Biosciences students publish paper in peer-reviewed journal

Biology majors Alexis Taylor and Jessica Undem, mentored by Brian Wisenden (Biosciences) and Michael Wagner (Fisheries and Wildlife Department, Michigan State University), published an experimental study in the international peer-reviewed journal  Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. The title of their paper is “Moby-Bass: suction feeding by predators limits direct release of alarm cues in fishes”.  

MSUM expects more than 500 students to graduate Dec. 16

MSUM will hold commencement as planned on Thursday, Dec. 16. Please use your discretion in making travel decisions. If you can’t make the in-person ceremony, you can watch it live. Minnesota State University Moorhead will award degrees to more than 500 students during its fall commencement program Thursday, Dec. 16, in the university’s Nemzek Fieldhouse. The 1 p.m. ceremony also includes […]

Professors Wisenden and Shastri co-publish research paper with MSUM students

MSUM Biosciences students Alex Seigel, Izzy DeVriendt and Madi Strand along with faculty mentors Brian Wisenden (Biosciences) and Ananda Shastri (Physics) have published their research in the international peer-reviewed journal Journal of Fish Biology https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/jfb.14965. The title of their research is Association of predation risk with a heterospecific vocalization by an anabantoid fish. In this experiment, Alex, Izzy and Madi […]

Biosciences students presented their research at an international conference

Undergraduate students mentored by Brian Wisenden (Biosciences) and Ananda Shastri (Physics) presented their research at the annual meeting of the Animal Behavior Society meeting in early August. The poster presentations were (* indicates student co-author): 1. Daniel Paulson* & Brian Wisenden. 2021. Zebrafish (Danio rerio) Embryos Hatch Early to Avoid Risk of Egg Predation But Have Higher Risk to Predators […]