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USF Prescribed Fires
Controlled fires are periodically conducted at the University of South Florida's Forest Preserve by the Florida Forest Service to help restore the ecosystem by burning dead or dying plant matter
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FEMS article Spotlight on KT Scott
Recent article highlighting the career choices and research of KT Scott
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Karena Nguyen Wins AIBS Emerging Public Policy Leadership Award
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Recent publication
A global synthesis of animal phenological responses to climate change
Jeremy M. Cohen, Marc J. Lajeunesse & Jason R. Rohr
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USF Graduate, Christopher Staley, PhD Appointed Assistant Professor in Basic and Translational Surgery at University of Minnesota
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Recent publication by Loren Cassin Sackett
"Does the host matter? Variable influence of host traits on parasitism rates."
International Journal for Parasitology. Read more here
Publications coordinated by Christina Richards.
Ecological plant epigenetics: Evidence from model and non-model species, and the way forward
Christina L. Richards, Conchita Alonso, Claude Becker, Oliver Bossdorf, Etienne Bucher, Maria Colomé-Tatché, Walter Durka, Jan Engelhardt, Bence Gaspar, Andreas Gogol-Döring, Ivo Grosse, Thomas P. van Gurp, Katrin Heer, Ilkka Kronholm, Christian Lampei, Vít Latzel, Marie Mirouze, Lars Opgenoorth, Ovidiu Paun, Sonja J. Prohaska, Stefan A. Rensing, Peter F. Stadler, Emiliano Trucchi, Kristian Ullrich, Koen J. F. Verhoeven
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and more about the research group here
Genetic and epigenetic variation in Spartina alterniflorafollowing the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Marta Robertson, Aaron Schrey, Ashley Shayter, Christina J Moss, Christina Richards
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Dr Jeremy Cohen selected as one of three recipients of the 2017 Outstanding Thesis and Dissertation Award
Christina Richards Fulbright U.S. Scholar grant.
Enhancing the biology curriculum at University of South Florida and University of Rennes with ecological epigenetics: Merging ecology and epigenomics approaches to understand plant invasion. Read more here
Richards' lab recieves Australian Research Council Grant. Multi-trait plasticity in response to a changing climate
Emeritus Professor Sidney Pierce Featured in an Oral History of the Marine Biological Laboratory.
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Recent Motta Lab Publications. Read more here
An analysis of extraocular muscle forces in the Piked Dogfish Squalus acanthias (In Review)
Teeth penetration force of the tiger shark Galeocerdo cuvier and sandbar shark Carcharhinus plumbeus
Theoretical calculations of bite force in billfishes PDF
Experimental study of laminar and turbulent boundary layer separation control of shark skin PDF
Modulation of shark prey capture kinematics in response to sensory deprivation PDF
A kinematic investigation into the feeding behavior of the Goliath grouper Epinephelus itajara PDF
Martin Lab Publication
Costs of immune response are related to body mass and life history.
Brace, AJ, M LaJeunesse, JS Adelman, DR Ardia, DM Hawley, K Buchanan, JE Fair, J Grindstaff, KD Matson, and LB Martin. 2017. Journal of Experimental Zoology A, in press.
Martin Lab Publication
'Corticosterone regulation in house sparrows invading Senegal'
Lynn B. Martin, Holly J. Kilvitis, Massamba Thiam, Daniel R. Ardia
General and Comparative Endocrinology, 2017.
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Publication by Jeffrey P. Olberding and Stephen M. Deban
Effects of temperature and force requirements on muscle work and
power output. Journal of Experimental Biology. 2017
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Martin Lab has two publications accepted
Stress hormones predict a host superspreader phenotype in the West Nile virus system. Gervasi, SS, SC Burgan, E Hofmeister, TR Unnasch, and LB Martin. Proceedings of the Royal Society of London B: Biological Sciences, in press 2017.
Epigenetic Potential as a Mechanism of Phenotypic Plasticity in Vertebrate Range Expansions.
Holly Kilvitis. Integrative and Comparative Biology 2017
Sea cucumber species named after Professor Emeritus John Lawrence
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A new species of brooding Psolidae (Echinodermata: Holothuroidea) from deep-sea off Argentina, Southwestern Atlantic Ocean.
Mariano I. Martinez , Pablo E. Penchaszadeh. Deep-Sea Research Part II.
USF professor one of 14 world-changers named 2017 National Geographic Emerging Explorers
Groundbreaking research by USF evolutionary biologist and epidemiologist Ryan Carney uses virtual reality to help paleontologists learn more about dinosaurs.
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 USF Graduate Student Inspired to Make a Difference.
Integrative Biology graduate students bring science to the classroom at Pizzo Elementary. Find out more here
IB members participate in STEM outreach with local youth
Members of Integrative Biology volunteered with Athletes For Charity earlier this month to bring STEM activities to children from local schools. Find out more here (Student News and awards)
American Genetics Association's Evolutionary, Ecological, or Conservation Genomics Grant Received by Nic Kooyers
"Investigating the role of pleiotropy in the adaptive divergence of plant defense arsenals."
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Former Integrative Biology (Martin Lab) student featured in inspirational 'Fierce Womens Collective' news articleRead more here
Kooyers Lab Publication
Optimal Defense Theory explains deviations from latitudinal herbivory defense hypothesis.
