SPRING 2015

As this year winds down I want to encourage you all to remember what you have accomplished this past year and to register for those of you not graduating next semester, be it in the summer or fall! I just spent spring break with 15 IPFW students in Intro to Marine Biology Biol 140 in Costa Rica. It was a rewarding intensive field lab with students doing intertidal transects, 2 estuary tours, a deep ocean snorkel trip, numerous coastal and local reef snorkel trips, a dry forest zip line lab, and many nightly patrols to work with and learn about marine turtles. You get out of your University education what you put in with regard to effort and learning. Taking all the opportunities you can to engage with the professors, their research, and to engage with them in and outside the classroom is an important part of that experience. I will try in the future to teach this Marine Biology class in the summer when some of you may be able to fit in the intensive field lab in Central America. Following are a few photos of the students and my grad student assistant, Lindsay McKenna, an MS Biology student, and Dr. Nate Robinson.

Frank V. Paladino Ph. D. FAAASJack W. Schrey Distinguished ProfessorChair of Biology

IPFW is an Equal Opportunity/Equal Access University.

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A daytime Olive Ridley turtle and on an estuary tour with Enrique.

Turtle returns to the sea, Lindsay and Erica Evans count her eggs.

Zip lining in a dry forest and snorkeling at Pirates cove.

Don’t let the sun set on your education here in biology. Take full advantage of all the learning experiences we have to offer. Congratulations to all our graduate this year and we wish you all the greatest success!

INDIANA UNIVERSITY–PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNECOLLEGE OF ARTS AND SCIENCES

DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGY

DEPARTMENT OF BIOLOGYINDIANA UNIVERSITY–PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE

2101 East Coliseum BoulevardFort Wayne, Indiana 46805-1499

BIOscope is an information bulletin published three times during the academic year by the IPFW Department of Biology. It is posted electronically in PDF format on the Department of Biology Web site. Students wishing to submit items for the next issue should contact the editor, Professor Ahmed Mustafa, at 260-481-6328, or mustafaa@ipfw.edu.

Message froM the DepartMent Chair

INDIANA UNIVERSITY–PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE

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Bioscope, Spring 2015

the following students will receive the Bachelor of science:

these students will receive the Master of science:

CongratULations to the 2014-2015 graDUates

CoMpLeteD graDUate thesis- spring 2015

Kellie AdkinsSameha AlbayyariZane AndersonKalyssa BontragerJudy ChangAlicia De LeonJessica EashCharles EllinwoodDeavin EvistonCeleste GrubaughRachel HabeggerJennifer HammondJason Kalonji

Jamison LawCydney LockJustin MartinParker Martin Kevan MenschNicole NewmanJulie PainterHallel ParaisoShreya PatelCuri RamseyMicah RappSamantha RupertSara Scritchfield

Miloslava ShustovaAmanda SmithRyan SmithAmanda StofferCorey ThompsonJacob TorkeoLucas VorndranKristen WeimerSteven Wilkinson

outstanding senior Biology awardMicah A. RappAmanda J. Stoffer

Leo and Jack Jehl Memorial scholarshipJanine L. Bennett

emil r. seidel scholarshipDrake M. BowersAmy N. Swihart

Bryson & ernest henebry scholarshipNathan W. SchreiberAaron J. Rudolph

The following biology students have successfully completed the following honors projects:

Amanda Stoffer (Faculty Mentor: Professor George Mourad): “Genetic and biochemical characterization of the putative xanthine and uric acid transporters from the bacterial causative agent Paenibacillus larvae of the American Foulbrood disease (AFB) in honey bee.”

Hallel Paraiso (Faculty Mentor: Assistant Professor of Chemistry Peng Jing) “A Novel Integration Method for Inserting Portal Proteins in to Planar Bilayer Membranes.”

Student: Jacob JanssenMajor Advisor: Assistant Professor Tanya SouleThesis Title: A Two-Component Regulatory System Associated with Scytonemin Biosynthesis in Nostoc punctiforme ATCC 29133

Student: Julianne KovalMajor Advisor: Professor Frank PaladinoThesis Title: Use of Microsatellites to Compare Solitary vs Arribada Nesting Olive Ridley Turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) Along the Eastern Pacific Coast of Costa Rica

Student: Sejuti NaurinMajor Advisor: Assistant Professor Tanya SouleThesis Title: Assessing the Role of a Putative Response Regulator in Sunscreen Biosynthesis in the Cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme ATCC 29133

Student: Regina ShannonMajor Advisor: Professor Ahmed MustafaThesis Title: Stress Susceptibility of Echinoderms Reared Under Aquaculture Conditions

Student: Jennifer SwiggsMajor Advisor: Professor Frank PaladinoThesis Title: The Effect of Incubation Conditions on Leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) and Green (Chelonia mydas) Sea Turtle Hatchling Survival

Student: Sasha TetzlaffMajor Advisor: Professor Bruce KingsburyThesis Title: To Forage, Mate or Thermoregulate? Influence of Food Supplementation on Behavior of the Rattlesnake Sistrurus catenatus

Student: Savanna VaughnMajor Advisor: Professor Bruce KingsburyThesis Title: Short-term Response of Deer Mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) and White-footed Mice (Peromyscus leucopus) to Invasive Shrub Control

Chelsea Clyde-BrockwayChristopher Culkin Jacob Janssen Julianne Koval Sejuti Naurin

Regina Shannon Jennifer Swiggs Sasha TetzlaffSavanna Vaughn

SPRING 2015

INDIANA UNIVERSITY–PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE

CoMpLeteD graDUate thesis- spring 2015 (ContinUeD)

2015 sChoLarship/aWarD Winners

2015 honors shoWCase

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FALL 2014BIOscope

Bioscope, Spring 2015

the following students will receive the Bachelor of science:

these students will receive the Master of science:

CongratULations to the 2014-2015 graDUates

CoMpLeteD graDUate thesis- spring 2015

Kellie AdkinsSameha AlbayyariZane AndersonKalyssa BontragerJudy ChangAlicia De LeonJessica EashCharles EllinwoodDeavin EvistonCeleste GrubaughRachel HabeggerJennifer HammondJason Kalonji

