Some students spent their summers working. Others spent it catching up with family and friends. Others, like Harlee Kelley, spent the summer doing research. About Harlee’s summer The Stowers Summer Scholars program allows undergraduate students to work in top notch research labs exploring various facets of biology. Harlee was at the Stowers Institute for Medical … [Read more...] about Finding her place in research
Archives for August 2018
June 9 is National Get Outdoors Day. To celebrate, Dr. La Toya Kissoon-Charles participated in the Aquatic Bio Blitz at George Washington Carver National Monument. The event was open to the public, but many of the visitors were junior rangers and their families. After a tour of the aquatic life in the streams and ponds, interactive booths were set up to further explore … [Read more...] about Raising awareness for aquatics early
The 98th Annual Meeting of the American Society of Mammalogists (ASM) was a chance to see some familiar faces and discuss a common interest: mammals. The meeting was held June 25-27 at Kansas State University. Drs. Sean Maher, assistant professor of biology, and Tom Tomasi, professor of biology, took several of their current and recent graduate students. Casey Adkins, … [Read more...] about Current and former biology students attend conference
Streams do not take up much area of the earth, but they are important for connecting people. Streams are hotspots of diversity and function. Dr. Deb Finn knows there are more to streams than meets the eye. That's why she and her students research streams. The Society for Freshwater Science (SFS) held their annual meeting May 20-24 in Detroit, Michigan. Finn, assistant … [Read more...] about Biology shares stream research at conference