Biology Announcements
The following is a list of the latest news from the Department of Biological Sciences. For more general stories or announcements, please visit the Charles E. Schmidt College of Science homepage, the FAU Jupiter campus webpage, and the Owl Research & Innovation Magazine.
October 2024
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Dr. Chelsea Bennice,
Dr. Jeanette Wyneken's post-doctorate student and Dr. Randy Brook's former student on octopus research, was featured in the October publicaton of the diving organization, PADI
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We welcome Ken You Morisseau, the new Program Coordinator for the IB Program!
September 2024
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Dr. Evelyn Frazier has another publication from her NSF-LEARN grant with her colleagues:
Kimberly R. Schneider, Michael Aldarondo Jeffries, Colleen M. Smith, Donna Chamely-Wiik, William R. Kwochka, (Western Carolina University) , Daniel Meeroff, and Evelyn Marques Frazier. 2024. Undergraduate Research Programs for STEM Transfer Success: A Multi-Institutional Approach. Journal of Scholarship and Practice of Undergraduate Research (SPUR). In Press.
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Alumnus Akshay Naraine, Ph.D. and Dr. Ken Dawson-Scully published a paper co-authored with Dr. Salvatore Lepore in Chemistry on the benefits of a Resveratrol offshoot to protect the brain (compound found in red wine). Simonson, A; Naraine, A; Maki, S; Nugent, K; Lepore, S; Dawson-Scully, K (2024). Resveratrol natural product inspired compound as a potent neuroprotectant against acute oxidative stress. microPublication Biology.
10.17912/micropub.biology.001127
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IB Ph.D. student Kerrian Badal (Scripps) shared that she recently published in Aging Cell, and their illustration is featured on the additional cover:
Single-neuron analysis of aging-associated changes in learning reveals impairments in transcriptional plasticity
August 2024
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Rain or Shine? How Rainfall Impacts Size of Sea Turtle Hatchlings
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An internationally collaborative study by Florida Atlantic University's Dr. Jeanette Wyneken and led by the University of Tübingen in Germany, delves into how fluctuating rainfall impacts the development of sea turtle hatchlings, revealing that it has a more profound effect than changes in air temperature
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Pfizer Hires Schmidt College of Science Alumna Shilei Richards
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Newly minted college graduate Shilei Richards ’24, B.S. Biological Sciences and Mechanical Engineering, is making her way to Boston
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FAU Science Co-PI on $1.3M Collaborative
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- The United States National Science Foundation (NSF) and the Paul G. Allen Family Foundation have announced a $1.3 million collaborative grant for a project designed to cost-effectively identify and track wildlife using artificial intelligence. Dr. Sarah Milton and Dr. Matt Ajemian (Assoc. Research Professor and director of Fisheries Ecology & Conservation Lab at FAU Harbor Branch) are co-PI's on the grant.
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FAU Lands $1.3M NSF Grant to Boost Dryland Soil Quality
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To enhance understanding of climate resistance of individual microbes and to improve microbial remediations to reduce soil degradation under climate change, Florida Atlantic University's Dr. Vanessa Fernandes has received a $1.3 million grant from the National Science Foundation (NSF). The team will mentor 3 graduate and 24 undergraduate students as well as support 3 "Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) students.
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Dr. Rindy Anderson takes on the role of Associate Director of the IB Program
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Dr. Samantha Kuschke jumpstarts career in academia and sea turtle research through new postdoctoral program. Dr. Kuschke, along with Tiffany Roberts Briggs, Ph.D., chair, Associate Professor, and director of the Coastal Studies Lab in the Department of Geosciences in the Schmidt College of Science, will investigate the presence of a fungal organism (Fusarium sp.) in leatherback sea turtle nests and in the sand on local beaches. This fungal organism causes sea turtle egg fusariosis (STEF), which can lead to death of sea turtle eggs. Read more here:
https://www.fau.edu/science/news/dr-samantha-kuschke-jumpstarts-career/
Sadelyn De Los Santos,
B.S. Biology '15, MCMSc, PA-C Alumna is a physician associate at Cardiac Electrophysiology in Boca Raton and credits her academic experience as a Biological Sciences student in fostering her love of learning and preparation for future graduate studies and her medical career.
Updated October 7, 2024
