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2010

The Department of Biology has formed the Biology Green Team, as part of IUB's sustainability efforts. The Green Team will hold monthly "green bag" lunches, and has kicked things off with a logo design competition. [ Biology Green Team page | IU Office of Sustainability | IU press release ]
Three new teaching laboratories are now open in Jordan Hall, seating up to 100 students simultaneously at benches supplied with state-of-the-art equipment.
[ IU press release ]
IU microbiologist Dan Kearns has been awarded an Outstanding Junior Faculty Award by Indiana University. The award, presented annually by the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs and the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, enables faculty to enhance their research and recognizes junior faculty members who have devoted considerable time to IU's teaching, research and service missions.
The Nasonia Genome Working Group in Science: Functional and Evolutionary Insights from the Genomes of Three Parasitoid Nasonia Species. Co-authors include IU researchers John Colbourne (major contributor), Jeong-Hyeon Choi, Jacqueline A Lopez, and Don Gilbert; and IUB graduate students Bobak Kechavarzi, Heewook Lee, Anoop Mayampurath, Vikas Pejaver, and Andreas Rechtsteiner. [ news focus | abstract ]
Mike Lynch and colleagues in Science: The rate and molecular spectrum of spontaneous mutations in Arabidopsis thaliana [ abstract ]
Heather Reynolds, Briana Gross (Ph.D. '07 from the Rieseberg lab) and colleagues have a new book out with IU Press: "Teaching Environmental Literacy: Across Campus and Across the Curriculum," featuring essays by Keith Clay, Keith Vogelsang, Craig Nelson, Whitney Schlegel, and Eric Baack (former Rieseberg postdoc), among others. [ IU Press page ]

