The Annual Joint Meeting of the Missouri and Missouri Valley Branches of the American Society of Microbiology saw many familiar faces March 9-10. Eight MSU students trekked to Kansas City, Kansas, to share research and network. Three students were recognized for their presentations. About the participants Drs. Kyoungtae Kim, professor of biology and associate dean of … [Read more...]
r. Paul Durham is looking for ways to ease your pain. In two recent Missouri State Journal segments, Durham, distinguished professor of biology and director of the Center for Biomedical and Life Sciences (CBLS) and program alumna, looks at pain and how it affects us. Childhood trauma and pain Children with trauma have painful memories. But did you know it's more than … [Read more...]
Giving advice: It's an easy thing to do. Advising people for classes and careers, majors and minors? It's not quite as easy. Chelsea Martin, a graduate student of biology, was recently awarded the Excellence in Advising—Graduate Student Contribution Award. About Martin Martin is responsible for many things: giving tours to prospective students, working with students to try … [Read more...]
Colton Lynn is a biology teaching assistant. He recently won the Distinguished TA Award at Missouri State. Now, Colton won honorable mention for the Excellence in Teaching Award at the Midwestern Association of Graduate Schools competition. Congratulations Colton! … [Read more...]
The Missouri Natural Resources Conference (MNRC) was held Feb. 3-5. This conference spans from aquatics to ecology to bats. Several students presented their work. Underlined are the student authors who presented at the conference. Oral Presentations "Accurately and Precisely Measuring Body Composition of Alligator Snapping Turtles (Macrochelys temminckii) with … [Read more...]