Jamison LawCydney LockJustin MartinParker Martin Kevan MenschNicole NewmanJulie PainterHallel ParaisoShreya PatelCuri RamseyMicah RappSamantha RupertSara Scritchfield

Miloslava ShustovaAmanda SmithRyan SmithAmanda StofferCorey ThompsonJacob TorkeoLucas VorndranKristen WeimerSteven Wilkinson

outstanding senior Biology awardMicah A. RappAmanda J. Stoffer

Leo and Jack Jehl Memorial scholarshipJanine L. Bennett

emil r. seidel scholarshipDrake M. BowersAmy N. Swihart

Bryson & ernest henebry scholarshipNathan W. SchreiberAaron J. Rudolph

The following biology students have successfully completed the following honors projects:

Amanda Stoffer (Faculty Mentor: Professor George Mourad): “Genetic and biochemical characterization of the putative xanthine and uric acid transporters from the bacterial causative agent Paenibacillus larvae of the American Foulbrood disease (AFB) in honey bee.”

Hallel Paraiso (Faculty Mentor: Assistant Professor of Chemistry Peng Jing) “A Novel Integration Method for Inserting Portal Proteins in to Planar Bilayer Membranes.”

Student: Jacob JanssenMajor Advisor: Assistant Professor Tanya SouleThesis Title: A Two-Component Regulatory System Associated with Scytonemin Biosynthesis in Nostoc punctiforme ATCC 29133

Student: Julianne KovalMajor Advisor: Professor Frank PaladinoThesis Title: Use of Microsatellites to Compare Solitary vs Arribada Nesting Olive Ridley Turtles (Lepidochelys olivacea) Along the Eastern Pacific Coast of Costa Rica

Student: Sejuti NaurinMajor Advisor: Assistant Professor Tanya SouleThesis Title: Assessing the Role of a Putative Response Regulator in Sunscreen Biosynthesis in the Cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme ATCC 29133

Student: Regina ShannonMajor Advisor: Professor Ahmed MustafaThesis Title: Stress Susceptibility of Echinoderms Reared Under Aquaculture Conditions

Student: Jennifer SwiggsMajor Advisor: Professor Frank PaladinoThesis Title: The Effect of Incubation Conditions on Leatherback (Dermochelys coriacea) and Green (Chelonia mydas) Sea Turtle Hatchling Survival

Student: Sasha TetzlaffMajor Advisor: Professor Bruce KingsburyThesis Title: To Forage, Mate or Thermoregulate? Influence of Food Supplementation on Behavior of the Rattlesnake Sistrurus catenatus

Student: Savanna VaughnMajor Advisor: Professor Bruce KingsburyThesis Title: Short-term Response of Deer Mice (Peromyscus maniculatus) and White-footed Mice (Peromyscus leucopus) to Invasive Shrub Control

Chelsea Clyde-BrockwayChristopher Culkin Jacob Janssen Julianne Koval Sejuti Naurin

Regina Shannon Jennifer Swiggs Sasha TetzlaffSavanna Vaughn

SPRING 2015

INDIANA UNIVERSITY–PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE

CoMpLeteD graDUate thesis- spring 2015 (ContinUeD)

2015 sChoLarship/aWarD Winners

2015 honors shoWCase

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Bioscope, Spring 2015

2015 tri-Beta inDUCtees

spring 2015 BioLogY teaChing anD researCh assistants

This year 20 outstanding biology students from IPFW have been honored with the life time membership of Beta Beta Beta - Biological Honor Society. These students received their membership at the induction ceremony held March 23, 2015. The inductees are: undergraduate students Janine Bennett, Shannon Calder, Kelsie Carlson, Kayla Chin, Jessica Eash, Ian Gatchell, Isaac Jinks, Min Jung Kim, Adreian Paul and Kara Scobey; and graduate students Trevor Baugher, Alicia Conrad, Md Ibraham, Julie Jeszenszky, Mursalin Khan, Lynne Koepper, Julianne Koval, Eric Stadig, Savanna Vaughn and Adam Warrix.

Kalyssa Bontrager has been accepted to the Indiana University Dental School.

Charles Ellinwood has been accepted to the Indiana University Dental School.

Deavin Eviston has been accepted to the Ball State University M.A./M.S. Physiology program. Jessica Glant has been accepted to Idaho State’s Physician Assistant program. Colton Johnson has been accepted to Louisiana State University Medical School.

Jason Kalonji has been accepted to Virginia Commonwealth University in a Clinical Lab Science program.

Crystal Rivera has been accepted to Purdue University PharmD program.

Ravinder Kaur has been admitted to the Physician Assistant Program at Manchester College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Manchester, New Hampshire.

SPRING 2015

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stUDents MoVing forWarD

VoiCe of a graDUate stUDent

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2015 Tri-Beta inductees and officers of Xi-Epsilon Chapter, IPFW (Photo: James Whitcraft).

spring 2015 biology teaching and research assistants (photo: James Whitcraft).

Eric Stadig, a new graduate student

has been more than accommodating & has provided me opportunities I wasn't privileged to at previous positions. So far I'm very happy with my decision to become a Mastodon!

Just in the past three months, I have been inducted in the collegiate honor society Beta Beta Beta, was awarded a $400 graduate student travel grant, and given the opportunity to present research at numerous conferences, both locally (Fort Wayne) in April at the Tri-State Watershed Alliance River's Summit as well as nationally (in Vermont) at the International Association of Great Lakes Research (IAGLR) conference in late May.

