Science At Night
"Up Close and Personal with the Chimpanzees of Gombe: Studying Wildlife through a Lens". Bill Wallauer, Videographer, The Jane Goodall Institute. Movie: Wednesday, Feb 10 at 7:00 pm in Science Building Room 125.
Talk: Thursday, Feb 11 at 7:00 pm in Science Building Room 125. Reception immediately following. Open to the public.
• 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 . |
