The fall series has concluded and new speakers will be featured starting in January 2024.
You can listen to a recording of our last speaker (Click here):
Naomi Fraga, California Botanic Garden
Title: Plant Conservation in Action: Utilizing research, collections, and advocacy to address the plant extinction crisis
Rats have lived alongside us in cities for centuries. We don’t like them, and they’re not good for us — but we don’t know what to do about them. UR’s urban ecologist and biology professor, and his students are on the case.
The Biology department invited members of the community to submit photos and artwork for its second annual photo contest to highlight biologists in action. We received nearly 30 submissions and thank everyone for their submitted photography and artwork. We recently announced the winners of our second annual Biology Photo/Art Contest.
2023 Winners:
First Place: Emily Lekas, Starfish
Honorable Mention: Joshua Pandian, Frond
Honorable Mention: Lauren Yim, Leopard
Congratulations to our winners and everyone who submitted their photos and artwork.
The newly revived UR chapter of the TriBeta Biology Honor Society is excited to induct its first members since 2019! (left to right, top row): Shermin Uzair, Jillian Yates, Nicky Ramirez Veliz, Katie Zerwekh, Dominique Pham, Lindsey Stevens, Lex Misoka. (left to right, bottom row): Annika Wells, Allison Nguyen, Mikayla Quinn, Tess Keppel, Kayla Lambert.
TriBeta strives to recognize achievement in Biology, provide professional development opportunities and promote a safe and productive community.
We will be recruiting new members in fall 2023! For more information or to join, please contact our current president, Dominique Pham at dominique.pham@richmond.edu.
Carrie Wu, associate professor of biology, and Dominique Pham, '22, published "Seed Longevity and Germination of the Emerging Invasive Species Wavyleaf Basketgrass (Oplismenus undulatifolius) Under Varied Light Regimes" in Invasive Plant Science and Management.
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Linda Boland, professor of biology and associate provost for faculty, co-authored the article “Harnessing the Power of the Sabbatical: Providing Strategic Guidance to Faculty Developers” published in the Journal of Faculty Development.
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Omar A. Quintero-Carmona, associate professor of biology, published the article "Building the Next Generation of Virtual Cells to Understand Cellular Biology" in Biophysical Journal. This work is a multi-institutional collaboration with other scientists and researchers from the University of Washington, Royal Institute of Technology (Sweden), Stanford University, the Chan Zuckerberg Biohub, and the Allen Institute for Cell Science.
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Omar A. Quintero-Carmona, associate professor of biology, published the article "Myo19 Tethers Mitochondria to Endoplasmic Reticulum-Associated Actin to Promote Mitochondrial Fission" in the Journal of Cell Science with Joseph Rhodenhiser, '22. Rhodenhiser's work was completed at UR and at UPenn and funded by an Arts & Sciences summer research fellowship.
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Scholar-athlete researches the health benefits of sports participation on immigrant youth.
Biology professor Peter Smallwood and geography professor Todd Lookingbill coauthored this piece, which first appeared in The Conversation in November 2019.
Jennifer Sevin, director of biological instruction, authored this piece, which first appeared in The Conversation and has been republished by about 30 additional outlets.
Jen Sevin, director of biological instruction, authored this piece.
This article references a study by biology professor Peter Smallwood related to squirrel behavior.
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Department Chair: Peter Smallwood
Academic Administrative Specialist: Emily Phaup
Pre-Health and Integrative Science: Emily Phaup