A scientific article published earlier this year by Professor of Biology Ron Mumme was picked up by BirdWatching Magazine in August.
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Seventeen Allegheny students participated in the Sigma Xi Undergraduate Research and Creative Accomplishment Conference held at Penn State Behrend on April 12. They are (with their faculty advisors listed in parentheses): Leanne Balster ’14 (Stephanie Martin and Ben Slote), Patricia Belle ’14 (Brad Hersh), Mark Burkhart ’14 (Scott Wissinger), Jordan Gaston ’16 (Tricia Humphreys), Shelby
Professor of Biology, Neuroscience, and Global Health Studies E. Lee Coates and Professor of Physics Dan Willey recently presented “Development of an Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities Office at Allegheny College” at a Council on Undergraduate Research workshop held in Alexandria, Virginia. Coates also presented “Development of a Summer Research Community” during one of
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Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology Christy Donmoyer, with Paul Vojtek ’15 and Abbey Turner ’16, presented a seminar at Active Aging in Meadville. Their presentation, “A Closer Look at the Eye and Macular Degeneration,” will play on Armstrong Cable.
Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology Matthew Venesky recently had a manuscript accepted in The Journal of Zoology. The paper, on tadpole feeding biomechanics, is coauthored with five Brazilian colleagues and is part of an international research collaboration that Professor Venesky has with a team of South American scientists.
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Students from Assistant Professor of Biology Becky Dawson’s Junior Seminar — Erica Bryson, Kevin Crooks, Hana Falein, Cailyn Lingwall, Mary Nagel, Kim Seymour, Paul Vojtek, and Alejandro Weil — presented “A Proposed Methodology for Conducting a Community Health Needs Assessment in Meadville, PA” at the Regional Science Consortium 9th Annual Research Symposium in Erie on
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Annie Homan ’13, Hudson Stoner ’13, and Professor of Biology and Neuroscience Lee Coates recently presented research at the annual Society for Neuroscience meeting held in San Diego. The title of the presentation was “Vitamin A deficiency attenuates olfactory receptor neuron responses in mice.” Annie is a PhD candidate at the University of Pittsburgh’s Center
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Professor of Biology and Neuroscience Lee Coates and co-authors Jessica Kenemuth ’10, Shane Hennessy ’10, Ryan Hanson ’10, and Allison Hensler ’11 recently published the article “Investigation of Nasal CO2 Receptor Transduction Mechanisms in Wild-Type and GC-D Knockout Mice” in the journal Chemical Senses. This work reports results from the students’ summer research and Senior Projects. Jessica and Allison are in dental school at the University
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Visiting Assistant Professor in Biology Matthew D. Venesky has had two first-authored manuscripts accepted for publication: “Linking Manipulative Experiments to Field Data to Test the Dilution Effect” has been accepted by the Journal of Animal Ecology and “Confronting Inconsistencies in the Amphibian-Chytridiomycosis System: Implications for Disease management” has been accepted by the journal Biological Reviews. Additionally, Professor Venesky was recently selected as
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Erin Nawrocki ’13 and Assistant Professor of Biology Tricia Humphreys presented a poster titled “Formation and Structure of Biofilms in Wild Type and Mutant Haemophilus ducreyi” at the 113th American Society for Microbiology general meeting in Denver. Erin attended the meeting as an ASM Undergraduate Research Fellow. Jordan Gaston ’16 and Professor Humphreys presented a poster titled
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