Dr. Ellen Brisch, MSUM, provides information on Naegleria fowleri. By: WDAY Staff Reports, WDAY Lake Lilly, MN (WDAY TV) — A warning, but also some assurances, from the Minnesota State Health Department tonight concerning that horrible brain-eating death of a 9-year old boy. The health department is investigating the Naegleria fowleri, as the amoeba responsible for the boy’s death. The […]
By Sarah Bushman, IREX Students at Minnesota State University Moorhead got an unexpected ‘Journey to Pakistan’ this past semester, thanks to a young Pakistani woman, Zahra, who found her public voice after coming to the U.S. Though students had never before enjoyed a program hosted by an international student, Zahra quickly gained followers through what became a popular campus radio […]
Brian Wisenden, Biosciences, gave the 200th presentation of his career when he delivered an invited keynote address to the Society of Experimental Biology, in Salzburg, Austria on June 30, 2012. His talk was entitled “Behavioural responses of aquatic organisms to chemical information about predation risk.” Almost all of the research presented in the talk was conducted by undergraduates.
The College of Social and Natural Sciences awarded Fall Student Research Awards to support student research for majors in the College. Member sof the College’s Student Advisory Board reviewed applications and made the final determination of grant recipients. All projects are endorsed by a faculty supervisor, and applicants must be willing to present her/his research results at the MSUM Student […]
Brian Wisenden, Biosciences, had an article accepted for publication by the peer-reviewed journal Functional Ecology. The title of the article is “Cognitive dysfunction and risk assessment by prey: predictable changes in global climate have unpredictable effects.”