News about the Department of Biological Sciences at the Unversity of Texas at Austin http://www.biosci.utexas.edu/news/rss/ 09/15/09 Aldrich Elected President-Elect of the Biophysical Society... /news/2009/BiophysSocNews.pdf 09/01/09 Thank You! to the Supporters of the 2009 Bio Sci Staff Appreciation Luncheon... /news/2009/StaffLuncheon09.aspx 06/22/09 Shelley Payne (MGM), Stan Roux (MCDB), and Ruth Buskirk (SBS) were awarded the Regents’ Outstanding Teaching Award. http://www.utexas.edu/provost/initiatives/awards/univ/regents.html 05/15/09 Ecology, Evolution and Behavior Doctoral Student, Christian Rabeling, Wins $10,000 Michael H. Granof Outstanding Graduate Student Award...Barrett Klein, Wins $3,000 for the George H. Mitchell Award... http://www.utexas.edu/news/2009/05/15/granof_graduate_award/ 04/29/09 Quest - Learning and Assessment Named Gold Award Winner at IITAP 2009 Showcase http://www.utexas.edu/academic/diia/iitap/winners.php 04/29/09 William H. Press (Computer Sciences, Integrative Biology) was among 20 scientists and engineers named to the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology by President Obama in a speech at the National Academies http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2009/04/press_pcast.asp 04/16/09 Two Natural Sciences Students Named Goldwater Scholars -- Lynne Chantranupong and Sean Simmons... http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2009/04/goldwater_scholars.asp 03/26/09 Bolnick, Wallingford Become HHMI Early Career Scientists http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2009/03/hhmi_earlycareer.asp 02/23/09 Troubled Waters...A rare desert spring ecosystem considered one of Mexico's... http://www.utexas.edu/features/2009/02/23/cuatrocienegas/ 01/26/09 Biologists Receive Sloan Fellowships, Sara Sawyer and Ila Fiete http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2009/02/sloan_2009.asp 02/09/09 Dudley Elected Fellow of American Academy of Microbiology http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2009/02/dudley_aam.asp 02/02/09 Historicizing HIV - Biologist Sara Sawyer delved tens of millions of years into the evolutionary past of primates... http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2009/02/sara_sawyer.asp 01/29/09 Next-Generation Gene Sequencing Technology Enables Advanced Genomic Research http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2009/01/nextgen_sequencer.asp 01/26/09 The Lamprey Factor - Biologist Jennifer Morgan uses the giant neurons of lampreys to investigate spinal cord injury and the potential for recovery. http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2009/01/lampreys.asp 01/08/09 Sibling Rivalry ...collaborating with biologist Shelley Payne and several others, recently found... http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2009/01/sibling_rivalry.asp 12/03/08 Lorene Morrow Kelley Distinguished Lecture Series - Presented by Don Ganem, MD http://www.biosci.utexas.edu/news/2008/DonGanem_LectureSeries.aspx 11/24/08 Why Hybrids Grow Bigger http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2008/11/hybrid_vigor.asp 11/20/08 Giant Roaming Protist Provides New Perspective on Animal Evolution http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2008/11/giant_protist.asp 10/21/08 Leanne Field, PHD & THE FLU SHOT http://kut.org/items/show/14285 10/01/08 Dee U. Silverthorn - 2009 winner of the Society for College Science Teachers (SCST) Outstanding Undergraduate Science Teacher Award (OUSTA) http://www.biosci.utexas.edu/news/2008/DeeSilvermanOUTSA.aspx 09/01/08 BioSci Staff Appreciation Luncheon http://www.biosci.utexas.edu/news/2008/StaffLuncheon08.aspx 08/01/08 Gilbert Endowment Established by Worthingtons http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2008/07/worthington_gilbert.asp 07/28/08 An international team of conservation scientists from Australia, the United Kingdom and United States, including University of Texas at Austin Professor Camille Parmesan... http://www.utexas.edu/news/2008/07/17/assisted_migration 07/24/08 Genetic evolution is strongly shaped by genes’ efforts to prevent or tolerate errors in the production of