The Forum interviewed biosciences professors Ellen Brisch and Andrew Mazz Marry about monster myths. By: Cali Owings, INFORUM www.inforum.com/event/article MOORHEAD – Minnesota State University Moorhead biology professors Ellen Brisch and Andrew Mazz Marry have “vamped up” their classes for more than 10 years with a Halloween lecture that offers biological theories behind some of the most-common monster myths like vampires, […]
Sara Schultz, Physics and Astronomy, and Brian Wisenden, Biosciences, and two MSUM students, Randy Sutrisno and Phil Schotte, had a paper accepted for publication in the peer-reviewed journal Ecology of Freshwater Fish. The title of their paper is “Fin-flicking behaviour as a means of cryptic olfactory sampling under threat of predation.” This is Sutrisno’s “Fish Whisperer” third peer-reviewed paper as […]
There will be an informational meeting about the spring semester course Tropical Field Biology (BIOL 335, LASC 10) in SL 102 on Friday, Oct. 18 at 2 p.m. This meeting is for anyone interested in learning more about this travel course. There will be a description of the course structure, pictures of the places we go and discussion of the […]
Tropical Field Biology (Biol 335, LASC 10) is a field course about conservation biology: the bioecological, socio-econimic and politico-cultural aspects of balancing the conflicts demands between conserving biodiversity and human activity. The course includes an 11-day trip to Costa Rica over spring break. We are now accepting students for Spring 2014. See web.mnstate.edu/wisenden/TFB.htm for details or contact instructors Brian Wisenden […]
Mark Wallert, Biosciences, was an invited speaker at the Sept. 12 Red River Valley Association of Clinical Research Professionals (ACRP) Research Symposium in Fargo. The ACRP Research Symposium is an annual event that provides continuing medical education credits for clinical research and pharmaceutical industry professional in our region. Dr. Wallert presented a talk entitled, “The Na+/H+ Exchanger Isoform 1 as […]