MSUM Biosciences research students win best undergraduate poster award

MSUM Biosciences Research Students won the “Best Undergraduate Poster Award” at the Annual Meeting of the Minnesota Chapter of The Wildlife Society held in Willmar, MN, on 18-20 February 2020.   In a long-term study (2001-2019), research students from the Biosciences Department at MSUM have live-trapped and marked over 1,000 painted turtles (Chryemys picta belli) in Clay County, Minnesota, in order […]

Biosciences students presented at Immunology Conference

Seven MSUM students (Jacob Tesch, Andrea Schaefer, Shakiba Hajipouri, Elaina Thompson, Alexis Cory, Mai Ceesay and Jennicca Leier) from Biosciences Department presented at the annual Autumn Immunology Conference. The conference featured many plenary sessions by outstanding Immunologists, forums for students and post-doctoral fellows to discuss their latest findings, and workshops for undergraduate students.Their research focused on investigating the immune response […]

Lahti and MSUM students presented at conference

Richard Lahti and MSUM Secondary Science Methods students (Tanner Aufforth, Brady Vizenor, Anneliese Johnson, Kira Johnson, Whitney Shegrud, Dominic Mugavero, and Shannon Olson) attended the Minnesota Conference on Science Education in St. Cloud on November 8th and made several presentations: “Reacting to the Past Style Game to Teach HNOS in a KT Boundary Context”, “Study and Discussions of Student Misconceptions, […]

Informational meeting for Tropical Conservation Biology class

Tropical Conservation Biology is a LASC 10 field course about the ecological, social, and economic balance between biodiversity conservation and human activity. The course includes a 12-day trip to Costa Rica over spring break. We are now accepting students for Spring 2020. Informational meetings will be Friday, Nov. 1, 12 p.m. in HA 113, and Monday, Nov. 4, 1 p.m. […]