Biology

Biology Department

Announcements & Upcoming Events:

Our own Jake Murgoitio and Melissa Pickett are featured on The River this morning 94.9.  Students in the biology senior capstone course with Dr. Chris Walser are doing projects on communicating science to the public.  Listen to Jake and Melissa talk about tricolsan. Kudos to Jake and Melissa! http://riverinteractive.com/Article.asp?id=1584055&spid=27653

Check out the new Biology Alumni Newsletter (Volume 3, Fall 2009).  Some faculty have come and gone since our last newsletter in 2005.  We include highlights in student-faculty collaborative research, off-campus field expeditions, and more!  Click on this link for the 2009 Biology Newsletter pdf file. pdf

Biologist, Dr. Eric Yensen, receives grant from Zoo Boise.  The Zoo Boise conservation fund supports research that focuses on projects that help protect animals found at Zoo Boise.  Dr.Yensen's research is on the Idaho ground squirrel, which is a candidate for listing under the U.S. Endangered Species Act. www.zooboise.org/home.aspx

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Congratulations to Kate Arbon and Jackeline Rodriguez Reyes for receiving the INBRE Research Award!  This award recognizes students who demonstrate excellence in and dedication to biomedical -related research.  Kate and Jackeline have recently published their research in the journal of Toxicology in Vitro.

Congratulations to this year's recipients of NIH INBRE summer fellowships:  Cody Christensen, Dayne Filer, Justin Martin and Kim Stucker.  Cody and Dayne are working in Dr. Sara Heggland's research lab.  Justin and Kim are working in Dr. Mark Gunderson's research lab.  The fellows will present their summer research at the Annual Idaho INBRE conference in Pocatello, Idaho in August.

 Dr. Luke Daniels will join the Biology Department in the Fall.  Dr. Daniel's area of expertise is in molecular and cellular neurobiology.

The Biology Department is gearing up for the 2010 Winter Expedition to Australia.  Students will accompany Professors Chris Walser, Mark Gunderson, and Dora Gallegos on a 5-week trip to the rainforests and coral reefs of eastern Australia.

Photographs from the 2006 Australia Expedition--Heron Island Research Station, Great Barrier Reef.

 Dr. Don Mansfield is on a full year sabbatical (09-10).  Dr. Sara Heggland is the current biology department chair.