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Posted on April 24, 2013 by Amanda Jenkins
What birds see, and what they make out of it? How perception shapes behavior is a fundamental question given the variability in the sensory systems of vertebrates living in different environmental conditions. Among vertebrates, birds can be considered “visual machines”. Birds have lateral vision besides binocular vision and they can see more colors and [...]
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Posted on April 2, 2013 by Amanda Jenkins
Congratulations to Annwesa Dasgupta and Cory Weaver, graduate students in the Department of Biological Sciences, who were selected to receive the Committee for the Education of Teaching Assistants (CETA) Teaching Award. The CETA award is presented by the Committee for the [...]
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Posted on March 22, 2013 by Amanda Jenkins
New research findings may help scientists design drugs to treat a virus infection that causes potentially fatal brain swellingand paralysis in children. The virus, called enterovirus 71, causes hand, foot and mouth disease and is common throughout the world. Although that disease usually is not fatal, the virus has been reported to cause fatal encephalitis [...]
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Posted on March 20, 2013 by Amanda Jenkins
Peter Hollenbeck, professor of biological sciences, has been named one of the recipients of the 2013 Outstanding Undergraduate Teaching Awards in Memory of Charles B. Murphy. Hollenbeck received word about the award Monday (March 18) in Lilly Hall. The University’s highest undergraduate teaching honor, the Murphy Award is accompanied by a cash award and [...]
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Posted on December 7, 2012 by Amanda Jenkins
Two Biological Sciences graduate students, Sylvia Bonilla and Clayton Collings, have been awarded travel grants from the Yeunkyung Woo Achieve Excellence Travel Scholarship Fund. The awards, granted competitively twice each year, support the travel of graduate students to present their work at scientific meetings. Bonilla will travel to the Association for Research in Vision [...]
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Posted on November 28, 2012 by Amanda Jenkins
By MATT MARTIN Executive Reporter The leader of a new study program in the College of Science said he hopes the program will help students succeed in their first year. John Fisher, the director of recruiting in the College of Science, said the new program, called COSINE, or College Of Science Instructional Nightly Enrichment, will [...]
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Posted on November 16, 2012 by Amanda Jenkins
Continuing lecturer David Bos says one of the biggest challenges he faces as an instructor is keeping roughly 1,400 students in his freshman-level biology classes engaged in the content. But after introducing Hotseat into his curriculum in the spring semester of 2012, Bos says the social networking-powered mobile Web application enabled his students to ask [...]
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Posted on November 7, 2012 by Amanda Jenkins
WEST LAFAYETTE, Ind. – An international team of researchers has determined key structural features of the Sputnik virus, thought to play a role in illnesses caused by eating raw fish. Findings also may help scientists learn details about the infection mechanisms in other viruses. Sputnik is referred to as a “satellite virus” because it can [...]
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Posted on November 2, 2012 by Amanda Jenkins
The fall Biological Sciences Alumni Advisory committee met November 2nd and 3rd on campus. The group is actively engaged in supporting the Department and Dr. Richard Kuhn, the Head in its efforts to achieve excellence in educating Biology students at Purdue University. Thanks to all the members who serve, we appreciate you!
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