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Three Biology Students Selected to TTU’s 2025 Tech10

Congratulations to Abdulkader Almosa, Ghufran Murtuza, and Charlie Zhang for being selected one of TTU's Tech10. Student Life and Academic Innovation & Student Success created Tech 10, an honor given out to the top 10 graduating seniors for their commitment to academic excellence, commitment to leadership on the TTU campus, commitment to service, and a commitment to Striving for Honor.

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Biology Alumni featured in Science Magazine

Congrats to TTU Biology Alumni, Benneth Obitte and Iroro Tanshi, on their feature in Science magazine looking at bat biodiversity in Nigeria!

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Biology Faculty Receive Teaching Award on Professing Excellence

Congratulations to Dr. Morri Hartgraves for being awarded the TTU Professing Excellence Award! Texas Tech University students are given the opportunity to nominate faculty members who go above and beyond, both inside and outside the classroom, to impact their students' learning and academic success.

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Biology Faculty Receive Research & Teaching Awards from TTU College of Arts & Science

Congratulations to Dr. Matt Johnson for his Excellence in Teaching Innovation Award and Dr. Corey Brelsfoard for his Excellence in Research Award at the TTU College of Arts and Sciences, Texas Tech University Faculty and Staff Awards Banquet.

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Dr. Jennifer Burns’, TTU Biology Professor, Research Focuses on the Physiology, Nutrition, and Performance in Polar Marine Mammals.

Check out this article on her research on Weddell seals.

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Dr. Natasja Van Gestel Is Headed South to Antarctica Again for the 2024-2025 Austral Summer.

She was recently designated Station Science Leader at Palmer Station for the Antarctic Summer 2024-2025 period by the NSF. Follow her adventures on Instagram and her blog! 

Blog:  nvangestel.com

Instagram: Antarctic Research Adventures

The Biology Greenhouse Is Getting a Makeover!

Construction is expected to be completed September 2025. Phase 1 - Demolition is well underway!

 

Research Award - National Collegiate Honors Council

Sy Bogutski, a Biology and Honors student who is mentored by Dr. Ethan Chen, has been awarded the Portz Interdisciplinary Fellowship. This fellowship is the National Collegiate Honors Council’s top student research prize. This is the first time a Texas Tech University student has been awarded the Portz Fellowship. Sy’s research focuses on “The Role of Exosomes and Mirtrons in Breast Cancer Aggressiveness and Immune Suppression”.

 

 

Biology Faculty Receive the Phenomenal Women of Texas Tech Award

The Student Intersectional Leadership Council at Texas Tech is a student-led organization that "highlights women who have inspired or impacted the Tech community". Biology professors Lisa Limeri, Natasja Van Gestel, and Breanna Harris as well as Arts & Sciences' Dean Tosha Dupras were awarded the Phenomenal Women of Texas Tech University Award for 2024.

 

 

Note: Future iterations of the Phenomenal Women of Texas Tech program shall, regardless of TTU's participation or involvement, require that nominations be open to all sexes.

Graduate Food Pantry - Spring Food Drive

The Spring Food Drive in support of the Graduate Student Food Pantry ends soon on Friday, May 10th, 2024, at 6pm. That being said, the food pantry is always taking donations. The food pantry is nearly empty and needs restocking! The food pantry runs on a take what you need, donate when you can mission and has been a wonderful support for many graduate students in our department. 

Donations can include shelf-stable and nonperishable food items (e.g., dried pasta, canned soup, rice, canned fruits & vegetables), household supplies (e.g., cleaning products, laundry detergent, toilet paper), personal care products (e.g., shampoo, conditioner, soap, feminine products), and more.

Out of town and want to contribute? Please contract the TTUAB Treasurer for more information.

Biology Faculty Promoted

   

Congratulations to Drs. Corey Brelsfoard, Joe Manthey, and Natasja van Gestel on their faculty promotions from Assistant Professor to Associate Professor. Congratulations to you all!

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Dr. McIntyre Lab News

Ph.D. candidate Sean Sutor has been on a winning streak lately: First place Three-minute Thesis at the TTU NRM Research Days, a TTU Doctoral Dissertation Completion Fellowship, a David J. Morafka Memorial Research Award, First Place student presentation award from the Desert Tortoise Council, a NASA-MSU Professional Enhancement Award from the International Association for Landscape Ecology-North America (highest student award in landscape ecology), and Best Overall Presentation at TTABSS.

Dr. Nancy McIntyre recently published her 100th peer-reviewed paper in Landscape Ecology.

American Committee on Arthropod-Borne Viruses Student Trainee Leadership Group

Rhoda Owusu, an M.Sc. Student in Dr. Maria Onyango's lab, was selected to serve on the American Committee on Arthropod-Borne Viruses (ACAV) student Trainee Leadership group, a subgroup of American Society Tropical Medicine and Hygiene (ASTMH). In this position, she will be involved in organizing scientific symposiums at the annual ASTMH conferences, hold scientific and career panels year-round run the ACAV booth during the conference.

Presentation Awards - Entomological Society of America

 

Amanda Ramirez and Hunter Covey, graduate students in Dr. Corey Brelsfoard lab, won awards (1st and 3rd place in the poster competition, respectively) for their presentations at the Southwestern Branch of  Entomological Society of America annual meeting on April 21st in Round Rock, Texas. 

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