2009

Ellen Ketterson has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Ellen joins eight current IU Biology faculty as an AAAS Fellow: Keith Clay, Thom Kaufman, Curt Lively, Mike Lynch, Jeff Palmer, Craig Pikaard, Mike Wade and Mimi Zolan.
[ press release ]
Mike Lynch and colleagues in Science: Extensive, recent intron gains in Daphnia populations.
[ abstract ]
Mike Hibbing (graduate student), Clay Fuqua and colleagues on the cover of Nature Reviews Microbiology: Bacterial competition: surviving and thriving in the microbial jungle.
[ article ]
The National Institute of General Medical Sciences has awarded Joe Pomerening $1.39 million over five years to study the biochemical controls of cell division.
[ press release ]
Nicholas Sokol has received the Biobehavioral Research Award for Innovative New Scientists (BRAINS) awarded by the NIH National Institute of Mental Health. [ press release ]
Wenli Li (grad student), Abe Tucker (postdoc), Michael Lynch and colleagues in Science: Extensive, recent intron gains in Daphnia populations. [ article | IU press release ]
Xiang Gao (postdoc) and Michael Lynch in PNAS: Ubiquitous internal gene duplication and intron creation in eukaryotes. [ abstract ]
Greg Velicer and colleague on the cover of Current Biology: Social conflict in centimeter- and global-scale populations of the bacterium Myxococcus xanthus. [ abstract | IU press release ]
Andy Zelhof has been awarded an American Cancer Society Research Scholar award.
David Rollo is participating in the Clean Energy Ecology Forum held by the US Department of Commerce in Washington, D.C. [ press release ]
Leonie Moyle and colleague in Trends in Ecology & Evolution: Reproductive isolation grows on trees. [ abstract ]
Tai Min and colleague in PNAS: Upregulation of three Drosophila homologs of human chromosome 21 genes alters synaptic function: Implications for Down syndrome. [ abstract ]
Roger Hangarter and Sam Orr won an Emmy for their production of the PBS special "Natural Heritage of Indiana - Life in the Water"
Weilong Hao (Palmer postdoc) and Jeff Palmer in PNAS: Fine-scale mergers of chloroplast and mitochondrial genes create functional, transcompartmentally chimeric mitochondrial genes. [ abstract ]
Brandon Weasner and Justin Kumar on the cover of Genesis: The non-conserved C-terminal segments of Sine Oculis Homeobox (Six) proteins confer functional specificity. [ abstract ]
James Goodson, Sara Schrock, James Klatt, David Kabelik and Marcy Kingsbury in Science: Mesotocin and nonapeptide receptors promote songbird flocking behavior. [ IU press release | abstract ]
Troy Wood, Naoki Takebayashi, Michael Barker, Loren Rieseberg and colleagues in PNAS: The frequency of polyploid speciation in vascular plants. [ abstract ]
Melanie Marketon runs the state's first select agent laboratory. [ IU press release ]
Pranav Danthi has been awarded a 2009 American Heart Association Midwest Affiliate Scientist Development Grant.
Mike Lynch and colleagues in the first issue of Genome Biology and Evolution: After dinosaurs, mammals rise but their genomes get smaller. [ IU Press Release | Abstract ]
Curt Lively, Lynda Delph and colleagues in Current Biology: Parasitic worms make sex worthwhile.
[ IU press release | abstract ]
Joe Pomerening has been selected as a 2009 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences, a competitive, 4-year honor reserved for early-career scientists. [ press release ]
David Nelson, Qunfeng Dong, and collaborators at the IU School of Medicine have received funds from NIH to conduct the first health study of teenage boys using cellular telephones. [ press release ]
Jim Goodson, postdoc David Kabelik, and students Aubrey Kelly and James Klatt in PNAS: Midbrain dopamine neurons reflect affiliation phenotypes in finches and are tightly coupled to courtship.
[ article ]
Armin Moczek and Debra Rose on the cover of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: Differential recruitment of limb patterning genes during development and diversification of beetle horns [ press release ]
Heather Rupp (former Ketterson postdoc), Ellen Ketterson, and colleagues from the Kinsey Institute and Psychological and Brain Sciences have received a $423,500 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to study the mechanisms behind postpartum depression. [ press release ]
John Colbourne and Mike Lynch are featured in news articles in the 5 June 2009 issue of Science, reporting on their presentations at the Cold Spring Harbor meeting on "The Biology of the Genome" [ article ]
Curt Lively is featured in the same issue of Science, in the News Focus, addressing the origin of sexual reproduction. [ article ]
Distinguished Professor of Biology Mike Lynch has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences. He is the 5th current member of our department elected to membership in the National Academy, joining Charley Heiser, Thom Kaufman, Jeff Palmer, and John Preer. This is in addition to 12 past members of our department, including such luminaries as Nobel Laureate Herman Muller, Tracey Sonneborn, Marcus Rhoades, and Carl Eigenmann. [ article ]
Joel Ybe and adjunct David Giedroc (Chemistry) have been granted $1.2 million from NIH for Huntington's disease research. [ press release ]
Clay Fuqua has been awarded the 2009 American Society for Microbiology Indiana Branch Research Award.
Michael Wade and Jeff Demuth of U. Texas-Arlington (IU Ph.D. '04) have been awarded $2 million by NIH to study speciation of the grain pest Tribolium castaneum, the red flour beetle. [ Press Release ]
Carl Bauer and Malcolm Winkler have been elected fellows of the American Academy of Microbiology [ press release ]
Kim Storvik and Rose Byrne won "best poster" in the graduate and undergraduate categories, respectively, at the April 2009 meeting of the Indiana Branch of the American Society for Microbiology. Kim was also chosen to give an oral presentation, along with Kyle Hetrick. All three students are associated with the Foster lab.
Two of our undergraduate Biology majors, Ellen Weinzapfel and Kaleb Naegeli, both juniors, have been selected as 2009 Goldwater Scholarship recipients. Only 287 scholarships were awarded nation-wide this year [ article ]
Carolina Peñalva-Arana (Lynch postdoc) has been awarded an NIH NRSA Fellowship to do work on the evolution and expression of chemoreceptor genes in Daphnia.
Matthew Hahn and Melanie Marketon are featured in the "Sciences at IU" special focus topic of the February 2009 issue of IU Home Pages, as is the move of Carl Bauer's lab from Myers to Simon Hall [ Hahn article | Marketon article | Bauer article ]
Scott Michaels' 1999 article in Plant Cell with colleague R. Amasino, entitled "FLOWERING LOCUS C encodes a novel MADS domain protein that acts as a repressor of flowering", has been selected out of more than 4200 articles as one of the journal's top 5 most influential articles in the past 20 years. [ 1999 abstract | press release pdf ]
The Department of Biology extends its deepest sympathies to the family of our colleague Mee-Rye Cha, who passed away Thursday, February 27, 2009.
The Department of Biology extends its deepest sympathies to the family of Johanna Kolodziejski (Ph.D. '07), who passed away Tuesday, February 3, 2009.
Armin Moczek and colleagues have been awarded a grant by the US-Israel Binational Science Fountation entitled "Proteome Profiling of the Horned Beetle Onthophagus taurus".
David Kysela (Brun postdoc) has been awarded a NIH NSRA postdoctoral fellowship for his research on aging in bacteria.
Beth Raff, Kaila Schollaert (Nelson grad student), David Nelson, Rudy Turner, Barry Stein, Rudy Raff and colleagues in PNAS: Embryo fossilization is a biological process mediated by microbial biofilms. [ article ]
Brian Calvi and colleagues on the cover of Genes & Development: "Endocycling cells do not apoptose in response to DNA re-replication genotoxic stress." [ article ]
Rich Phillips has been awarded a grant from the USDA to study the effects of rhizosphere priming on soil nitrogen availability.
Francesco Catania and Mike Lynch in PLoS Biology: "Where Do Introns Come From?" [ abstract ]
Joe Pomerening and colleagues in Science: "Robust, Tunable Biological Oscillations from Interlinked Positive and Negative Feedback Loops". [ article ]
The Department of Biology extends its deepest sympathies to the family of our former staff member, Jerry Wilson, who passed away Friday, January 16, 2009
The Department of Biology extends its deepest sympathies to the family of our former colleague, Karen Muskavitch, who passed away Monday, January 12, 2009
Visit our list of 2009 research honors and awards.

