Publications
Symbiosis Vol 43 Number 2, 2007
Dr. Pierce's article in Symbiosis
You can read this article which provides the
first evidence of horizontal gene transfer between multicellular species.
In the News
Thomas L. Crisman, Patel Professor of Environment, was elected chair of the board
of advisors for the US-Israel Binational Science Foundation based in Jerusalem.
Crisman is one of five American advisors and has served BSF since his appointment
by the US Department of State in 1997.
He will serve as co-chair for 2008-2009 and
chair for 2009-2010. The BSF was established in 1972 by a joint action of the US
and Israeli governments and distributes approximately $13 million annually in cooperative
research grants in any field of science, including engineering and medicine. BSF
grants are considered the most coveted funding available for Israeli scientists,
and a large number of Nobel prizes have been awarded to past awardees.
Professor, Integrative Biology, to participate in forum on Climate Change and National Security
Seminars
Henry Mushinsky and Earl McCoy are giving a seminar Thursday, October 1, CHEM 217 @ 3:30, titled "Conservation biology, advocacy and a race to extinction: the Gopher Tortoise and the Sand Skink"
Christopher Osovitz will be presenting a talk titled
"California's complex coastline: Biogeographic patterns of gene expression in marine invertebrates", Thursday, October 8, CHEM
217@ 3:30.
Matthew Neilson is giving a talk on Thursday titled "Big ideas from small fishes:
Lessons in biodiversity and evolution from Gobiid fishes", October 15, CHEM 217@ 3:30.
Brian Badgley, University of South Florida Integrative Biology, will be giving his Ph.D. Defense, titled “The Importance of Benthic Habitats as Reservoirs of Persistent Fecal Indicator Bacteria”, Thursday, October 22, CHEM 217@ 3:30.
Peter Harries is giving a talk titled "What Controls Long-term Origination? Comparing Biotic and Abiotic Controls", on Thursday, October 29, CHEM 217@ 3:30.
Michael McCoy is giving a talk titled "Crossing the Boundaries: Complex Life Histories and Species Interactions Across Habitats.", on Thursday, November 5, CHEM 217@ 3:30.
Daniel Coenen from the University of Florida is giving a talk titled "Projecting Regional Climate Change in Florida via GIS-Based Downscaling of a General Circulation Model.", on Thursday, November 19, CHEM 217@ 3:30.
Tonia Hsieh from the University of Florida is giving the last talk of the fall seminar series, titled "The Evolution of Terrestriality in a Marine Fish.", on Thursday, December 3, CHEM 217@ 3:30.
The Fall schedule of seminars, meeting in CHEM 217 at 3:30 PM is as follows:
Thursday Seminars, Integrative Biology, CHEM 217
Research
Dr. Phil Motta
The Hammerhead Shark
Dr. Motta is featured in the Office
of Research & Scholarship newsletter (PDF). Go to page 5 to read about
his research on hammerhead sharks.
Awards
Jason Rohr, Assistant Professor in Integrative Biology, has been selected to receive an Outstanding
Research Achievement Award from the USF Office of Research & Innovation for his exemplary work in 2008. To see what Jason and
his team have been doing, visit his website . The award will be
presented October 9. Congratulations, Jason!
Student Awards
Graduate Students David Jennings and Joshua Kuhlman were recipients of Sigma Xi grants.
Congratulations to two students in the Martin Lab.
Josh Kuhlman (graduate student) was awarded $300 from the American
Ornithologists Union for travel to its annual conference in Portland.
Jen Alam (undergraduate student) was awarded $1000 from the USF
Honors College to travel to Kenya in June with Dr. Martin to study house sparrow
physiology.
Congratulations to Sarah Smiley (McCoy Lab) who has been awarded
the ASM-AIBS Public Policy Internship for the fall. This 3-month position in Washington,
DC is intended to give promising young scientists insight into how federal science
policy is formulated.