Eric StadigBiology Graduate Student

This is my first semester at Indiana University-Purdue University (IPFW)! To be honest, being a non-traditional student, I was a little worried when I first started. I left a solid job with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service working as a fish biologist (researching fisheries & invasive ecology on the Great Lakes), and took the chance/risk of leaving to finish my masters degree. The reason I am pursuing my M.Sc. at IPFW is to become a better scientist, researcher, civil servant and scientific leader for the Great Lakes community. Under the advisement and tutelage of Dr. Robert Gillespie, this transition back to school has been an easy one. IPFW

FALL 2014BIOscope

Bioscope, Spring 2015

2015 tri-Beta inDUCtees

spring 2015 BioLogY teaChing anD researCh assistants

This year 20 outstanding biology students from IPFW have been honored with the life time membership of Beta Beta Beta - Biological Honor Society. These students received their membership at the induction ceremony held March 23, 2015. The inductees are: undergraduate students Janine Bennett, Shannon Calder, Kelsie Carlson, Kayla Chin, Jessica Eash, Ian Gatchell, Isaac Jinks, Min Jung Kim, Adreian Paul and Kara Scobey; and graduate students Trevor Baugher, Alicia Conrad, Md Ibraham, Julie Jeszenszky, Mursalin Khan, Lynne Koepper, Julianne Koval, Eric Stadig, Savanna Vaughn and Adam Warrix.

Kalyssa Bontrager has been accepted to the Indiana University Dental School.

Charles Ellinwood has been accepted to the Indiana University Dental School.

Deavin Eviston has been accepted to the Ball State University M.A./M.S. Physiology program. Jessica Glant has been accepted to Idaho State’s Physician Assistant program. Colton Johnson has been accepted to Louisiana State University Medical School.

Jason Kalonji has been accepted to Virginia Commonwealth University in a Clinical Lab Science program.

Crystal Rivera has been accepted to Purdue University PharmD program.

Ravinder Kaur has been admitted to the Physician Assistant Program at Manchester College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences in Manchester, New Hampshire.

SPRING 2015

INDIANA UNIVERSITY–PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE

stUDents MoVing forWarD

VoiCe of a graDUate stUDent

BIOscope

2015 Tri-Beta inductees and officers of Xi-Epsilon Chapter, IPFW (Photo: James Whitcraft).

spring 2015 biology teaching and research assistants (photo: James Whitcraft).

Eric Stadig, a new graduate student

has been more than accommodating & has provided me opportunities I wasn't privileged to at previous positions. So far I'm very happy with my decision to become a Mastodon!

Just in the past three months, I have been inducted in the collegiate honor society Beta Beta Beta, was awarded a $400 graduate student travel grant, and given the opportunity to present research at numerous conferences, both locally (Fort Wayne) in April at the Tri-State Watershed Alliance River's Summit as well as nationally (in Vermont) at the International Association of Great Lakes Research (IAGLR) conference in late May.

Eric StadigBiology Graduate Student

This is my first semester at Indiana University-Purdue University (IPFW)! To be honest, being a non-traditional student, I was a little worried when I first started. I left a solid job with U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service working as a fish biologist (researching fisheries & invasive ecology on the Great Lakes), and took the chance/risk of leaving to finish my masters degree. The reason I am pursuing my M.Sc. at IPFW is to become a better scientist, researcher, civil servant and scientific leader for the Great Lakes community. Under the advisement and tutelage of Dr. Robert Gillespie, this transition back to school has been an easy one. IPFW

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Bioscope, Spring 2015

CoUrse annoUnCeMents

tri-Beta faCULtY aWarD

A Electives

BIOL 33500 | 58600* – Animal Behavior

BIOL 44500 – Aquatic Biology Lecture w/lab

BIOL 51810 – Biomedicine

ENTM 20600 – General Applied Entomology

ENTM 20700 – General Applied Entomology lab

FNR 22500 – Dendrology

B Electives

BIOL 21500 - Basic Human Anatomy (w/lab)

BIOL 38100 - Cell Biology

BIOL 43700 - General Microbiology (w/lab)

BIOL 50600 – Human Molecular Genetics

BIOL 53300 – Medical Microbiology

BIOL 59500-01 – Crse: Proteins Structure Function

BIOL 59500-02 – Crse: Insect Vector-Borne Diseases

*BIOL 58600 – Ethology

SPRING 2015

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tri-Beta speCiaL aWarD

Coas faCULtY in foCUs

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fall 2015 – Biology electives

Note: Any of the lower level courses (from the above list) can be taken as an upper level course upon consultation with the course instructor.

For graduate students, BIOL 586, Ethology, is available in fall 2015 in case you are looking for a course in the ecology – evolutionary biology realm. Speak to professor Bruce Kingsbury for more details.

2015 tri-Beta faculty award recipient assistant professor Jordan Marshall receiving the award from ipfW Chancellor professor Vicky Carwein (photo: James Whitcraft)

2015 tri-Beta special award recipient Dr. parveen Quarrar receiving the award from ipfW Chancellor professor Vicky Carwein photo: James Whitcraft)

Dr. Jordan Marshall is an assistant professor of biology with a research and teaching focus in plant ecology. Prior to IPFW, Dr. Marshall was a post-doc at Michigan Technological University investigating trapping behavior of emerald ash borer, as well as tree responses to this pest. He earned his Ph.D. at The University of Tennessee in Natural Resources, M.S. at Michigan Technological University in Forestry, and B.S. at Ball State University in Natural Resources and Environmental Management. Dr. Marshall's research interests include Ecology and Distribution of Plants, Management and Interactions of Invasive Species, and Plant Responses to Environmental Stress. Current research includes plant species diversity and distributions in sand dunes, tree infestation by pests and mortality rates, shade and drought stress in native and exotic species. Courses taught by Dr. Marshall at IPFW include Field Botany, Biology of Plants, Principles of Structure and Function, Fundamentals of Horticulture, and Introduction of Environmental Conservation.

This year, 2015, Tri-Beta has given a special award to Dr. Parveen Quarrar, who is not only committed to fostering intellectual growth through teaching but also providing inclusive excellence and diversity, modeling and developing outstanding student leadership, and encouraging involvement in campus, local, national and global communities.

