Archive
Spring 2009
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Biology Grads Awarded Four $25,000 Dissertation-Year Fellowships
Four graduate students at the University of Virginia have each received a $25,000 dissertation-year fellowship to help them in their last year of doctoral work
Posted 03/24/09 -
Professor Emeritus Fights to Preserve Virginia Wilderness
Rangy and fit, Jim Murray looks the part of a man who has led a 40-year crusade for Virginia's wilderness
Posted 03/23/09 -
Exhibition Assists Graduate Students in Presenting Research
Three biology graduate students walk away with awards and recognition at the 9th Annual Robert J. Huskey Graduate Research Exhibition
Posted 03/19/09 -
Honorary Doctorate for Circadian Biologist Michael Menaker
University of Groningen honours grand old man of the biological clock
Posted 04/20/09 -
Q & A: Kirsty Harmon, Class of 1998
Biology alumna squeezes the most out of her science background and drinks the fruit of her labor
Posted 04/20/09 -
Spotlight: James E. Sykes, Class of 1949
Memories of the Department of Biology Graduate Studies in the 1940’s
Posted 03/01/09 -
Mountain Lake Echoes - Spring/Summer Newsletter 2009
Mountain Lake Biological Station undergoes major construction and renovation projects thanks to NSF funds
Posted 03/27/09 -
Awards and Recognition 2008-09
Faculty and Student Achievement in the Department of Biology
Posted 04/23/09
Fall 2008
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Letter from the Chair
A focus on students, teachers, and the complex mission of a research University
Posted 11/10/08 -
At the Crossroads of Science and Diversity
National Institutes of Health grant supports circadian clock research for a first-year biology graduate student
Posted 11/05/08 -
Developing New Tools For Improving Plants’ Field Performance
Paul Rushton awarded 2 grants from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and the United Soybean Board to study plant drought stress and to create a database of soybean gene promoters
Posted 10/30/08 -
Biology Graduate Students Reach Out
Madison House volunteers take time to mentor local high school students in science
Posted 11/05/08 -
Seasonal Affective Disorder May Be Linked to Genetic Mutation
(UVA TODAY)
With the days shortening toward winter, many people will begin to experience the winter blahs. For some, the effect can be devastating.
Posted 10/30/08 -
Light Receptors in Eye Play Key Role in Setting Biological Clock
Biologists at the University of Virginia have discovered a switching mechanism in the eye that plays a key role in regulating the sleep/wake cycles in mammals.
Posted 08/14/08 -
Biology Professors Named as National Academies Education Fellows in the Life Sciences
Drs. Claire Cronmiller and Michael Wormington share innovative approaches to teaching biology courses
Posted 11/07/08 -
The Race to a Photo Finish
If you’re a small, good-tasting aquatic creature like a crayfish, claws and a calcified exoskeleton may not be enough to ward off bigger and stronger ambush predators like fish, wading birds or aquatic mammals.
Posted 11/03/08 -
Biology Seminar Series 2008-09
Topics include: evolution of malaria, migration of monarch butterflies, epigenetics, mammalian cell adhesion, and more...
Posted 11/05/08
Spring 2008
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Letter from the Chair
Welcome to the first installment of the U.Va. Biology Department Newsletter.
Posted 05/06/08 -
Flowers' Fragrance Diminished by Air Pollution, University of Virginia Study Indicates
(U.Va. Today)
Air pollution is destroying the ability of pollinating insects to follow scent trails to their source.
Posted 04/10/08 -
Evolutionary Tug of War
(Stanford University News Service)
Snakes slither past toxic newts in evolving race. -
Deadbeat Dads
Testosterone turns birds into neglectful parents. -
Evolutionary Biology Research on Plant Shows Significance of Maternal Effects
U.Va. Today
When habitat changes, animals migrate. But how do plants cope when faced with global climate change?
Posted 11/15/07 -
Inside the Brain of a Crayfish: Mellon Looks at Integration of Dissimilar Senses
(U.Va. Today)
How Mellon and other neurophysiology researchers use crustaceans to gain basic understandings of nervous systems and the complex human brain.
Posted 08/29/07 -
Schoppa, Garrett Next Academic Deans for Semester at Sea
(U.Va. Today)
Reginald H. Garrett has been named one of two new academic deans for Semester at Sea’s 2008-09 voyages
Posted 09/28/07 -
Looking for a link
(U.Va. Media Relations)
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Menaker Awarded Farrell Prize in Sleep Medicine
(U.Va. Today)
Michael Menaker, biology professor and international leader in the field of circadian rhythm research
Posted 07/09/07 -
Michael Timko Helps Africans Breed Disease-Resistant Plant
(U.Va. Today)
Timko works with African breeders and growers and training African scientists in his lab at U.Va. in the use of modern molecular breeding techniques.
Posted 07/05/07 -
U.Va. Scientists Identify 'Missing Link' in Process Leading to Alzheimer's Disease
(U.Va. Today)
U.Va. scientists have identified what appears to be a major missing link in the process that destroys nerve cells in Alzheimer’s disease.
Posted 02/06/07 -
24th Annual Katz Symposium
Undergraduate students involved in research presented their findings on April 30th at the 24th Annual Richard D. Katz Symposium.
Posted 05/06/08 -
Awards and Recognition 2007-08
Undergraduate and graduate student achievement in the Biology Department.
Posted 05/20/08
