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BIOLOGY NEWS ARCHIVE
November 2009
Are rodents protecting Manzanita trees from fire? Dr. Tom Parker's research leads to unusual results. To read the SF State News article, visit: http://www.sfsu.edu/~news/2009/fall/24.html
SF State Professor Dennis Desjardin and co-researchers received a NSF grant to study fungal biodiversity in northern Thailand.
October 2009
Conservation Biology master's student Jessica Van Den Berg's thesis research on arthropods inhabiting the living roof of the California Academy of Sciences is the subject of a Science in Action video which can be viewed through January 2010 at the Academy's east wing of the public floor.
Associate Professor Gretchen LeBuhn and Dr. Frank Cipriano, Director of the Conservation Genetics Laboratory, were elected Fellows of the California Academy of Sciences in recognition of their notable contributions to the natural sciences.
Dr. Dennis Desjardin, alumni Dr. Brian Perry, D. Jean Lodge, Cassius Stevani and Eiji Nagasawa describe seven new species of luminescent fungi in "Luminescent Mycena: new and noteworthy species" in Mycologia. To read more and see a slide show of the mushrooms, visit: http://www.sfsu.edu/~news/2009/fall/13.html
Dr. Tom Parker will selected to be the 2010-2013 President of the California Botanical Society
Dr. Kimberly Tanner and alumni and DeAnza College biology instructor, Jeff Schinske, have been awarded a 2-year $250K grant "Community College Biology Faculty Enhancement through Scientific Teaching" to provide professional development in innovative biology teaching for SF Bay Area community college faculty.
September 2009
Dr. Diana Chu and students Jui-Ching Wu and Kristen LaPrade's article "Spermatogenesis-Specific Features of the Meiotic Program in Caenorhabditis elegans" was published in PLoS Genetics. For more information, visit: http://www.plosgenetics.org/doi/pgen.1000611
Congratulations go to the following American Association for the Advancement of Science Pacific Division student winners: Gavin Archibald, Tenzin Bhutia, Thien Do, Roth Ea, Renata Eberl, Krystel Holford, Felicia King, Tony Martinez, Laura Mendoza, Victoria Minnich, Megan Morikawa, Amitkamur Patel, Louis Ramos, Raynelle Rino, Ashfaq Sial, and Genevieve Walden.
August 2009
Dr. Gretchen LeBuhn's work with bees and her wildly successful Great Sunflower Project was featured in a Sunset Magazine (August 2009) article entitled "Hive Minds." For more information about the project, visit: http://www.greatsunflower.org
Dr. Frank Bayliss was selected for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring, and will receive the award in the fall by President Obama.
July 2009
Facial reconstruction artist Gloria Nusse created a head and shoulder sculpture which lead to the identification of a woman whose remains were found at Lake Berryessa in May. To read more, vist: http://cbs5.com/crime/jane.doe.identified.2.1069202.html and http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/15/BASN18L2ID.DTL
Dr. Andy Zink and collaborator Peter Buston outline why animal societies stay together and remain peaceful in face of conflict over resources in the cover article of the May/June issue of Behavioral Ecology. To read more, visit: http://beheco.oxfordjournals.org or http://www.sfsu.edu/~news/2009/spring/59.html
After 14 years a Titan Arum, Amorphophallus titanum, (aka Giant Corpse Flower) in SF State's Biology teaching collection may soon be flowering. For more information, visit: http://www.sfsu.edu/~news/2009/spring/58.html
June 2009
Dr. Dennis Desjardin discovered a new two-inch stinkhorn mushroom Phallus drewesii while on an expedition to Sao Tome, an island off the West African coast. The mushroom was named for California Academy of Sciences' researcher Dr. Bob Drewes. Photo by Brian Perry.
Lecturer Brinda Govindan was selected for the 2009 Biology Scholars Program (funded by the NSF) and will conduct research in improving undergraduate microbiology education at the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Institute. She also edited the first edition of the Annual Editions in Microbiology (available through McGraw-Hill) which will be published in August 2009.
May 2009
Heather Murdock, Gloria Nusse, Dr. Eric Routman and Dr. Ravinder Sehgal received Biology's Outstanding Teaching Award. Congratulations!
Ecology and Systematic Biology graduate student Genevieve Walden received a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. For more information: http://www.sfsu.edu/news/2009/spring/51.html
Dr. Gretchen LeBuhn's work with the Great Sunflower Project was featured in a San Francisco Chronicle article "Volunteers Busy as Bees Counting Population."
Dr. Carmen Domingo received a $1.7 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to train 21st century stem cell workforce.
February 2009
Lecturer, Dr. Isaac Yang, received the San Francisco Neurological Society’s Kaiser Award for his submission “T Cell Infiltrate in Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Patients Correlates with Long Term Survival.”
