Science At Night
"Fight the Bite: Ticks and Lyme Disease". Kirby Stafford, Connecticut Agricultural Experiment Station. Thursday, March 18 at 7:00 pm in Science Building Room 125. Open to the public.
Science At Night
"Recreational Boating Issues on Candlewood Lake". Representatives from the Connecticut Department of Environmental Protection (CTDEP) and the Candlewood Lake Authority (CLA). Thursday, March 11 at 7:00 pm in Science Building Room 125. Refreshments immediately following. Open to the public.
Wednesday Research Seminar
"Learning to float: Evolution of floating-leaved habit in the aquatic plant genus Nymphoides (Menyanthaceae)". Nicholas P. Tippery, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, University of Connecticut. Wednesday, March 31 at 4:00 pm in Science Building Room 219. Refreshments immediately following. Open to the public.
• Dr. Theodora Pinou is highlighted in a talk to volunteers of the Connecticut State Animal Response Team. Read the article in the Danbury News-Times here. (posted 03-02-10)
• Dr. Patrice Boily has published a paper entitled "Role of voluntary motor activity on menthol-induced hyperthermia in mice". Journal of Thermal Biology (2009) 34(8): 420-425. (posted 01-07-10)
• Dr. C. Thomas Philbrick, along with WCSU graduate Mr. Thomas C. Edson and Brazilian collaborator Dr. Claudia Bove published a taxonomic monograph in the journal Systematic Botany (see below). Their paper addresses the taxonomy and biology of plants that occur attached to rocks in river-rapids and waterfalls in central Brazil.
Philbrick, C.T., D. P. Bove & T. C. Edson. 2009. Monograph of Castelnavia (Podostemaceae). Systematic Botany 34(4):715-729. (posted 12-21-09)
• Dr. Maureen Kelly joins us this year on a full-time faculty appointment. Besides teaching, Dr. Kelly is a semiprofessional musician. Her office is located in Science Building 239. Telephone: 203-837-9038.
• Dr. Howard Russock has retired after 33 years of exemplary service to the Biology Department and the University as a whole. He will continue to teach part-time as emeritus faculty. Wish him the best of luck when you see him.
• A time-lapse video of Dictostelium life-cycle has won a runners-up award for Arjumond Khan and Benjamin Woodhouse in The Scientist magazine Video Awards: 2009. The video was created in fulfillment of a senior research project in 2008 in Dr. Frank Dye's lab (posted 08-04-09).
• Associate Professor Ruth Gyure is co-author of an article, "Co-selection of Mercury and Antibiotic Resistance in Sphagnum Core Samples Dating Back 2000 Years", published in Geomicrobiology Journal (posted 06-20-09)
• Associate Professor Pat Boily and collaborators from the University of New Orleans are co-authors of an article, "Exercise- and hypoxia-induced anaerobic metabolism and recovery: a student laboratory exercise using teleost fish", published in Advances in Physiology Education. (posted 03-04-09).
• Associate Professor Ruth Gyure has been elected, in a national election, as Chair-Elect for the Educational Branch of the American Society for Microbiology. This position will allow Dr. Gyure to guide national decisions concerning microbiology education. (posted 02-12-09)
• Associate Professor Ruth Gyure is co-author of an article, "Using Microbial Ecology to Teach Experimental Design and Sampling Methods", published in the MicrobeLibrary Curriculum Resource Library, American Society for Microbiology. (posted 02-10-09)
• Assistant Professor Theodora Pinou, and collaborators at a New Haven magnet school, have published a new article about teaching the scientific process to first graders. (posted 02-02-09)
• Herpetology Club is welcoming new members. Contact Dr. Dora Pinou for more information.
• Biology Club is welcoming new members. For details, contact its advisor, Dr. Mitch Wagener.
• Advisor's lists, program planning sheets, and other forms are available from the Forms page . |
