Biology Major Manasi Malik Has the Formula for Success
Manasi Malik has just begun her junior year at UK, but the 19-year-old biology major has already been published as a lead author on a paper in a prestigious scientific journal.
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A Big Catch: Biology Ph.D. Student Paul Hime Snags an NSF Fellowship for his Evolutionary Genomic Work on Amphibians
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Salamanders, one of the oldest lineages of extant animals, are beloved by Biology Ph.D. student, Paul Hime. Some of Hime’s research subjects, however, may not be on the top of everyone’s cute animal list.
Chellgren Center Names 37 New Fellows: 20 in A&S
The Chellgren Fellows Program is for students with exceptional academic potential and aspirations, who are eager to participate in a special learning community designed to cultivate extraordinary achievement.
Ribble Graduate Fellow Research Seminar "Two Novel Functions for Insm1 in Retinal Development"
Marie Forbes-Osborne is the 2012-13 recipient of the Gertrude Ribble Graduate Fellowship. During this period, she published the results of her research project on the role of the Insm1a gene on zebrafish photoreceptor differentiation in the journal Developmental Biology. Marie will present the current status and recent results of her continuing investigations.
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Of Mice and Men...And Sleep - Bruce O’Hara and Colleagues Receive an NIH Grant
Professor Bruce O’Hara in the Department of Biology is interested in the overall quality of your sleep. In his research laboratory in the Thomas Hunt Morgan Building, O’Hara investigates sleep patterns and circadian rhythms within the brain.
Out On A Limb -- The Science of Regeneration: Ashley Seifert
Biology Professor Ashley Seifert describes his job as a scientist and educator at the University of Kentucky as one of the best gigs around. It’s hard to disagree.
Seifert only recently joined UK but he is already making big plans for the research he hopes to conduct.
Westneat Awarded NSF Grant
Dr. David Westneat has been awarded a four year grant from the National Science Foundation for his project "Parental care and the integration of personality and plasticity at multiple levels of phenotypic variance".
Biology Graduate Student Awards & Accomplishments
Kudos to our graduate students for their many successes!
PhD Fall 2021
Kayla Titalii-Torres (Morris Lab)
Kinga Graniczkowska (Cassone Lab)
MS Fall 2021
Eric Martinez, MSB
Veronica Chisholm, MSB
Charles Cassone, MSB
Ghosown Hafiz, MSB
Elizabeth Leach, MSB
PhD Summer 2021
Varun Dwaraka (Voss Lab)
MS Summer 2021
Patrick Rivera, (Osborn Lab)
2013 Spring SEC Academic Honor Roll Includes 71 Wildcats
University of Kentucky Wildcats from all eight of UK’s spring sports teams combined to earn a total of 71 spots on the Southeastern Conference Spring Sports Academic Honor Roll, Commissioner Mike Slive announced this week.
Fifteen UK Graduates to Help Youth Excel with Teach for America
Fifteen graduates of the University of Kentucky, including nine from A&S, will head back to the classroom this fall as part of a new class of corps members in Teach for America.