Faculty in Focus is a student-focused series sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences (COAS). Faculty in Focus presentations feature COAS faculty discussing interesting aspects of their research interests in a relaxed atmosphere. These allow IPFW students to delve into and learn about research areas often not covered in the classroom. This spring, biology professor Ahmed Mustafa was highlighted in Focus. The topic of his presentation was “Pharmaceuticals from the Water: Recent Advances in Aquaculture.”

FALL 2014BIOscope

Bioscope, Spring 2015

CoUrse annoUnCeMents

tri-Beta faCULtY aWarD

A Electives

BIOL 33500 | 58600* – Animal Behavior

BIOL 44500 – Aquatic Biology Lecture w/lab

BIOL 51810 – Biomedicine

ENTM 20600 – General Applied Entomology

ENTM 20700 – General Applied Entomology lab

FNR 22500 – Dendrology

B Electives

BIOL 21500 - Basic Human Anatomy (w/lab)

BIOL 38100 - Cell Biology

BIOL 43700 - General Microbiology (w/lab)

BIOL 50600 – Human Molecular Genetics

BIOL 53300 – Medical Microbiology

BIOL 59500-01 – Crse: Proteins Structure Function

BIOL 59500-02 – Crse: Insect Vector-Borne Diseases

*BIOL 58600 – Ethology

SPRING 2015

INDIANA UNIVERSITY–PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE

tri-Beta speCiaL aWarD

Coas faCULtY in foCUs

BIOscope

fall 2015 – Biology electives

Note: Any of the lower level courses (from the above list) can be taken as an upper level course upon consultation with the course instructor.

For graduate students, BIOL 586, Ethology, is available in fall 2015 in case you are looking for a course in the ecology – evolutionary biology realm. Speak to professor Bruce Kingsbury for more details.

2015 tri-Beta faculty award recipient assistant professor Jordan Marshall receiving the award from ipfW Chancellor professor Vicky Carwein (photo: James Whitcraft)

2015 tri-Beta special award recipient Dr. parveen Quarrar receiving the award from ipfW Chancellor professor Vicky Carwein photo: James Whitcraft)

Dr. Jordan Marshall is an assistant professor of biology with a research and teaching focus in plant ecology. Prior to IPFW, Dr. Marshall was a post-doc at Michigan Technological University investigating trapping behavior of emerald ash borer, as well as tree responses to this pest. He earned his Ph.D. at The University of Tennessee in Natural Resources, M.S. at Michigan Technological University in Forestry, and B.S. at Ball State University in Natural Resources and Environmental Management. Dr. Marshall's research interests include Ecology and Distribution of Plants, Management and Interactions of Invasive Species, and Plant Responses to Environmental Stress. Current research includes plant species diversity and distributions in sand dunes, tree infestation by pests and mortality rates, shade and drought stress in native and exotic species. Courses taught by Dr. Marshall at IPFW include Field Botany, Biology of Plants, Principles of Structure and Function, Fundamentals of Horticulture, and Introduction of Environmental Conservation.

This year, 2015, Tri-Beta has given a special award to Dr. Parveen Quarrar, who is not only committed to fostering intellectual growth through teaching but also providing inclusive excellence and diversity, modeling and developing outstanding student leadership, and encouraging involvement in campus, local, national and global communities.

Faculty in Focus is a student-focused series sponsored by the College of Arts and Sciences (COAS). Faculty in Focus presentations feature COAS faculty discussing interesting aspects of their research interests in a relaxed atmosphere. These allow IPFW students to delve into and learn about research areas often not covered in the classroom. This spring, biology professor Ahmed Mustafa was highlighted in Focus. The topic of his presentation was “Pharmaceuticals from the Water: Recent Advances in Aquaculture.”

Janine Bannett, an undergraduate student of biology (Faculty Mentor: Assistant Professor Tanya Soule), received a received a $1,700 senior research grant from the Indiana Academy of Sciences for the project entitled, “Expression of genes associated with sunscreen biosynthesis in a regulatory mutant of the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme.

Bruce Kingsbury, Professor of Biology, received a $58,098 grant from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources for a project entitled, “Surveys for the Eastern Massasauga in Indiana.” Professor Kingsbury and his graduate student Taylor Lehman will lead the research over the next few years.

James Price, a graduate student of biology (Faculty Mentor: Professor Frank Paladino), received a $4,000 grant from the PADI Foundation for his graduate research project entitled, "Developmental effects on green turtle microbial communities".

Adam Warrix, a graduate student of biology (Faculty Mentor: Assistant Professor Jordan Marshall), received a $425 grant from the Little River Wetlands Project for a research entitled, “Influence of Fire on Callery Pear in a Managed Prairie System”.

FALL 2014BIOscope

Bioscope, Spring 2015

reCent BioLogY pUBLiCations

Anuta, J.D., Buentello, A., Patnaik, S., Hume, M.E., Mustafa, A., Gatlin III, D. M., and Lawrence, A. L. 2015. Effects of dietary supplementation of a commercial prebiotic (PrevidaTM) on survival, growth, immune responses and gut microbiota of Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei Aquaculture Nutrition (In Press).

Cyrus, A. Z. and Peters, W. S. 2014. The cannibalistic snail Agaronia propatula (Caenogastropoda, Mollusca) is reluctant to feed on autotomized ‘tails’ of conspecifics. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology. 47: 285−290

Cyrus, A. Z., Swiggs, J., Santidrian, T. P., Paladino, F. V., and Peters, W. S. 2015. Cannibalism causes size-dependent intraspecific predation pressure but does not trigger autotomy in the intertidal gastropod Agaronia propatula. Journal of Molluscan Studies (In Press). doi: 10.1093/ mollus/eyv007.

Daniel J, Sirakova T., and Kolattukudy P. 2014. An Acyl-CoA Synthetase in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Involved in Triacylglycerol Accumulation during Dormancy. PLoS One 9: e114877.

Habegger, R.A., and Marshall, J.M. 2015. Relationships between algal biomass and diversity with stream size and adjacent land use. Fine Focus 1, 21-28.

Marshall, J.M. 2014. Noteworthy collection of Papaver rhoeas from Indiana. Phytoneuron 112, 1-4.

