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Rylinn Sorini (’16) shows that water-born plastics make Chesapeake oysters sick

April 13, 2016

Rylinn Sorini (’16) is a dual major in biology and environmental studies, with a minor in education. Last summer, Sorini began researching the effects of plastics on Eastern Oysters as part of the SMURF program. This year, she extended her research to include three additional experiments on oysters as part of her SMP, entitled “How Find out more »

Filed Under: Learning and Research, Student Highlight, Students and Alumni, Undergraduate Research Week Tagged With: Biology, Environmental Studies, Research, Undergraduate Research, Undergraduate Research Week

Professor Robert Paul Elected Board Chairman of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay

December 7, 2015

The Board of Directors of the Alliance for the Chesapeake Bay has elected Robert W. Paul, professor biology, as board chairman at its Oct. 30, 2015, meeting held in Shepherdstown, WVA.

Filed Under: Faculty & Staff Tagged With: Aside, Biology, Faculty, Faculty and Staff Highlight on SMCM's Home Page

St. Mary’s College Biology Professor Jeffrey Byrd to Sing for the Pope

September 17, 2015

Professor of Biology Jeffrey Byrd will soon sing before the pope. He is a member of the Archdiocesan Papal Mass Choir, an elite choir assembled from across the region to sing at Pope Francis’s Junipero Serra Canonization Mass in D.C. on Sept. 23.

Filed Under: Faculty & Staff, Featured News Tagged With: Biology, Faculty, Faculty and Staff Highlight on SMCM's Home Page

J. Jordan Price Named Steven Muller Distinguished Professor in the Sciences

April 27, 2015

J. Jordan Price, St. Mary’s College professor of biology, has been named Steven Muller Distinguished Professor in the Sciences. Price was honored during the college’s 2015 Awards Convocation held April 24.

Filed Under: Awards & Distinctions, Faculty & Staff Tagged With: Aside, Biology, Faculty, Faculty and Staff Highlight on SMCM's Home Page

Propulsion & Power Brings Advanced Chemistry Research Technology to St. Mary’s College

March 3, 2015

  The word “plasma” brings images of TVs into the minds of most people.  Chemists, however, think of powerful analytical instruments used to measure the amounts of trace elements in materials. Thanks to the Educational Partnership Agreement between the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division (NAWCAD) and St. Mary’s College of Maryland, the college’s Department Find out more »

Filed Under: Featured News, Research & Innovation Tagged With: Biology, Chemistry

A Life of Science: Q&A with Jordan Gaines Lewis ’11, neuroscientist and award-winning science writer

February 16, 2015

Jordan presenting a 2014 TED talk

Jordan Gaines Lewis ’11 is a science writer whose work has been featured in The Washington Post and Scientific America, to name a few. “Gaines, on Brains,” her award-winning blog, has been called “An exemplar of great science blogging” by The Guardian.  She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in neuroscience at Pennsylvania State University. We Find out more »

Filed Under: Students and Alumni Tagged With: Biology, Neuroscience

The Science of Brewing: Collaboration between Professor Jeffrey Byrd and local business Ruddy Duck serves up scientifically flavorful concoction

October 29, 2014

St. Mary’s microbiologist Jeffrey Byrd and Ruddy Duck brew master Matt Glass recently collaborated to create a seasonal ale for the restaurant’s menu. “The Great Pumpkin Ale,” available now through the fall to Ruddy Duck Brewery & Grill and Ale House patrons, was the product of the duo’s collaboration and is served complete with cinnamon- Find out more »

Filed Under: Accomplishments Tagged With: Biology, Faculty

Mary Addison ’15 to Present Research at Undergraduate Symposium

October 15, 2014

Mary Addison ’15 was recently selected to present a scientific poster outlining her research at the upcoming Research Experience for Undergraduates Symposium. Mary’s scientific poster titled, “Determining the Catalytic Residue within the Dengue Virus Guanyltransferase Enzyme” will be presented at the Symposium on October 26th and 27th in Arlington, Va. According to Mary, “It is Find out more »

Filed Under: Campus & Community, Research & Innovation, Students and Alumni Tagged With: Biology, Students

Female Birds Aren’t So Dull After All

May 29, 2014

In the bird world, flashy colors and boisterous songs are generally reserved for males. Females tend to be comparatively dull-colored and often stay quietly hidden in the background. Charles Darwin himself noted this difference between the sexes and proposed that it was mainly caused by past evolutionary changes in males, in a process he called Find out more »

Filed Under: Arts & Culture Tagged With: Biology, Faculty, Office of Research & Sponsored Research

Q&A with Professor Karen Crawford: Paper on the Mexican Axolotl

April 10, 2014

Professor Karen Crawford of the biology department was published in the March 2014 issue of Nature Protocols, an online journal of laboratory protocols for bench researchers, and was awarded the publication’s cover shot. Featured was a paper that she co-authored during her sabbatical, entitled “Optimized Axolotl (Ambystoma mexicanum) Husbandry, Breeding, Metamorphosis, Transgenesis and Tamoxifen-mediated Recombination.” With a Find out more »

Filed Under: Campus & Community, Learning and Research Tagged With: Biology, Faculty

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