News about the research happening in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Texas at Austin http://www.biosci.utexas.edu/news/rss/research.aspx 11/05/09Green Becomes Red: Tracing the Evolution of Coral Fluorescence - Mikhail Matz http://cns.utexas.edu/news/525-coral-fluorescence 10/20/09Stay tuned for the upcoming PBS special "Lizard Kings", featuring Eric Pianka on the Nova program airing 7pm on October 20. http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/nova/lizard/ 07/22/09Drs. Bas Rokers (pictured), Alex Huk and Larry Cormack discovered the center for 3-D motion processing in the human brain... http://cns.utexas.edu/news/485-this-is-your-brain-on-3-d 06/18/09New Method for Computing Evolutionary Trees ...Computer scientist Tandy Warnow, biologist Randy Linder and their graduate students have created an automated computing method, called SATé... http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2009/06/sate.asp 06/17/09Congratulations to Dr. Nicholas J. Priebe, Neurobiologist Named 2009 Pew Scholar. Nicholas Priebe's research on vision could lead to possible treatments for visual disorders and will increase our understanding of basic neuronal mechanisms related to learning and memory. http://web.4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2009/06/priebe_pew.asp 05/04/09University of Texas at Austin Biologists and Engineers In $25 Million Project to Develop Jet Fuel from Algal Oil http://www.utexas.edu/news/2009/05/04/fuel_algal_oil/ 04/27/09Sex isn't everything, apparently - The first ants with no males buck an evolutionary trend by reproducing asexually, found Ulrich Mueller and former graduate student Anna Himler. http://cns.utexas.edu/news/486-asexual-ant 04/21/09Live-in Domestics: Mites as Maids - Tropical sweat bees are healthier when live-in mites keep fungi in check. Grad student Natalia Biana makes this first report of a mutually beneficial cleaning relationship between two different species on land. http://web4.cns.utexas.edu/communications/2009/04/bee_mites.asp 04/10/09A new documentary follows Professor Larry Gilbert around BFL, highlighting its essential role in studies of ecology and its importance to the university. http://strikeproductions.com/brackenridge-field-laboratory.html 04/01/09"Pond Scum Gets Its Moment in the Limelight." Wall Street Journal. Jerry Brand and the UTEX Culture Collection of Algae will prove to be a major source of innovation in the science and production of algae-derived biofuels. http://online.wsj.com/article/SB123940976513610235.html