Nic Kooyers, Liza Holeski and Ben Blackman. Ecology, 98(4), 2017, pp. 1036–1048
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Bell Lab. Publication
Three- dimensional interstitial space mediates predator foraging success in different spatial arrangements
Stephen G. Hesterberg, C. Cole Duckett, Elizabeth A. Salewski, and Susan S. Bell. Ecology, 98(4), 2017, pp. 1153–1162
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Richards Lab. Publication
Genetic and epigenetic variation in Spartina alterniflora following the Deepwater Horizon oil spill
Marta Robertson, Aaron Schrey, Ashley Shayter, Christina J Moss, Christina Richards. Evolutionary Applications. 2017;1–10
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 NSF Grant Awarded to Downs (Hamilton College), Martin (USF Integrative Biology), Jiang (USF Public Health), Ball (Lowry Park Zoo)
Constraints of biomass on innate immunity across terrestrial mammals
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Publication by Martin Lab.
Costs of immunity and their role in the range expansion of the house sparrow in Kenya.
Lynn B. Martin, Holly J. Kilvitis, Amber J. BraceLaken Cooper, Mark F. Haussmann, Alex Mutati, Vincent Fasanello, Sara O'Brien, Daniel R. Ardia
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Publication by Scott lab. selected as 'Spotlight' article in Journal of Bacteriology. January 2017
Proteomic and Mutant Analysis of the CO2 Concentrating Mechanism of Hydrothermal Vent Chemolithoautotroph Thiomicrospira crunogena
Including 107 undergraduate student coauthors
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Nic Kooyers publishes research on how niche divergence between two monkeyflower species is mediated by trait evolution.
'Competition drives trait evolution and character displacement between Mimulusspecies along an environmental gradient'
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Publication by Sidney K. Pierce
A Preliminary Molecular and Phylogenetic Analysis of the Genome of a Novel Endogenous Retrovirus in the Sea Slug Elysia chlorotica.
Sidney K. Pierce, Padmanabhan Mahadevan, Steven E. Massey, and Michael L. Middlebrooks. Biol. Bull. 231: 236–244. (December 2016).
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Suzanne Young, Jason Rohr and Valerie (Jody) Harwood co-author paper on vancomycin-resistant enterococci bacterial release into the environment in the 2014 St. Petersburg, FL sewage spill
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Lynn (Marty) Martin and Sarah Burgan publish study on host competence: an organismal trait to integrate immunology and epidemiology
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Valerie (Jody) Harwood publishes review study on current status of marker genes of Bacteriodes and related taxa for identifying sewage pollution in environmental waters
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Jason Rohr authors study comparing pros and cons of ecological risk assessment based on data from different levels of biological organization
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Edward Haller joins group of USF researchers in groundbreaking study on effects of ischemic stroke on spinal cord
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Jeffrey Scales, Charlotte Stinson and Stephen Deban compare muscle architecture and elastic and nonelastic feeding movements in two salamander species
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Chantale Bégin recently took her class of 20 USF students in Tropical Marine Ecosystems to the British Virgin Islands for hands-on experiences in learning about marine ecosystems
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Brad Gemmell's studies on jellyfish locomotion featured in an article in Scientific American Online
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Jeremy Cohen, David Civitello, Amber Brace, Erin Feichtinger, Nicole Ortega, Jason Richardson, Erin Sauer and Jason Rohr publish a study on how spatial scale modulates the strength of ecological processes driving disease distributions
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Gordon Fox interviewed on WMNF 88.1 FM Radio about climate change and spread of animal and plant diseases
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Sarah Burgan and Lynn (Marty) Martin join Stephanie Gervasi and others in discovery that mosquitos feed more and breed more when feeding on hosts under stress
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Through the donations of Tom and Beverly Porter, USF Integrative Biology students experience valuable research opportunities
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Jason Rohr receives USF 2016 Jerome Krivanek Distinguished Teacher Award
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USF and the Florida Board of Governors establishes the USF Center for Infectious Disease Ecology Research (CIDER)
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Chantale Bégin co-authors a study on the effects of protection and sediment stress on coral reefs in Saint Lucia
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Lynn (Marty) Martin co-authors paper on how malaria infection negatively affects feather growth in house sparrows
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Jason Rohr co-authors study on how foraging modality and plasticity in foraging traits determine the strength of competition between carnivorous plants, spiders and toads.
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Philip Motta is featured in a story about king mackerel feeding habits in Florida Sportsman magazine.
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Chantale Bégin and Christopher Osovitz are given Project STEER (Systemic Transformation of Education through Evidence-Based Reforms) awards for course redesign proposals to enhance curriculum to improve STEM student retention rate
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Lynn (Marty) Martin co-authors paper on host behavior-parasite feedback: an essential link between animal behavior and disease ecology
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Mary Mangiapia and Kathleen (KT) Scott's paper on energetic expense of gammaproteobacteria (CBB) and epsilonproteobacteria (rCAC) creating biomass selected Editor's Choice in FEMS Microbiology Letters.
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Gordon Fox and Kathyleen (KT) Scott co-author paper on dissolved inorganic carbon uptake in Thiomicrospira crunogena XCL-2 gammaproteobacteria
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DEPARTMENT SEMINARS
The IB Seminar Series will be held in the CAS Multidisciplinary Complex (CMC 147), 3:30PM on Thursdays, starting August 24th 2017. (CMC is along Leroy Collins Blvd, parking lot 2A/B, near BSF) MAP
Science Teaching Accelerated Master's Program
- Bachelors in Biology and accelerated Masters in Teaching in five years.
- Scholarships available.
Internships for Undergraduates in Science Education Research
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