2008

Daniel Kearns and colleagues in Science: "A Molecular Clutch Disables Flagella in the Bacillus subtilis Biofilm". [ podcast | press release | article ]
Greg Demas and Emilia Martins appear in the CCN.com headline article "Robotic squirrel helps decode animal behavior". [ article ]
Mike Wade has been elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Thom Kaufman has been elected fellow of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science. [ press release ]
Justen Andrews and Armin Moczek have received a grant from the National Science Foundation to develop and apply genomic resources to study the development and evolution of horned beetles.
Roger Hangarter has won funding from the American Society of Plant Biologists 2008 Grant Awards Program for plant science programming on the IU radio program, A Moment of Science.
The Department of Biology extends its deepest sympathies to the family of Distinguished Professor Emeritus Anthony (Tony) San Pietro, who passed away Saturday, September 13, 2008.
EEB graduate student Thomas Platt (co-advised by Jim Bever and Clay Fuqua) has been awarded the McCormick Science Grant for 2008. Two grants are awarded each year among all the science disciplines at IUB. [ details ]
EEB graduate students, Chris Muir (advisor: Leone Moyle), Casey McGrath (advisor: Mike Lynch) and Kristal Cain (advisor: Ellen Ketterson), have been awarded 2008 National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships.
A symposium honoring Gerald Gastony (emeritus) was held during the Botany 2008 meetings in Vancouver, entitled "From Gels to Genomics: The Evolving Landscape of Pteridology. A Celebration of Gerald Gastony's Contributions to Fern Evolutionary Biology."
Postdocs Patrick Curtis (Brun lab) and Xiang Gao (Lynch lab) were awarded NIH NRSA postdoctoral fellowships.
Ke Hu has been awarded a Beckman Young Investigator Award from the Beckman Foundation.
Gregory Velicer and colleague in Current Biology: Isolation by distance in the spore-forming soil bacterium Myxococcus xanthus. [ article summary ]

