Please welcome Dr. Ayalew Osena to the Biology Department. He was officially welcomed by Dean John Kiss and Dr. Matina Kalcounis-Rueppell during the College of Arts and Sciences Beginning of the Year event held on 7 August 2018. Dr. Osena’s research profile and research interests can be found here on the… Continue reading…
One of our doctoral students, Austin Gray, has been featured in the NC Sea Grant’s Coastwatch magazine. That article can be found here in Coastwatch.
Robin Maxwell was elected as a Member-at-Large of the Executive Council of the SAAHP (Southern Association of Advisors for the Health Professions) for the next three years. This is one of four regional organizations, and includes advisors from the region from Texas to West Virginia to Florida. She was also selected… Continue reading…
Dr. Cannon received the Carol Baffi-Dugan Award for Service at the five day annual meeting of the National Association of Advisors for the Health Professions. The Carol Baffi-Dugan Award for Service is a leadership award presented at each NAAHP National Meeting. The award’s namesake is a long-term NAAHP leader who,… Continue reading…
EBV meeting – Wisconsin Our group had a wonderful and productive time at this meeting! Dr. Amy Adamson was a featured speaker, presenting her work on EBV’s lytic replication in epithelial cells. Dr. Katelyn Miller had a poster presentation on her research on how EBV and Organophosphates can interact in… Continue reading…
Congrats to Dana on finishing her Master’s degree and graduating this Spring! Dana, Dr. Adamson and Steven.
This incredible story about Dr. Rueppell’s research can be found here in Popular Science! Titled: Four intense ways insects sacrifice themselves for the good of the colony.
Yener Ulus, a Ph.D. student, represented the Biology Department and UNCG at Graduate Education Day in Raleigh on 30 May 2018. Dr. Bell, the Associate Dean of the Graduate School, Elizabeth Ellis, Alla Letfullina, and Yener met with Representative Jon Hardister, Representative Amos Quick, Representative John Faircloth, and Representative Pat… Continue reading…
Congratulations to Dr. Olav Rueppell on his recent grant awards; the first is from USDA APHIS for a project titled Virus Infection in Honey Bee Colonies: Infection Dynamics and Social Immunity. The second is from the US DOD Army Research Office. This is an equipment grant for the UNCG Plant and Pollinator… Continue reading…
