There is still room for last-minute additions to enroll in Tropical Field Biology (DC10). Students in this course study ecological, political and economic strategies for conservation of biodiversity using a 10-day trip to Costa Rica over March break as a case study. Contact: Brian Wisenden (wisenden@mnstate.edu).
Brian Wisenden, Biosciences, had two independent writing projects on the neurobiology of zebrafish appear as book chapters in two separate volumes in November: Wisenden BD. 2010. Quantifying anti-predator response to chemical alarm cues. In: Zebrafish Neurobehavioral Protocols (Kalueff AV, Hart P, LaPorte J, eds). Humana Press (Springer Science). pp. 49-60. Wisenden BD. 2010. Learned recognition by zebrafish and other cyprinids. […]
Women’s Studies and Biosciences student Jamie Holding Eagle presented her original research at the Red River Women’s Studies Conference last week. She presented with Drs. Claudia Murphy and Linda Fuselier on “Science, Politics and the Limits of Diversity”.
Chris Chastain, Biosciences, has been awarded a one-year $75,000 research grant from the National Science Foundation. Chastain will use the funds to develop maize plants deficient in photosynthetic enzymes using advanced genetic engineering methods. The plants generated from this work will be used to elucidate molecular mechanisms that regulate C4 photosynthesis. The later stages of the project involves a collaboration with the CSIRO High Resolution Plant Phenomics Center in Canberra, Australia, where the plants will be studied to better understand the process of C4 photosynthesis in maize.
Linda Fuselier, Biosciences, has been named the new Women’s Studies Director. The position provides leadership for the Women’s Studies major and minor and the Women’s Studies programmatic committee. Fuselier has a long record of service to the Women’s Studies program and most recently helped to develop the “Women in Science” certificate. She holds the Ph.D. in Biological Sciences from the University of Kentucky.