UW Biology eNews - Fall 2006

Fall 2006

Ancient Amphibians

Professor and paleontologist Christian Sidor and his team discover fossils of two new species of amphibians that lived over 250 million years ago in the Sahara Desert. One of his team members, Roger M.H. Smith, is pictured here, uncovering the spine of an extinct reptile in Niger, Africa. More...

Graduate Student Perspective: Cristina Pince

I can remember being so fascinated by nature as a child. I would beg and plead with my mother to allow me to play outside as long as possible. I loved hiking and exploring the greenbelt behind my house. More...

Faculty Research Adventure: Prof. David Parichy

Despite the fact that hundreds of labs have been using zebrafish as a model species for biomedical research for the past two decades, there is relatively little known about the fish itself. This summer Associate Professor David Parichy and his lab decided to stop looking at the microscopic aspects of these little striped fish, and look into the natural history of the wild-type. More...

Undergraduate World Learning: Justin Kerns

At just 21 years old, Justin Searns is already a world traveler. But not just for fun and adventure. Justin is pursuing a career as a doctor, and his 2005 trip to Kenya was to learn about health care issues in Africa, and the involvement of foreign medical organizations. More...

Faculty & Students

Graduating Senior Innovation: Damon Cargol
In the Botany Greenhouse's largest research room, a strange machine built mostly out of wood and pulleys and powered by a small motor, spins two vertical wheels at different speeds. While the machine is running the wheels appear quite ordinary, but there are little seedling containers embedded inside. More...

Faculty Research Seedlings: Prof. Jennifer Nemhauser
Recently hired to the Department of Biology, Professor Jennifer Nemhauser is studying the basic processes in life – she wants to understand how a cell knows who it is, and where it is in an organism. Plants provide the best model to look at how cells are affected by environmental factors because plant development is heavily influenced by the environment. More...

Biology Senior Stats

Visiting Scientist
Billie Swalla - Takes her Sabbatical at the Smithsonian

Alumni & Friends

Biology Alumni Reporting
Lisa Stiffler has taken her biology background and melded it with a communications degree, to land herself an enviable position - she is now a reporter for the Seattle Post Intelligencer, Environmental Watch. More...

Community Outreach Education: Botany Greenhouse
A Summer Greenhouse Camp was offered this year for the first time. This course offers students a unique opportunity to work alongside researchers and biologists to learn about diversity within the plant kingdom. More...

Biology Alumni Stats

List of Contributors

News

UW Biology Events 2006
Graduate Student Katherine Ayres led one of last spring's greenhouse tours as part of Washington Weekend 2006.
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Awards & Announcements
Biology Faculty, Staff, Student, and Alumni Awards and Accomplishments 2006
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