proteins... http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2008/07/mistranslation_misfolding.asp 07/23/08 Scientists Find New Clues to Explain Amazonian Biodiversity http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2008/07/ants_amazon_diversity.asp 07/17/08 Call for Assisted Migration http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2008/07/assisted_migration.asp 07/14/08 Giant Cane and the Little Wasp That Could http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2008/07/arundo_control.asp 07/14/08 Into the Field - Dr. Ulrich Mueller, recipient of the E.O. Wilson Award http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2008/07/Ulrich_Mueller.asp 06/26/08 MSI Gets Funds for New Building http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2008/06/utmsi_building.asp 06/13/08 Microbiologist Receives Support for Studying Bacterial Communication and Disease http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2008/06/whiteley_path.asp 06/02/08 Biologist Tanya Paull has become the first faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin to be named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator and at Howard Hughes Medical Institute http://www.utexas.edu/news/2008/05/29/paull_hhmi/ 06/02/08 Biologist Tanya Paull has become the first faculty member at the University of Texas at Austin to be named a Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) investigator and at Howard Hughes Medical Institute http://www.hhmi.org/news/paull_bio.html 04/30/08 Aldrich and Hillis, receive top honors...elected to the National Academy of Sciences. http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2008/04/nas_2008.asp 04/29/08 The National Academy of Sciences today announced new members. http://www8.nationalacademies.org/onpinews/newsitem.aspx?RecordID=04292008 04/24/08 New Source for Biofuels Discovered... by R. Malcolm Brown, Jr. and Dr. David Nobles, Jr. http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2008/04/biofuel_microbe.asp 03/03/08 Scientists map the evolutionary relationships for all life on the planet http://www.utexas.edu/features/2008/tree/ 02/03/08 Dr. Clark Hubbs, Professor Emeritus in the Section of Integrative Biology, passes away on February 3, 2008 http://desertfishes.org/obits/ch/Clark_Hubbs.html 02/04/08 Lasses in Kayaks A wee yarn. Article written by Stephanie Schnorr. Stephanie and Molly Cummings teaming together with Lasses in Kayaks! http://www.goodlifemag.com/archives/2008/02-08/02-08_Lasses-in-Kayaks.pdf 01/29/08 Meet the Crutchfields...keeping Brackenridge Field Lab running for researchers and students. http://www.utexas.edu/oncampus/2008/01/24/id_crutchfields_bfl 12/13/07 Research Makes Discover's Top 100 http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2007/12/crews_discover.asp 12/10/07 When She's Turned On, Some Of Her Genes Turn Off http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2007/12/swordtail_turnoff.asp 12/03/07 A Battle on Many Fronts - Against Infectious Diseases http://www.utexas.edu/features/2007/infectious/ 11/26/07 Tree of Life Revealed for Flowering Plants http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2007/11/angiosperm_tol.asp 11/19/07 Invasive Plants Are Moving Targets http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2007/09/moving_targets.asp 11/01/07 Biologist Parmesan Honored For Conservation Leadership http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2007/11/parm_connie.asp 10/15/07 Bio Sci Staff Appreciation Luncheon http://www.biosci.utexas.edu/news/2007/StaffLuncheon07.aspx 09/19/07 Firing at Whisker Barrels http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2007/08/koester_whisker.asp 09/04/07 Nobel Prize-winning biologist offers life advice at UT lecture http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2007/09/11/TopStories/Nobel.PrizeWinning.Biologist.Offers.Life.Advice.At.Ut.Lecture-2960931.shtml 07/10/07 UT Professor Emeritus James Larimer passes away http://www.biosci.utexas.edu/news/2007/vernegrant.aspx 05/31/07 UT Professor Emeritus Verne Grant passes away http://www.biosci.utexas.edu/news/2007/vernegrant.aspx 05/18/07 Rasika Harshey elected to the American Academy of Microbiology http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2007/05/harshey_aam.asp 