Department of Biological Sciences

2019 News Archive

Dr. Ron Benner receives a Fulbright Award

The Fulbright Program is the flagship international educational exchange program sponsored by the U.S. government.

The Twiss lab awarded a grant from the Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Medical Research Foundation

The Dr. Miriam and Sheldon G. Adelson Medical Research Foundation is a private foundation committed to a model of open and highly integrated collaboration among outstanding investigators who participate in goal-directed basic and clinical research to prevent, reduce or eliminate disabling and life-threatening illness.

Dr. Bob Friedman published a study in Frontiers in Computational Neuroscience

Learn more about the neurons of the nematode worm and their morphology!

The lab of Dr. Fu published an article in Plant Physiology

Learn more about plant immunity!

Kate Levasseur receives the Best Graduate Student Paper of the Year Award

Learn more about the homing precision iof hawksbill sea turtles

Dr. Jay Pinckney Interviewed on WIS-TV

The water is safe in Columbia area

SCHC senior student and biology major Patrick McKenzie awarded the Boren Scholarship

Boren Awards provide U.S. undergraduate and graduate students with resources and encouragement to acquire language skills and experience in countries critical to the future security and stability of our nation.

Shelley Hucks awarded a Graduate Teaching Resource Development Grant

helley Hucks, a graduate student in the Reisman lab, was awarded the 2019 Graduate Teaching Assistant Teaching Resource Development Grant by the Center for Teaching Excellence.

Dr. Tim Mousseau receives the Governor's Award for Excellence in Scientific Awareness

Learn about Dr. Mousseau's great impact on science education in South Carolina!

The work of Jeff Dudycha, Tammi Richardson, Matt Greenwold, and Kristin Heidenreich highlighted in Smithsonian Magazine!

Learn more about cryptophytes and their pigments that capture light

Lindsey Schwartz awarded a Smithsonian Institute Fellowship

Fellowship awards provide opportunities for graduate students, predoctoral students, and postdoctoral and senior investigators to conduct research in association with members of the Smithsonian professional research staff, and to utilize the resources of the Smithsonian Institute.

Dr. Nathan Senner coauthored a commentary in the journal Science

Learn more about appropriate methodologies to analyze whether or not climate change has affected nest predation in shorebirds.

Dr. Lydia Matesic coauthored an article in Science

Learn more about a potential new therapy against cancer!

The Speiser lab published an article on the Evolution of Vision

Learn more about what scallops' many eyes can teach us about the evolution of vision

The Fu lab published an article in Molecular Plant

Learn more about plant immunity!

The Twiss lab published an article in the Journal of Cell Biology

Learn more about the mechanisms inhibiting axon growth!

Julian Garcia-Walther and Janay M. Clytus selected as scholars by Grace J. McFadden Professors Program

Open to prospective and current doctoral and MFA students, the Grace J. McFadden Professors Program prepares underrepresented minority students to become professors.

DRs. David Wethey, Jerry Hilbish, and Sally Woodin awarded grant from NASA!

Heat and desiccation stress during low tide causes mortality and reduced growth in shellfisheries.

Luke Wilde awarded a Graduate Research Fellowship from the NSF!

The NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines who are pursuing research-based master's and doctoral degrees at accredited US institutions.

Trenton Agrelius and Michelle Passerotti awarded a SPARC Graduate Research Grant

The SPARC Graduate Research Grant is a merit-based award designed to ignite research and creative excellence across all disciplines at UofSC.

Dr. Dan Speiser received a Breakthrough Star Award

The Breakthrough Stars Award recognizes relatively early-career assistant and associate professors who demonstrate considerable contributions to their field in terms of research and scholarly activity while at UofSC.

Dr. Tim Mousseau received a Breakthrough Leadership in Research Award

The UofSC Breakthrough Leadership in Research Award celebrates senior faculty who take a multifaceted approach to inspiring excellence in research through mentoring under-represented minorities, collaborating with colleagues across disciplines, reaching out to the community and engaging in other unique activities.

Dr. Fabienne Poulain awarded an R01 grant from the NIH

Dr. Fabienne Poulain was awarded a grant from the National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke to study the role of proteoglycan-mediated trans-axonal signaling in pre-target topographic sorting.

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