BIOLOGY NEWS ARCHIVE
November 2009
Are rodents protecting Manzanita trees from fire? Dr. Tom Parker's research leads to unusual results. To read the SF State News article, visit: http://www.sfsu.edu/~news/2009/fall/24.htmlSF State Professor Dennis Desjardin and co-researchers received a NSF grant to study fungal biodiversity in northern Thailand.
October 2009
Conservation Biology master's student Jessica Van Den Berg's thesis research on arthropods inhabiting the living roof of the California Academy of Sciences is the subject of a Science in Action video which can be viewed through January 2010 at the Academy's east wing of the public floor.
Dr. Dennis Desjardin, alumni Dr. Brian Perry, D. Jean Lodge, Cassius Stevani and Eiji Nagasawa describe seven new species of luminescent fungi in "Luminescent Mycena: new and noteworthy species" in Mycologia. To read more and see a slide show of the mushrooms, visit: http://www.sfsu.edu/~news/2009/fall/13.html
Dr. Tom Parker will selected to be the 2010-2013 President of the California Botanical Society
Dr. Kimberly Tanner and alumni and DeAnza College biology instructor, Jeff Schinske, have been awarded a 2-year $250K grant "Community College Biology Faculty Enhancement through Scientific Teaching" to provide professional development in innovative biology teaching for SF Bay Area community college faculty.
September 2009
Dr. Diana Chu and students Jui-Ching Wu and Kristen LaPrade's article "Spermatogenesis-Specific Features of the Meiotic Program in Caenorhabditis elegans" was published in PLoS Genetics. For more information, visit: http://www.plosgenetics.org/doi/pgen.1000611Congratulations go to the following American Association for the Advancement of Science Pacific Division student winners: Gavin Archibald, Tenzin Bhutia, Thien Do, Roth Ea, Renata Eberl, Krystel Holford, Felicia King, Tony Martinez, Laura Mendoza, Victoria Minnich, Megan Morikawa, Amitkamur Patel, Louis Ramos, Raynelle Rino, Ashfaq Sial, and Genevieve Walden.
August 2009
Dr. Gretchen LeBuhn's work with bees and her wildly successful Great Sunflower Project was featured in a Sunset Magazine (August 2009) article entitled "Hive Minds." For more information about the project, visit: http://www.greatsunflower.orgDr. Frank Bayliss was selected for the Presidential Award for Excellence in Science, Mathematics and Engineering Mentoring, and will receive the award in the fall by President Obama.
July 2009
Facial reconstruction artist Gloria Nusse created a head and shoulder sculpture which lead to the identification of a woman whose remains were found at Lake Berryessa in May. To read more, vist: http://cbs5.com/crime/jane.doe.identified.2.1069202.html and http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2009/07/15/BASN18L2ID.DTL
Dr. Andy Zink and collaborator Peter Buston outline why animal societies stay together and remain peaceful in face of conflict over resources in the cover article of the May/June issue of Behavioral Ecology. To read more, visit: http://beheco.oxfordjournals.org or http://www.sfsu.edu/~news/2009/spring/59.html
After 14 years a Titan Arum, Amorphophallus titanum, (aka Giant Corpse Flower) in SF State's Biology teaching collection may soon be flowering. For more information, visit: http://www.sfsu.edu/~news/2009/spring/58.html
June 2009
Dr. Dennis Desjardin discovered a new two-inch stinkhorn mushroom Phallus drewesii while on an expedition to Sao Tome, an island off the West African coast. The mushroom was named for California Academy of Sciences' researcher Dr. Bob Drewes. Photo by Brian Perry.
Lecturer Brinda Govindan was selected for the 2009 Biology Scholars Program (funded by the NSF) and will conduct research in improving undergraduate microbiology education at the Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Institute. She also edited the first edition of the Annual Editions in Microbiology (available through McGraw-Hill) which will be published in August 2009.
May 2009
Heather Murdock, Gloria Nusse, Dr. Eric Routman and Dr. Ravinder Sehgal received Biology's Outstanding Teaching Award. Congratulations!
Dr. Carmen Domingo received a $1.7 million grant from the California Institute for Regenerative Medicine to train 21st century stem cell workforce.
February 2009
Lecturer, Dr. Isaac Yang, received the San Francisco Neurological Society’s Kaiser Award for his submission “T Cell Infiltrate in Newly Diagnosed Glioblastoma Patients Correlates with Long Term Survival.”
Drs. John Hafernik and Chris Smith were awarded a CSUPERB grant entitled "Ecoinformatics of the new California Academy of Sciences 'Green Rooftop'."
January 2009
Marissa Zubia-McMackin, Eugenel Espiritu and Teresa Reyes received scholarships which they will use to complete their master's degrees, and put them on the fast track to earning doctoral degrees. Read more.
Dr. Laura Burrus was awarded the CSU 2009 Biotechnology Faculty Research Award for her work focusing on how Wnt intercellular signaling pathways participate in embryonic development and in cancer. Read more.
