October 2007

DEPARTMENTAL SEMINARS

Amita Quadros (Major Advisor: Ophelia Weeks) presented her Dissertation Proposal Seminar entitled "Role of calcium in inflammation: Relevance to Alzheimer's Disease) (AD)" on 18 October 2007 at 11:00 am in WC 130.

Richard Y. Chang (Major Advisor: Frank Jochem) presented his Dissertation Proposal Seminar entitled "Influence of life history on gene flow: comparative studies of copepods in the Gulf of Mexico and the northwest Atlantic Ocean" on 23 October 2007 at 11:00 am in BBC Marine Sciences Room 105.

Sarah J. Colby (Major Advisor: Steve Oberbauer) presented her Thesis Defense Seminar entitled "Effects of a sudden freeze-thaw event on Sphagnum girgensohnii grown under different light and temperature regimes" on 29 October 2007 at 2:00 pm in WC 130.

GRANTS & AWARDS

Nora Oleas (Major Advisor: Javier Francisco-Ortega) recently received the Delzie Demaree Travel Award ($300) from the Botanical Institute of Texas to help defray the cost of a trip to St. Louis for the 54th Annual Systematics Symposium at Missouri Botanical Garden (12-13 October 2007). The symposium topic was "Biodiversity and Conservation in the Andes." Congratulations Nora!

Richard Chang (Major Advisor: Frank Jochem), Jennifer Lewis (Major Advisor: Doug Wartzok), and Adam Rosenblatt (Major Advisor: Mike Heithaus) received a $1600 Graduate Student Vehicle Grant from the Marine Biology Program at FIU. Congratulations Richard, Jennifer, and Adam!

PUBLICATIONS

Laura May-Collado (Major Advisor: Doug Wartzok) recently published a co-authored paper: May-Collado, L.J., I. Agnarsson, and D. Wartzok. 2007. Phylogenetic review of tonal sound production in whales in relation to sociality. BMC Evolutionary Biology 20 pp. (http://www.biomedcentral.com/1471-2148/7/136). As of 13 October 2007, the article was in the top five of recently viewed articles online. Congratulations Laura!

Meagan Dunphy-Daly (Major Advisor: Mike Heithaus) recently learned that a paper from her Master's research project was accepted for publication: Dunphy-Daly, M.M., M.R. Heithaus, and D.E. Claridge. Temporal variation in dwarf sperm whale (Kogia sima) habitat use and group size off Great Abaco Island, Bahamas. Marine Mammal Science. in press. Congratulations Meagan!

PRESENTATIONS

Cassandra Quave (Major Advisor: Brad Bennett) recently presented at poster at the NIH Research Festival (10-12 October 2007, Bethesda, MD). The NIH National Graduate Student Research Festival (NGSRF) is an annual two-day event held on the main NIH campus in Bethesda, MD. The Festival introduces 250 advanced graduate students in the sciences to the NIH Intramural Research Program (IRP) with the aim of recruiting them to do postdoctoral training at the NIH. Competition to participate in the Festival is intense; in 2006, 964 applications were received! Cassandra's presentation was among those selected: "Quave, C.L. Natural products from Italian medicinal plants: Potential anti-biofilm agents for MRSA. (poster). Congratulations Cassandra!

CLUB ACTIVITIES

The Comparative Immunology Club hosted a seminar by Dr. Miki Nakao entitled "The Immunobiology of Teleosts" on 4 October 2007.

The MCB Club and LTER co-hosted a movie night on 31 October at 5 pm at Ecotank (ECS 158) to celebrate Halloween! We will be watching "Invasion of the Body Snatchers."

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