Pamela Templer and Jennifer Bhatnagar Featured in The Brink
Dr. Pamela Templer and Dr. Jennifer Bhatnagar, along with Dr. Lucy Hutyra of Earth & Environment, were recently featured in The Brink, which delivers the latest news about research and discoveries from faculties and students. Led by Bhatnagar, their research focuses on the reasoning behind why city trees grow significantly faster than their rural counterparts. […]
Emerson Conrad-Rooney Receives the AAAS 2025 Student E-Poster Competition in the Environment and Ecology Award
Biology PhD student Emerson Conrad-Rooney of the Templer Lab received the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) 2025 Student E-Poster Competition in the Environment and Ecology award. The AAAS showcases undergraduate and graduate students’ innovative research and communication skills and highlights the importance of making science accessible and engaging for all. Emerson attended the AAAS […]
2025 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Honorable Mentions
The awardees and honorable mentions for the 2025 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) competition were recently posted and several Biology students were recognized. Biology PhD student Alejandra Castillo Cieza of the Bhatnagar Lab, MCBB PhD student Anne Curtis of the Chantranupong Lab, Biology PhD student Emma Daily of the Templer Lab, GPGG PhD candidate Abigail Fowler […]
KathrynAnn Odamah Receives 2025 Charles Terner Award
KathrynAnn Odamah, a fifth-year PhD student in the Man Lab, received the 2025 Charles Terner Award. Her lab studies the synaptic mechanisms underlying neurodevelopmental and neurodegenerative disorders, such as Autism Spectrum Disorder (ASD) and Alzheimer’s disease. Kathryn’s project is focused on investigating the use of genetic restoration strategies to rescue neuronal impairments and behavioral deficits […]
Sabrina Kistler Receives 2025 Marion R. Kramer Scholarship
Sabrina Kistler, a Biomolecular Pharmacology PhD student in the Ho Lab, received the 2025 Marion R. Kramer Scholarship. Sabrina’s research investigates the role of alternative RNA splicing in Alzheimer’s disease (AD), with a particular focus on the apolipoprotein E (APOE) and Reelin receptor, APOER2. The ε4 allele of APOE is a well-established genetic risk factor […]
Abby Robinson Receives 2025 Belamarich Dissertation Writing Award
Abby Robinson of the Mullen Lab received the 2025 Belamarich Dissertation Writing Award. This award complements the Belamarich Award, and is given to support an outstanding PhD student through the dissertation writing stage. Abby’s research focuses on understanding the ecological and evolutionary factors that allow mimetic butterflies to persist in natural environments. Specifically, whether a […]
Ninon Martinez Receives the Dana Wright Fellowship
Ninon Martinez, a PhD student in the Finnerty Lab, received the Dana Wright Fellowship. Globally, reef corals are experiencing major declines, largely driven by climate change. However, many “reef corals” are habitat generalists, thriving in reef-associated habitats, such as mangroves and seagrasses. These habitats were once considered inhospitable to corals, due to their higher and […]
Jacob Jaskiel, Peter Schroedl, and Lili Vizer Receive the Warren McLeod Summer Award
Jacob Jaskiel, a PhD student in the Rotjan Lab, Peter Schroedl, a PhD candidate in the Marlow Lab, and Lili Vizer, a PhD student in the Buston Lab, received the Warren McLeod Summer Award. Jacob studies tropical Pacific tunas including skipjack, yellowfin, and bigeye, which constitute some of the world’s largest wild capture fisheries. His […]
Guangmei Liu Receives the Brenton R. Lutz Award
Guangmei Liu, a Biology PhD student in the McCall Lab, received the Brenton R. Lutz Award. Guangmei’s research focuses on glial dysfunction and its role in neurodegenerative diseases. Her work leverages a Drosophila model in which the phagocytic receptor Draper is knocked down in glia, leading to age-dependent neurodegeneration. She has identified a distinct pattern of neuronal […]
Lynne Chantranupong Receives 2025 Sloan Research Fellowship
Dr. Lynne Chantranupong recently received the 2025 Sloan Research Fellowship. The Alfred P. Sloan Foundation recognizes standout young scientists whose work is promising and innovative. The winners each receive $75,000 over two years. When Dr. Chantranupong joined the Biology Department in January 2024, she launched multiple research projects to investigate cellular mechanisms in the brain. One […]