What has been going on in our department...

Spring Research Symposium and Senior Celebration, 16 May

During our departmental research symposium this spring, students gave three oral presentations and 19 posters. 

 Ashela Richardson discusses the Community Garden poster/project with Dr. Adam Kay.

 

 Dr. Jayna Ditty discusses a poster with several members of her Bioinformatics course.

To see a PDF of the symposium program, click here.

 

In addition to research presentations, the department also honored the following award winners:

• Ryan Augustin, Goldwater Scholarship winner
• Mark Painter, Goldwater Honorable Mention
• Ashela Richardson:  Keystone Award (departmental)
• Quinn Wrenholt:  Keystone Award (departmental)
• Kia Johnson:  Paul J. Germann Scholarship (departmental)
• Matt Boehm:  Paul J. Germann Scholarship (departmental)
• Ryan Merry:  James Jagodzinski Scholarship (departmental)

 

The day ended with a party celebrating our graduating seniors in Biology, Biochemistry, Neuroscience, and Environmental Science/Biology emphasis.  Congratulations everyone!

 

 

Photo Galleries

• Spring 2013
• Fall 2012
• Summer 2012
• Spring 2012
• Fall 2011
• Spring 2011
• Fall 2010
• To see the Fall Photo Gallery archive as a slide show on Flickr, click here
  

 

A Welcome Note from our Chair

Our faculty and staff are dedicated to providing students with a creative, engaging, and flexible program of study that stimulates their intellectual curiosity, prepares them for rewarding careers in a wide range of professions, and encourages them to employ their scientific knowledge in ways that serve the common good of humanity and that respect the diversity of life on our planet. We are large enough to offer variety and quality in both the courses we teach and the research opportunities we provide, but we are small enough to give our students the individual attention they deserve throughout their entire undergraduate career.

We hope you will explore our website and learn more about what we have to offer. Please do not hesitate to contact me (t.lewis@stthomas.edu) if you would like more information about us. If you would like to see our facilities or to meet with me personally, our Admissions office would be glad to arrange a visit.

Tim Lewis, Chair

 

Luke won a Distinguished Student award for Fall of 2011 from the Center for Wildlife Managment Studies in Kenya. During the 1940s and 1950s, McClintock discovered transposition and used it to show how genes are responsible for turning physical characteristics on or off. His 1859 book, On the Origin of Species, established evolution by common descent as the dominant scientific explanation of diversification in nature. His experiments confirmed the germ theory of disease, and he created the first vaccine for rabies. During his lifetime van Leeuwenhoek ground over 500 optical lenses. He also created over 400 different types of microscopes, only nine of which still exist today. Fossey"s book, Gorillas in the Mist, was praised by Nikolaas Tinbergen who was a Dutch ethologist and ornithologist who won the 1973 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine. Her book remains the best selling book about gorillas of all time.

Albert is one of only 15 undergraduate researchers to get an award from the Society of Plant Biologists.
 

Kia was awarded two national scholarships this past year:  Goldwater and UNCF/MERCK. Tutor, lab preparator, and teaching assistant Chole is a recipient of a national Goldwater Scholarship and a departmental Paul J. Germann award.