Shannon, R. and Mustafa, A. 2015. Stress susceptibility of echinoderms under aquaculture conditions. Global Aquaculture Alliance Magazine- The Advocate, March-April, 2015, Page 26-27.

Tetzlaff, S.J. and Ravesi, M.J. 2015. Glyptemys insculpta (Wood Turtle) Death. Herpetological Review (In Press).

Tetzlaff, S.J., Allender, M.C., Ravesi, M.J., Smith, J. A. and Kingsbury, B.A. 2015. First report of snake fungal disease from Michigan, USA involving Massasaugas, Sistrurus catenatus (Rafinesque 1818). Herpetology Notes 8: 31-33.

Tetzlaff, S.J., Ravesi, M. J., and Kingsbury, B.A. 2014. Sistrurus catenatus catenatus (Eastern Massasauga) Diet. Herpetological Review 45: 4 712-713.

Tetzlaff, S.J. 2014. Diadophis punctatus (Ring-necked Snake) Diet. Herpetological Review 45: 4 710.

Tetzlaff, S.J. 2014. Crotalus horridus (Timber Rattlesnake) Habitat Use. Herpetological Review 45:4 709.

Tetzlaff, S.J., Tetzlaff, D.L., Schoenbeck, M., and N. Clark. 2014. Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti (Florida Cottonmouth) Diet and Phenotype. Herpetological Review 45:3 511-512.

Clark, R.E., and Marshall, J.M. Fraxinus survival and mortality: Decision models for urban ash tree management. 130th Annual Meeting of the Indiana Academy of Science, Indianapolis, IN.

Delbene, L. and Peters, W. S. Comportamiento de surfeo en la zona de swash en gasterópodos intermareales del Neotrópico. Tercer Congreso Uruguayo de Zoología, Montevideo, Uruguay.

Gillespie, R.B, Stadig, E.R., Ali, S.M., and McKinney, E.N. Long Term Monitoring Trends in St. Joseph River Watershed. Poster Presentation: Tri-State Watershed Alliance River's Summit. April 2015, Fort Wayne, IN.

Hensler, S.R, Bowen, A., Stadig E.R., Olds C., Keppner, S., Sanders, S., Drake, D., Haltner R., Haines, H. Schloesser, J. Vector-based strategy for early detection of non-native aquatic species in Lake Erie. International Association for Great Lakes Research Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research. May 2015, Burlington, VT.

Janssen, J. and Soule, T. Gene expression of a two-component regulatory system associated with sunscreen biosynthesis in the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme ATCC 29133. Annual Meeting of the Indiana Branch of the American Society of Microbiology, Brown County State Park, IN. March 27-28, 2015.

Janssen, J., and Soule, T. Gene expression of a two-component regulatory system associated with sunscreen biosynthesis in the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme ATCC 29133. 130th Annual Meeting of the Indiana Academy of Science, Indianapolis, IN, March 21, 2015.

Janssen, J., and Soule, T. Gene expression of a two-component regulatory system associated with sunscreen biosynthesis in the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme ATCC 29133. Student Research and Creative Endeavor Symposium, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. March 17, 2015.

Jordan, M. A., Hunt, R., and Herbert, N. Ecology of Breeding in a Salamander Community that Includes Unisexual Ambystoma. 130th Annual Meeting of the Indiana Academy of Sciences. Indianapolis IN, March 21, 2014.

Jordan, M. A., Hunt, R., and Herbert, N. Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of a Salamander Community in a Large, Urban Wetland Restoration. 75th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference. Indianapolis, IN, February 10, 2015.

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INDIANA UNIVERSITY–PURDUE UNIVERSITY FORT WAYNE

reCent BioLogY presentations

reCent BioLogY pUBLiCations (ContinUeD)

BIOscopereCent researCh grants

Janine Bannett, an undergraduate student of biology (Faculty Mentor: Assistant Professor Tanya Soule), received a received a $1,700 senior research grant from the Indiana Academy of Sciences for the project entitled, “Expression of genes associated with sunscreen biosynthesis in a regulatory mutant of the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme.

Bruce Kingsbury, Professor of Biology, received a $58,098 grant from the Indiana Department of Natural Resources for a project entitled, “Surveys for the Eastern Massasauga in Indiana.” Professor Kingsbury and his graduate student Taylor Lehman will lead the research over the next few years.

James Price, a graduate student of biology (Faculty Mentor: Professor Frank Paladino), received a $4,000 grant from the PADI Foundation for his graduate research project entitled, "Developmental effects on green turtle microbial communities".

Adam Warrix, a graduate student of biology (Faculty Mentor: Assistant Professor Jordan Marshall), received a $425 grant from the Little River Wetlands Project for a research entitled, “Influence of Fire on Callery Pear in a Managed Prairie System”.

FALL 2014BIOscope

Bioscope, Spring 2015

reCent BioLogY pUBLiCations

Anuta, J.D., Buentello, A., Patnaik, S., Hume, M.E., Mustafa, A., Gatlin III, D. M., and Lawrence, A. L. 2015. Effects of dietary supplementation of a commercial prebiotic (PrevidaTM) on survival, growth, immune responses and gut microbiota of Pacific white shrimp, Litopenaeus vannamei Aquaculture Nutrition (In Press).

Cyrus, A. Z. and Peters, W. S. 2014. The cannibalistic snail Agaronia propatula (Caenogastropoda, Mollusca) is reluctant to feed on autotomized ‘tails’ of conspecifics. Marine and Freshwater Behaviour and Physiology. 47: 285−290

Cyrus, A. Z., Swiggs, J., Santidrian, T. P., Paladino, F. V., and Peters, W. S. 2015. Cannibalism causes size-dependent intraspecific predation pressure but does not trigger autotomy in the intertidal gastropod Agaronia propatula. Journal of Molluscan Studies (In Press). doi: 10.1093/ mollus/eyv007.

Daniel J, Sirakova T., and Kolattukudy P. 2014. An Acyl-CoA Synthetase in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Involved in Triacylglycerol Accumulation during Dormancy. PLoS One 9: e114877.

