners of the Warren-McLeod Awards! Recipients of the summer Warren-McLeod Fellowships: Morgan Bennett-Smith – Biology Ph.D. student in the Buston Lab Lucila Bloemendaal – Earth & Environment Ph.D. student in the FitzGerald Lab JK Da-Anoy – Biology Ph.D. student in the Davies Lab Joshua Harringmeyer – Earth & Environment Ph.D. student […]
Stephen Caron Receives 2023 Thomas H. Kunz Award
Congratulations to Stephen Caron for receiving the Thomas H. Kunz Award! This award is given to EBE Ph.D. candidates who have completed the qualifying exam conducting research. Stephen studies the impacts of urbanization and climate change on crucial nutrient cycles in mixed temperate and northern hardwood forests. In particular, he is interested in exploring the effects of changing seasonality, including […]
Brandon Guell Receives 2023 Belamarich Dissertation Writing Award
Congratulations to Ph.D. candidate Brandon Guell for receiving the Belamarich Dissertation Writing Award. This award supports outstanding Ph.D. students through their dissertation writing stage. Brandon is a Costa Rican-American NSF Pre-doctoral Research Fellow and Ph.D. candidate at Boston University studying the reproductiv e and behavioral ecology of gliding tree frogs, Agalychnis spurrelli, for his Ph.D. dissertation […]
Chip Celenza Receives 2023 Susan K. Jackson Award
Congratulations to Prof. Chip Celenza for receiving the 2023 Susan K. Jackson faculty award! This award recognizes students, faculty, and staff who help to foster the unique and vibrant intellectual community in the College of Arts & Sciences. Susan K. Jackson was an outstanding long-time staff member in CAS who passed away in 2017. Dr. […]