Nahomie Rodriguez-Sastre Receives Outstanding Poster Award at Developmental Biology of the Sea Urchin (DBSU)
Nahomie Rodriguez-Sastre, Ph.D. student in the Bradham Lab, recently received the "Outstanding Poster Award" at the Developmental Biology of the Sea Urchin (DBSU) in Woods Hole, MA for her poster titled: "Ethanol treatment perturbs skeletal patterning during sea urchin development." Nahomie's research uses the sea urchin to identify the pathway that EtOH... More
Leah Williams Gives Invited Talk at Cnidofest
Ph.D. candidate Leah Williams from Dr. Tom Gilmore’s lab gave an invited talk at Cnidofest: The Cnidarian Model Systems Meeting, held at the Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience in St. Augustine, Florida from September 6-9, 2018. The title of her talk was “Cnidarian Toll-like Receptor Signaling.” Leah’s research explores the... More
Shawna Henry Receives Best Poster Award at Gordon Research Conference
Shawna Henry, Ph.D. candidate in the Ho Lab, recently received the "Best Poster Award" at the Gordon Research Conference: Neurobiology of Brain Disorders in Barcelona, Spain for her poster titled: "Conformational Switch of Mint1 Controls APP Binding and Processing." Shawna's research examined how perturbing the interaction between Mint1, a neuronal adaptor protein, More
Joana Barbosa Teixeira and Rose Zhao Honored with Marion Kramer Award
Joana Barbosa Teixeira and Rose Zhao, both Biochemistry & Molecular Biology majors, were recently honored with the 2018/2019 Marion Kramer Award. This award is given to high-achieving female students majoring in the biological sciences. The award was established in 2001 in honor of Dr. Marion Kramer who earned her Bachelor’s degree in Biology from Boston... More
KHC & Behavioral Biology Student Alex Maytin Is Published in Frontiers in Marine Science
Kilachand Honors College student and Behavioral Biology major Alex Maytin (CAS '18) has just published his Keystone Honors Project on the evolution of fish color in Frontiers in Marine Science. For this research, Alex collaborated with Behavioral Biology major Gabriella Smith (CAS '17) as well as three faculty, Dr. Sarah... More
Jamie Harrison Awarded Best Student Presentation at Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting
Jamie Harrison, Ph.D. student in the Templer lab, was recently awarded the "Best Student Presentation" by the Biogeoscience group for her talk at the Ecological Society of America Annual Meeting in New Orleans. In her talk, "Effects of climate change across seasons on foliar nitrogen and in situ net mineralization rates in a... More
Kate Mansfield Gives Talk at Symbiosis Society Meeting
PhD student Kate Mansfield gave an invited talk at the 9th International Symbiosis Society Congress held in Corvallis, Oregon from July 15-20, 2018. The title of her talk was "Immunity Transcription Factor NF-kB is Modulated by Symbiotic Status in Aiptasia." Kate is a PhD student in the laboratory of Dr. More
Katey Lesneski Named as a 2018 Switzer Fellow
Katey Lesneski, Ph.D. candidate co-advised by Dr. John Finnerty and Dr. Les Kaufman, was recently named as a 2018 Switzer Fellow. This prestigious fellowship identifies and supports emerging environmental leaders at universities across the nation. The award recognizes Katey's demonstrated commitment to coral reef conservation in the Caribbean over the course of her Ph.D. training... More
2018 Convocation Speakers & Award Winners
Graduating Biology and BMB students were recognized for their academic excellence and research contributions at the Biology and BMB Convocation ceremonies on May 19. At the Biology ceremony Ernest Dimbo served as Student Speaker and a number of awards were given out to graduating seniors including Anjali Oberoi (Senior College Prize for Excellence in Biology);... More
Leah Williams’ Paper Selected among Editor’s Choice Top 10 papers for ISDCI Congress
A paper by Ph.D. candidate Leah Williams in Tom Gilmore's lab was selected as one of ten Editor's Choice papers (from 2015-18) for the 14th International Society for Developmental & Comparative Immunology Congress, June 17th - 21st, 2018 (Santa Fe, New Mexico). The paper, "A conserved Toll-like receptor-to-NF-κB signaling pathway in the endangered coral Orbicella... More