Habegger, R.A., and Marshall, J.M. 2015. Relationships between algal biomass and diversity with stream size and adjacent land use. Fine Focus 1, 21-28.

Marshall, J.M. 2014. Noteworthy collection of Papaver rhoeas from Indiana. Phytoneuron 112, 1-4.

Shannon, R. and Mustafa, A. 2015. Stress susceptibility of echinoderms under aquaculture conditions. Global Aquaculture Alliance Magazine- The Advocate, March-April, 2015, Page 26-27.

Tetzlaff, S.J. and Ravesi, M.J. 2015. Glyptemys insculpta (Wood Turtle) Death. Herpetological Review (In Press).

Tetzlaff, S.J., Allender, M.C., Ravesi, M.J., Smith, J. A. and Kingsbury, B.A. 2015. First report of snake fungal disease from Michigan, USA involving Massasaugas, Sistrurus catenatus (Rafinesque 1818). Herpetology Notes 8: 31-33.

Tetzlaff, S.J., Ravesi, M. J., and Kingsbury, B.A. 2014. Sistrurus catenatus catenatus (Eastern Massasauga) Diet. Herpetological Review 45: 4 712-713.

Tetzlaff, S.J. 2014. Diadophis punctatus (Ring-necked Snake) Diet. Herpetological Review 45: 4 710.

Tetzlaff, S.J. 2014. Crotalus horridus (Timber Rattlesnake) Habitat Use. Herpetological Review 45:4 709.

Tetzlaff, S.J., Tetzlaff, D.L., Schoenbeck, M., and N. Clark. 2014. Agkistrodon piscivorus conanti (Florida Cottonmouth) Diet and Phenotype. Herpetological Review 45:3 511-512.

Clark, R.E., and Marshall, J.M. Fraxinus survival and mortality: Decision models for urban ash tree management. 130th Annual Meeting of the Indiana Academy of Science, Indianapolis, IN.

Delbene, L. and Peters, W. S. Comportamiento de surfeo en la zona de swash en gasterópodos intermareales del Neotrópico. Tercer Congreso Uruguayo de Zoología, Montevideo, Uruguay.

Gillespie, R.B, Stadig, E.R., Ali, S.M., and McKinney, E.N. Long Term Monitoring Trends in St. Joseph River Watershed. Poster Presentation: Tri-State Watershed Alliance River's Summit. April 2015, Fort Wayne, IN.

Hensler, S.R, Bowen, A., Stadig E.R., Olds C., Keppner, S., Sanders, S., Drake, D., Haltner R., Haines, H. Schloesser, J. Vector-based strategy for early detection of non-native aquatic species in Lake Erie. International Association for Great Lakes Research Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research. May 2015, Burlington, VT.

Janssen, J. and Soule, T. Gene expression of a two-component regulatory system associated with sunscreen biosynthesis in the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme ATCC 29133. Annual Meeting of the Indiana Branch of the American Society of Microbiology, Brown County State Park, IN. March 27-28, 2015.

Janssen, J., and Soule, T. Gene expression of a two-component regulatory system associated with sunscreen biosynthesis in the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme ATCC 29133. 130th Annual Meeting of the Indiana Academy of Science, Indianapolis, IN, March 21, 2015.

Janssen, J., and Soule, T. Gene expression of a two-component regulatory system associated with sunscreen biosynthesis in the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme ATCC 29133. Student Research and Creative Endeavor Symposium, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. March 17, 2015.

Jordan, M. A., Hunt, R., and Herbert, N. Ecology of Breeding in a Salamander Community that Includes Unisexual Ambystoma. 130th Annual Meeting of the Indiana Academy of Sciences. Indianapolis IN, March 21, 2014.

Jordan, M. A., Hunt, R., and Herbert, N. Spatial and Temporal Dynamics of a Salamander Community in a Large, Urban Wetland Restoration. 75th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference. Indianapolis, IN, February 10, 2015.

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Law, J. and Daniel, J. Examining the Role of a Mycobacterial Acyltransferase Gene in the Metabolism of Long-Chain Fatty Acids. 18th Annual Student Research and Creative Endeavor Symposium, IPFW. March 17, 2015.

Law, J. and Daniel, J. Examining the Role of a Mycobacterial Acyltransferase Gene in the Metabolism of Long-Chain Fatty Acids. Annual Meeting of the Indiana Branch of the American Society of Microbiology, Brown County State Park, IN. March 27-28, 2015. Jamison won second place in the Undergraduate student poster presentation.

Martin, A. and Daniel, J. Biochemical Studies on a Mycobacterial Protein Potentially Involved in Fatty Acid Transport. 18th Annual Student Research and Creative Endeavor Symposium, IPFW. March 17, 2015.

Martin, A. and Daniel, J. Biochemical Studies on a Mycobacterial Protein Potentially Involved in Fatty Acid Transport. Annual Meeting of the Indiana Branch of the American Society of Microbiology, Brown County State Park, IN. March 27-28, 2015. audrey won second place in the graduate student poster presentation.

Millspaw, N. and Jordan, M. A. Low Mitochondrial DNA Variability Across the Geographic Range of the Blanding’s Turtle, Emys blandingii. 130th Annual Meeting of the Indiana Academy of Sciences. Indianapolis IN, March 21, 2014.

Mumaw, V. and Jordan, M. A. Phylogeography of the Blanding’s Turtle, Emys blandingii. 75th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference. Indianapolis, IN, February 10, 2015.

Naurin, S. and Soule, T. The response regulator NpF1278 is associated with sunscreen biosynthesis in the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme ATCC 29133. Student Research and Creative Endeavor Symposium, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. March 17, 2015.

Naurin, S. and Soule, T. The response regulator NpF1278 is associated with sunscreen biosynthesis in the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme ATCC 29133. 130th Annual Meeting of the Indiana Academy of Science, Indianapolis, IN, March 21, 2015.

