Monday, October 2, 2023
Arianna Kuhn, Assistant Curator of Herpetology, Virginia Museum of Natural History
Global change insights from reptile and amphibian genomes
Gottwald Auditorium, A001
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.
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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João Tonini, postdoctoral researcher associate in biology, published the article "Multilocus Phylogeography, Population Genetics and Niche Evolution of Australian Brown and Black-tailed Treecreepers (Aves: Climacteris)" in the Biological Journal of the Linnean Society.
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Scholar-athlete researches the health benefits of sports participation on immigrant youth.
This article references a study by biology professor Peter Smallwood related to squirrel behavior.
Biology professor John Hayden is quoted.
Biology professor Jennifer Sevin, an expert on the wildlife trade, is interviewed.
Biology professor Jory Brinkerhoff, a disease ecologist and expert on tick-borne illnesses, is quoted.
Biology Department, Gottwald Science Center B-100
138 UR Drive
University of Richmond, VA 23173
Phone: (804) 289-8871
Fax: (804) 289-8233
Department Chair: Peter Smallwood
Academic Administrative Specialist: Emily Phaup
Pre-Health and Integrative Science: Emily Phaup