February Newsletter
Greetings from the Biology GSPA! In this monthly newsletter, we have highlighted some of the recent accomplishments among members of the department and advertised some exciting events coming up in February!
Department Happenings:
Graduate student Juliana Jiranek (Gibson Lab) had a paper accepted: Jiranek, J and Gibson, AK. Diet can alter the cost of resistance to a natural parasite in Caenorhabditis elegans. Ecology and Evolution. In press
Postdoc Caroline Amoroso (Gibson Lab) received Honorable Mention for best postdoc talk at the 2023 meeting of the American Society of Naturalists
Undergraduate Tori Feist (Gibson Lab) received Honorable Mention for best student poster at the 2023 meeting of the American Society of Naturalists, where she presented work from her REU at MLBS with UVA Bio alum Corlett Wood! Tori was competing against graduate students!
Zach Dawson (BIMS student rotating in O'Rourke Lab) was competitively selected as the regional representative of the United Nations UNA-USA association.
Abbas Ghaddar (O'Rourke Lab), Biology graduate student, had a paper accepted in Current Biology.
Sarah McPeek received the Society for the Study of Evolution's Rosemary Grant Advanced Award, their Graduate Research Excellence award for late stage PhD students. These grants provide funds to support a portion of a student's dissertation research project.
Aida Doucoure, an undergraduate Human Biology student in the Guler Malaria Lab, has received funding from the College Council to conduct her thesis studies on how to prolong red blood cell life for in vitro culture of malaria parasites.
Have an announcement you'd like featured in the March newsletter? Contact Roberta Onoharigho
February Events:
* GSPA Meeting: Monday, Feb. 27th, 12:00 PM - 1:00 PM, Gilmer 400
Join us for our February public forum meeting! Snacks are provided! Come share your questions, concerns, and ideas about how we can improve department life, both academically and socially. If there are anonymous concerns you would like to share ahead of the meeting, please fill out this form.
* Recurring Event:
Coffee Hour: Wednesday, 3:15 PM - 4:15 PM, PLSB 4th Floor Balcony
Take a break from your desk for coffee and afternoon snacks with your fellow biologists. All are welcome, just bring your own mug!
Have an event you'd like included in the March newsletter? Contact Roberta Onoharigho
Outreach Opportunities
BOIP will once again be hosting a science booth at the Saturday farmer's market at IX park during the months of April, May, and June! Each day will have a theme (ex. Neuroscience, evolution, model organisms, etc.). We'll be setting up 2-3 related activities for kids ages 5-18 (and curious adults!). If a lab wants to host a day as a group (come up with the theme and activities), BOIP will provide supplies and any extra volunteers necessary! If you are interested in volunteering at the BOIP Saturday Science Booth, please fill out this interest form.
Have a question or concern that you would like to see addressed by GSPA? Please use this form to submit anonymous feedback.