BIOLOGY DEPARTMENTAL NEWS

 

BIOLOGY STUDENT NEWS:

 

SCSU BIOLOGY CLUB '08: 

The Biology Club is having a clean-up of Edgewood park in New Haven on Friday, April 11th 2008.

We will be meeting at the Ranger Station at 2pm on Edgewood Rd.  The clean-up will be held form 2pm to 4pm.  Anyone who is available to make it, we would appreciate the help.  There is nothing required, but the willingness to volunteer.  

If there are any questions please feel free to contact me.
 
Thanks,
James Connelly
Vice President
SCSU Biology Club

All Biology Majors, The BIO club is meeting regularly this Spring semester (3PM in JE222, every Tuesday).  If you have any questions, contact BIO Club President: Rafaella (raf.bioclub@yahoo.com). We hope to see you there!

CONNECTING BIOLOGY MAJORS:

Biology majors now have a virtual group space on the internal MySCSU "Groups" server.  Look for the departmental calendar, photos, and other messages.  Students can submit material as well!  In addition, there is a MCDB (molecular, cellular, & developmental biology) interest sub-group at the same site.  To become a member, simply go the link above, and request membership!

 

BIOLOGY FACULTY NEWS:

Dr. Dwight Smith (middle), departmental chair and co-director of Southern's Center for Coastal and Marine Studies, has received a major grant from the Werth Family Foundation in the amount of $170,000, to be used mostly for student environmental research.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
Dr. Crawford (center) recently presented a poster at the AACR meeting in Washington D.C. along with several graduate and undergraduate students working in her lab.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 
The following faculty have recently been successful in obtaining grants for their pedagogy and research efforts:

Dr. Crawford (CSU grant, 2006-7; Experimental Anti-Cancer Agents: Preventive and Therapeutic Effects in Solid Tumors in Vitro)

Dr. Edgington (CSU grant, 2006-7; Investigation of Cyclin-dependent Kinase Control of Cell Morphogenesis)

Dr. Grace (CSU grant, 2006-7; The Effects of Water Flow on the Attachment Strength of a Competitive Dominant on an Intertidal Boulder Rocky Shore; Sea Grant received from the Connecticut Sea Grant, Developmental Funding, SCSU Curriculum Grant 2006-7, Maine DEP; Lobster Aging)