Stevenson University Biology

Matt Bramble
Originally uploaded by Meredith Durmowicz

Biology major Matt Bramble completed his senior research capstone this summer at the University of North Carolina Chapel Hill, in a competitive summer research program. Matt used nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) techniques to study the structure and folding of the protein dihydrofolate reductase, an important metabolic [...]

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Kristin Fleischmann
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Biology senior Kristin Fleischmann is shown here in the Advanced Techniques in Molecular Biology class, testing DNA primers which will be used to amplify gene sequences responsible for coat color in horses. In this class, students work in teams of 3 or 4 students on independent [...]

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Originally uploaded by Meredith Durmowicz

The Beta Beta Beta Biological Honor Society recently held its first meeting of the year to begin to plan all of our events. On tap for the year are a caramel apple stand at SU’s Villa Fest in October, the Freshman Mentoring Program, the fall initiation ceremony, fundraising [...]

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Barb Hnizda.dental school
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Congratulations to Barbora Hnizda (BIO ‘08)! She recently started dental school at the University of Buffalo State University of New York. She is shown here in her white coat, which students receive in a ceremony that marks the beginning of their academic training to become a dentist.

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Anatomy students study the skeletal system by being detectives. These students took bone measurements and studied the anatomy of major bones in the body and used the measurements to identify skeletons as male or female and certain ethnicities. The exercise lets students apply their anatomy knowledge in [...]

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BIO115 campus tree sampling
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Students in BIO 115 Ecology and Evolution recently took a break from sampling the diameter of tulip poplar and Norway spruce trees on campus. The sampling was the first foray into field work for these students, who will use their data in class to [...]

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Laura Huges White Coat
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Biology alumnus Laura Schaefer (‘07), shown here on the left, is a co-author on an article in the journal Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications. The article, “Thioredoxin reductase-1 knock down does not result in thioredoxin-1 oxidation”, which was published in the April 2008 edition [...]

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Lee Jamison.White Coat
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Congratulations to Lee Jamison (BT ‘03)! He is shown here with his parents after he participated in the White Coat Ceremony at Boston University’s School of Medicine recently. The White Coat Ceremony marks the beginning of the medical students’ academic preparation to become a [...]

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Dr. Joe Matanoski
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Dr. Joe Matanoski is our newest faculty member in biology, having been at SU for just over 3 years. He teaches general biology, ecology, environmental biology, animal behavior and marine biology. He is a behavioral ecologist, and works with students on research that studies and models the behavior [...]

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Laura Huges White Coat
Originally uploaded by Meredith Durmowicz

Laura Schaefer Hughes (BIO ‘07) started medical school at Eastern Virginia Medical School this fall. She is shown here, on the left, after the white coat ceremony, where medical students mark the beginning of their academic preparation to become a physician. Congratulations Laura!

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