Naurin, S. and Soule, T. The response regulator NpF1278 is associated with sunscreen biosynthesis in the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme ATCC 29133. Annual Meeting of the Indiana Branch of the American Society of Microbiology, Brown County State Park, IN. March 27-28, 2015.

Peters, W. S., Miller, M., Vartanoff, N., Swiggs, J., Morse, A., Cyrus, A. Z., Rupert, S. D., Delbene, L., Paladino, F. V., and Dattilo, B. F. Strange snails indeed: Swash-surfers, self-mutilators, wave-combers and cannibals that dominate panamic beaches. 7th Congress of the European Malacological Societies, Cambridge, England.

Peters, W. S. and Delbene, L. A new-world perspective on the swash-surfing behavior of intertidal gastropods. 107th Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society, Göttingen, Germany.

Reyes, S. and Daniel, J. Expression of a Mycobacterial Protein Potentially Involved in Resuscitation from Dormancy and Fatty Acid Transport. 18th Annual Student Research and Creative Endeavor Symposium, IPFW. March 17, 2015.

Reyes, S. and Daniel, J. Expression of a Mycobacterial Protein Potentially Involved in Resuscitation from Dormancy and Fatty Acid Transport. Annual Meeting of the Indiana Branch of the American Society of Microbiology, Brown County State Park, IN. March 27-28, 2015.

Shannon, R. and Mustafa, A. A Comparison of Stress Responses in Sea Cucumbers and Sea Urchins Exposed to Salinity and Handling Stress. Student Research and Creative Endeavor Symposium, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. March 17, 2015.

Shannon, R. and Mustafa, A. Stress in Echinoderms: Sea Urchins and Sea Cucumbers in Aquaculture Conditions. 130th Annual Meeting of the Indiana Academy of Science, Indianapolis, IN, March 21, 2015.

Shannon, R., Rinard, J. and Mustafa, A. A comparison of stress responses in sea urchins and sea cucumbers exposed to salinity and handling stress. “Aquaculture America 2015”- the Annual Conference of the World Aquaculture Society, New Orleans, LO, February 19-22, 2015.

Shannon, R., Nissley, H., Furnas, D., and Mustafa, A. Stress responses in sea cucumbers exposed to salinity and handling stress. “Aquaculture America 2015”- the annual conference of the World Aquaculture Society, New Orleans, LO, February 19-22, 2015.

Shannon, R. and Mustafa, A. Cellular Responses in Sea Urchins exposed to salinity and handling stress. Science and Society at IPFW. Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. November 2014.

Smith, C.E., Clark, R.E., and Marshall, J.M. Preferential feeding behavior of emerald ash borer relative to tolerance gradients and nutrient content of ash. 130th Annual Meeting of the Indiana Academy of Science, Indianapolis, IN.

Stadig, E.R., Gillespie, R.B., Ali, S.M., and McKinney, E.N. Long Term Monitoring Trends in St. Joseph River. Poster Presentation: at the International Association for Great Lakes Research Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research. May 2015, Burlington, VT.

Tetzlaff, S.J., Ravesi, M. J., and Kingsbury, B. A. We Didn’t Start the Fire: Impacts of Non-Prescribed Burning on Massasaugas (Sistrurus catenatus) Near Their Northern Range Limit. 75th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference. Indianapolis, IN. 2015.

Tetzlaff, S.J., Carter, E. T., Ravesi, M.J., and Kingsbury, B. A. Satiated Snakes: Influence of Supplemental Feeding on Body Condition of Massasaugas (Sistrurus catenatus). 75th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference. Indianapolis, IN. 2015.

Warrix, A.R., and Marshall, J.M.. Influence of fire on Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana) in a managed prairie. Poster presentation at the Midwest Great Lakes Society for Ecological Restoration Annual Chapter Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Warrix, A.R., and Marshall, J.M. Influence of fire on Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana) in a managed prairie. 130th Annual Meeting of the Indiana Academy of Science, Indianapolis, IN.

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Law, J. and Daniel, J. Examining the Role of a Mycobacterial Acyltransferase Gene in the Metabolism of Long-Chain Fatty Acids. 18th Annual Student Research and Creative Endeavor Symposium, IPFW. March 17, 2015.

Law, J. and Daniel, J. Examining the Role of a Mycobacterial Acyltransferase Gene in the Metabolism of Long-Chain Fatty Acids. Annual Meeting of the Indiana Branch of the American Society of Microbiology, Brown County State Park, IN. March 27-28, 2015. Jamison won second place in the Undergraduate student poster presentation.

Martin, A. and Daniel, J. Biochemical Studies on a Mycobacterial Protein Potentially Involved in Fatty Acid Transport. 18th Annual Student Research and Creative Endeavor Symposium, IPFW. March 17, 2015.

Martin, A. and Daniel, J. Biochemical Studies on a Mycobacterial Protein Potentially Involved in Fatty Acid Transport. Annual Meeting of the Indiana Branch of the American Society of Microbiology, Brown County State Park, IN. March 27-28, 2015. audrey won second place in the graduate student poster presentation.

Millspaw, N. and Jordan, M. A. Low Mitochondrial DNA Variability Across the Geographic Range of the Blanding’s Turtle, Emys blandingii. 130th Annual Meeting of the Indiana Academy of Sciences. Indianapolis IN, March 21, 2014.

Mumaw, V. and Jordan, M. A. Phylogeography of the Blanding’s Turtle, Emys blandingii. 75th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference. Indianapolis, IN, February 10, 2015.

Naurin, S. and Soule, T. The response regulator NpF1278 is associated with sunscreen biosynthesis in the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme ATCC 29133. Student Research and Creative Endeavor Symposium, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. March 17, 2015.

Naurin, S. and Soule, T. The response regulator NpF1278 is associated with sunscreen biosynthesis in the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme ATCC 29133. 130th Annual Meeting of the Indiana Academy of Science, Indianapolis, IN, March 21, 2015.

Naurin, S. and Soule, T. The response regulator NpF1278 is associated with sunscreen biosynthesis in the cyanobacterium Nostoc punctiforme ATCC 29133. Annual Meeting of the Indiana Branch of the American Society of Microbiology, Brown County State Park, IN. March 27-28, 2015.

