January 2008

DEPARTMENTAL SEMINARS

Sudhakar Veeranki (Major Advisor: Leung Kim) presented his dissertation proposal seminar entitled "Molecular characterization of role of Ddlkb1 in Dictyostelium development and stress responses" on 7 Janaury 2008.

Jay Munyon (Major Advisor: Evelyn Gaiser) presented his Master's proposal seminar entitled "Influence of periphyton on carbon dioxide sequestration along enrichment and hydrologic gradients in Everglades marshes" on 9 January 2008.

GRANTS

Clifton B. Ruehl (Major Advisor: Joel Trexler) was recently awarded an Everglades Foundation Fellowship for his research proposal entitled "An Integrative Approach to Understanding Top-down and Bottom-up Processes limiting Snail Populations in the Everglades". Congratulations Cliff!

Jay Munyon (Major Advisor: Evelyn Gaiser) was recently awarded an Everglades Foundation Fellowship for his research proposal entitled "Influence of periphyton on carbon dioxide sequestration along enrichment and hydrologic gradients in Everglades marshes". Congratulations Jay!

PUBLICATIONS

Paulo Olivas (Major Advisor: Steven Oberbauer) recently published a co-authored paper. Clark, D.B., P.C. Olivas, S.F. Oberbauer, D.A. Clark, and M.G. Ryan. 2008. First direct landscape-scale measurement of tropical rain forest leaf area index, a key driver of global primary productivity. Ecology Letters 11:163-172. Congratulations Paulo!

APPOINTMENTS

Rudolf von May (Major Advisor: Maureen Donnelly) was selected to serve as the working group chair for Peru, for the Amphibian Specialist Group of the International Union for the Conservation of Nature/Species Survival Commission (http://www.amphibians.org/global_network.php). Congratulations Rudolf!

CLUB ACTIVITIES

The MCB Club held a meeting on 16 January 2008 to set an agenda for the spring term.

MOVING ON

Amita Quadros (Major Advisor: Ophelia Weeks) recently accepted a position that will bring her south to Miami Springs. Dr. Quadros joined Allied Research in Miami Gardens as the Clinical Study Manager overseeing Phase 1 clinical trials. Congratulations Amita!

Jamie Myers (Major Advisor: Laurie Richardson) recently accepted a position as a Research Associate (II) for the Miami Institute of Human Genomics, University of Miami. She will start her new job in mid-February. Congratulations Jamie!

FORMER STUDENTS

W. Daniel Tracey (Major Advisor: Case Okubo) recently published a co-authored paper: Hwang, R.Y., L. Zhong, Y. Xu, T. Johnson, F. Zhang, K. Deisseroth, and W.D. Tracey. 2007. Nociceptive neurons protect Drosophila larvae from parasitoid wasps. Current Biology 17:1-12.

Ralph Saporito (Major Advisor: Maureen Donnelly) recently published a co-authored paper online: Daly, J.W., H.M. Garraffo, TW. Spande, L-A. Giddings, R.A. Saporito, D.R. Vieites, and M. Vences. 2008. Individual and geographic variation of skin alkaloids in three species of Madagascan poison frogs (Mantella). Journal of Chemical Ecology.

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