05/15/07 Faculty receive Teaching Awards http://www.biosci.utexas.edu/news/2007/Awards.aspx 05/14/07 Francisco Valladares and Charlie Arnone receive Staff Excellence awards http://www.biosci.utexas.edu/news/2007/2007StaffAwards.aspx 05/09/07 Special Feature: Brackenridge Field Lab http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2007/05/fo_bfl.asp 04/13/07 Evolution under the microscope http://www.dailytexanonline.com/news/2007/04/13/University/Evolution.Under.The.Microscope-2840076.shtml 04/02/07 Ecology & Evolution Graduate Progam Ranks Among Nation's Best http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2007/04/us_rankings.asp 03/27/07 Common Fungicide Causes Long-term Changes in Mating Behavior http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2007/03/crews_vinc.asp 03/22/07 Helmut Koester receives Sloan Research Fellowship http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2007/03/sloan07.asp 01/30/07 A dab of green for UT http://www.biosci.utexas.edu/news/2007/Greenhouses.aspx 11/30/06 Artificial reef on Town Lake to model coral environments http://www.biosci.utexas.edu/news/2006/reef_12_06.aspx 11/06/06 Dee Silverthorn garners Burnt Orange Apple Award for outstanding teaching http://www.utexas.edu/academic/diia/news/2006/silverthorn_booa.php 11/14/06 Global Warming Increases Species Extinctions Worldwide http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2006/11/global_species.asp 10/03/06 Study recommends strategies for distributing flu vaccine during shortage http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2006/10/vaccinemodel03.asp 09/27/06 Fire ant-attacking fly spreading rapidly in Texas http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2006/09/flyspread27.asp 09/20/06 Fire ant lab celebrates 20 years of research http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2006/09/fireantlab_20.asp 08/25/06 Neurobiologist Nace Golding awarded Presidential Early Career Award http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2006/08/golding25.asp 08/22/06 Biologist receives $450,000 grant to contribute to asthma research http://www.utexas.edu/opa/news/2006/08/biology22.html 07/17/06 Neuroscientist Richard Aldrich joins faculty; becomes Chair of the Section of Neurobiology http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2006/07/aldrich_17.asp 07/17/06 Dragonflies take flight through entomologist's field study http://www.utexas.edu/features/2006/dragonflies/index.html 06/27/06 Fungus does not depend on fungus-farming ants for reproduction, researchers say http://www.utexas.edu/opa/news/2006/06/biology27.html 06/19/06 Eavesdropping fringe-lipped bats spread culture through sound http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/news/480-bat-love-songs-decoded 06/07/06 Student News: Nathan Hood receives 2006 ASPB Summer Undergraduate Research Fellowship http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2006/06/student_hood07.asp 05/03/06 Evolution of complex calls and unusual male vocal cords in túngara frogs http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2006/05/ryan_tungara03.asp 04/05/06 Eric Pianka named 2006 Distinguished Scientist by Texas Academy of Science http://www.utexas.edu/opa/news/2006/04/nat_sci05.html 02/06/06 UT lab studies gender-bending lizard mating http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2006/02/06/LifeArts/Ut.Lab.Studies.GenderBending.Lizard.Mating-1599792.shtml 03/08/06 Poison dart frog mimics gain when birds learn to stay away http://www.utexas.edu/opa/news/2006/03/biology08.html 02/06/06 Dr. Dee Silverthorn awarded distinguished lectureship http://www.utexas.edu/opa/news/2006/02/nat_sci06.html 12/15/05 New antibody shows promise as cure from anthrax http://www.utexas.edu/opa/ic/oncampus/2005/dec/anthrax.html 03/15/05 More than half of Earth's wild species affected by climate change http://www.utexas.edu/features/2005/climate/index.html 08/08/03 UT's algae famous the world over http://media.www.dailytexanonline.com/media/storage/paper410/news/2003/08/08/News/Uts-Algae.Famous.The.World.Over-492477.shtml 06/01/03 Turtles back home in upgraded ponds http://www.biosci.utexas.edu/news/2003/turtlepond.aspx