Biological Sciences
Students Recognized at American Society of Ichthyologists & Herpetologists
Several Cal Poly Humboldt students were recognized at the annual conference for the American Society of Ichthyologists & Herpetologists.
Intro To Suturing Workshop
PreMed and PreVet Society students organized an event called Intro To Suturing Workshop on April 25. They invited Dr. Bret Gorham from Providence St. Joseph Hospital and Dr. Ellie Carrier from North Coast Veterinary Hospital.
Roxann Schroeder
Roxann Schroeder, lecturer in Biology and ESM, has written an online textbook, Human Genetics: Understanding How Genes Work, to support students in the Human Genetics class.
Students and faculty from several...
Students and faculty from several departments have been studying the effects that grazing by brant geese have on a widespread marine plant, eelgrass, which provides numerous ecosystem services within estuaries.
John Reiss and Karen Kiemnec-Tyburczy have...
John Reiss and Karen Kiemnec-Tyburczy have been awarded a 3-year National Science Foundation (Division of Integrative Organismal Systems) grant to study the evolution of olfaction across multiple species of lungless salamanders with different developmental modes.
NSF Career award. One of the most...
Catalina Cuellar-Gempeler earned the NSF Career award, one of the most prestigious awards offered by NSF.
Undergraduate Karley Rojas (Botany) has...
Undergraduate Karley Rojas (Botany) has received a science fellowship from the Agricultural Research Institute for their proposed study of native plants that have the potential to be utilized in the context of agroecosystem building as consistent with regional TEK.
Karen Kiemnec-Tyburczy and co-authors...
Karen Kiemnec-Tyburczy and co-authors published a paper "A New Perspective on Female-to-Male Communication in Salamander Courtship" in Integrative and Comparative Biology. The paper can be viewed at https://doi.org/10.1093/icb/icaa087