Peters, W. S., Miller, M., Vartanoff, N., Swiggs, J., Morse, A., Cyrus, A. Z., Rupert, S. D., Delbene, L., Paladino, F. V., and Dattilo, B. F. Strange snails indeed: Swash-surfers, self-mutilators, wave-combers and cannibals that dominate panamic beaches. 7th Congress of the European Malacological Societies, Cambridge, England.

Peters, W. S. and Delbene, L. A new-world perspective on the swash-surfing behavior of intertidal gastropods. 107th Annual Meeting of the German Zoological Society, Göttingen, Germany.

Reyes, S. and Daniel, J. Expression of a Mycobacterial Protein Potentially Involved in Resuscitation from Dormancy and Fatty Acid Transport. 18th Annual Student Research and Creative Endeavor Symposium, IPFW. March 17, 2015.

Reyes, S. and Daniel, J. Expression of a Mycobacterial Protein Potentially Involved in Resuscitation from Dormancy and Fatty Acid Transport. Annual Meeting of the Indiana Branch of the American Society of Microbiology, Brown County State Park, IN. March 27-28, 2015.

Shannon, R. and Mustafa, A. A Comparison of Stress Responses in Sea Cucumbers and Sea Urchins Exposed to Salinity and Handling Stress. Student Research and Creative Endeavor Symposium, Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. March 17, 2015.

Shannon, R. and Mustafa, A. Stress in Echinoderms: Sea Urchins and Sea Cucumbers in Aquaculture Conditions. 130th Annual Meeting of the Indiana Academy of Science, Indianapolis, IN, March 21, 2015.

Shannon, R., Rinard, J. and Mustafa, A. A comparison of stress responses in sea urchins and sea cucumbers exposed to salinity and handling stress. “Aquaculture America 2015”- the Annual Conference of the World Aquaculture Society, New Orleans, LO, February 19-22, 2015.

Shannon, R., Nissley, H., Furnas, D., and Mustafa, A. Stress responses in sea cucumbers exposed to salinity and handling stress. “Aquaculture America 2015”- the annual conference of the World Aquaculture Society, New Orleans, LO, February 19-22, 2015.

Shannon, R. and Mustafa, A. Cellular Responses in Sea Urchins exposed to salinity and handling stress. Science and Society at IPFW. Indiana University-Purdue University Fort Wayne. November 2014.

Smith, C.E., Clark, R.E., and Marshall, J.M. Preferential feeding behavior of emerald ash borer relative to tolerance gradients and nutrient content of ash. 130th Annual Meeting of the Indiana Academy of Science, Indianapolis, IN.

Stadig, E.R., Gillespie, R.B., Ali, S.M., and McKinney, E.N. Long Term Monitoring Trends in St. Joseph River. Poster Presentation: at the International Association for Great Lakes Research Annual Conference on Great Lakes Research. May 2015, Burlington, VT.

Tetzlaff, S.J., Ravesi, M. J., and Kingsbury, B. A. We Didn’t Start the Fire: Impacts of Non-Prescribed Burning on Massasaugas (Sistrurus catenatus) Near Their Northern Range Limit. 75th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference. Indianapolis, IN. 2015.

Tetzlaff, S.J., Carter, E. T., Ravesi, M.J., and Kingsbury, B. A. Satiated Snakes: Influence of Supplemental Feeding on Body Condition of Massasaugas (Sistrurus catenatus). 75th Midwest Fish and Wildlife Conference. Indianapolis, IN. 2015.

Warrix, A.R., and Marshall, J.M.. Influence of fire on Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana) in a managed prairie. Poster presentation at the Midwest Great Lakes Society for Ecological Restoration Annual Chapter Meeting, Chicago, IL.

Warrix, A.R., and Marshall, J.M. Influence of fire on Callery pear (Pyrus calleryana) in a managed prairie. 130th Annual Meeting of the Indiana Academy of Science, Indianapolis, IN.

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Biology students (Jacob Janssen, Jamison Law, Audrey Martin, Sejuti Naurin, and shelby reyes) with their research mentors (assistant professors Jaiyanth Daniel and tanya soule) at the annual Meeting of the Indiana Branch of the American Society of Microbiology, Brown County State Park, IN. March 27-28, 2015.

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Biology students (Jacob Janssen, Jamison Law, Audrey Martin, Sejuti Naurin, and shelby reyes) with their research mentors (assistant professors Jaiyanth Daniel and tanya soule) at the annual Meeting of the Indiana Branch of the American Society of Microbiology, Brown County State Park, IN. March 27-28, 2015.

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SPRING 2015

As this year winds down I want to encourage you all to remember what you have accomplished this past year and to register for those of you not graduating next semester, be it in the summer or fall! I just spent spring break with 15 IPFW students in Intro to Marine Biology Biol 140 in Costa Rica. It was a rewarding intensive field lab with students doing intertidal transects, 2 estuary tours, a deep ocean snorkel trip, numerous coastal and local reef snorkel trips, a dry forest zip line lab, and many nightly patrols to work with and learn about marine turtles. You get out of your University education what you put in with regard to effort and learning. Taking all the opportunities you can to engage with the professors, their research, and to engage with them in and outside the classroom is an important part of that experience. I will try in the future to teach this Marine Biology class in the summer when some of you may be able to fit in the intensive field lab in Central America. Following are a few photos of the students and my grad student assistant, Lindsay McKenna, an MS Biology student, and Dr. Nate Robinson.

Frank V. Paladino Ph. D. FAAASJack W. Schrey Distinguished ProfessorChair of Biology

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A daytime Olive Ridley turtle and on an estuary tour with Enrique.

Turtle returns to the sea, Lindsay and Erica Evans count her eggs.

Zip lining in a dry forest and snorkeling at Pirates cove.

Don’t let the sun set on your education here in biology. Take full advantage of all the learning experiences we have to offer. Congratulations to all our graduate this year and we wish you all the greatest success!

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