2007 and Earlier

Pat Foster has been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology. Election to the Academy recognizes excellence, originality, and creativity in the microbiological sciences.
Graduate student Qian Niu and Joel Ybe are breaking down Huntington's disease one protein at a time, in the Journal of Molecular Biology. [ JMB abstract | press release ]
IU Biology faculty members Thom Kaufman, Mike Wade, and Mimi Zolan have been selected to become fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. [ press release ]
IU Biologists Thom Kaufman and Matthew Hahn are among the many coauthors in Nature's special issue on Drosophila biology, genomics and evolution. [ press release ]
Armin Moczek has been awarded $540,000 by the National Science Foundation to continue his research into the evolutionary developmental genetics of horned beetles. [ press release ]
Ellen Ketterson, Joel McGlothlin (former grad student) and Jodie Jawor (former postdoctoral researcher) in the American Naturalist: Testosterone turns male juncos into blustery hunks—and bad dads. [ IU press release | AmNat press release ]
One of our Biology advisors for undergraduates, Anna Bednarski, has been selected as an Outstanding Professional Advisor for the Indiana Academic Advising Network (IAAN).
The acquisition by Tuli Mukhopadhyay and Bogdan Dragnea of a new 300 kV field emission Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) from JEOL distinguishes Indiana University as a major U.S. research facility where scientists can examine both biological and materials science structures at nanoscale resolution. [ press release ]
The Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index survey ranks the IU Biology program in Plant Biology second in the country, and the IU Biology program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology as third in the country. As a whole, IU ranked 10^th among public universities. [ press release ]
Matthew Hahn and colleagues features in the Science news: "Evolutionary Sprint Made Us Human"
[ Science Article | Genetics Abstract ]
The U.S. Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute has accepted a proposal by Yves Brun to sequence the genome of six bacterial to study their potential for bioremediation of toxic compounds in water sources. [ press release ]
Yaniv Branvain, Michael Barker (graduate students), and Mike Wade in Science: Mitochondrial genes move to the nucleus -- but it's not for the sex. [ press release | abstract ]
Matt Hahn, Jeff Demuth (postdoc) and colleagues featured in the Science news: "Relative Differences: The Myth of 1%". [ press release | Science article ]
Roger Hangarter has been named the Class of 1968 Chancellor's Professor in recognition of his achievements in the lab as well as in the classroom.
Matthew Hahn, Jeff Demuth and colleagues, on the cover of Science: Evolutionary and Biomedical Insights from the Rhesus Macaque Genome. [ abstract ]
J. Ade, B. DeYoung, C. Golstein (all postdocs in the Innes lab) and Roger Innes in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: Indirect activation of a plant NBS-LRR protein by a bacterial protease. Insights from this work may enable scientists to transfer disease resistance traits from one plant species to another, even when these plant species are very distantly related. [ abstract ]
Yves Brun and colleagues' discovery of nature's strongest glue produced by the bacterium Caulobacter crescentus was selected as one of the Top 2006 Stories in Science by the online science magazine The Future of Things. The discovery was also highlighted by the National Science Foundation in their "Discovery 2006: Year in Review".
Yves Brun and colleague Jay Tang from Brown University have received a $1.25 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the mechanisms of bacterial adhesion to surfaces, including the biosynthesis of the Caulobacter crescentus adhesive holdfast, the strongest known glue of biological origin.
Ke Hu and colleagues in Science: Differential Transmission of Action Motion Within Focal Adhesions. [ abstract ]
Greg Demas, graduate student Tim Grieves and colleagues: Kisspeptin hormone signals mating season. [ press release | Washington Post coverage | Endocrinology preprint download ]
Matthew Hahn, postdoc Jeff Demuth and colleagues, in Public Library of Science ONE: Human-chimp difference may be bigger. [ article | press release ]
Matthew Hahn, postdoc Jeff Demuth and colleagues, in Public Library of Science ONE: Human-chimp difference may be bigger. [ press release | article ]
Armin Moczek, graduate student T.E. Cruickshank, and undergraduate T. A. Shelby have presented a surprise function of beetle horns. [ Nature news piece | press release | AmNat abstract | Evolution abstract ]
Our newest EEB faculty member, Jim Goodson, and colleague, in PNAS: Groups And Grumps: Study Identifies 'Sociality' Neurons. [ abstract | press release ]
Beth Raff, Rudy Raff, Rudi Turner and colleagues in Science: Cellular and Subcellular Structure of Neoproterozoic Animal Embryos. [ press release ]
NSF has awarded David Kehoe, and George Weinstock of the Baylor College of Medicine, over $550,000 to sequence the entire genome of the cyanobacterium Fremyella diplosiphon, a prokaryote that has color vision. [ press release ]
Richie Madewell, an undergraduate student working with Armin Moczek, has won the annual Genesis Award for the best undergraduate poster presentation at the Annual Animal Behavior Society meetings in Snowbird, Utah.
Jennifer Wagner, Yves Brun and colleagues in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: A nutrient uptake role for bacterial cell envelope extensions. [ press release | abstract | commentary ]
Carl Bauer has been awarded a MERIT (Method to Extend Research in Time) grant by the National Institutes of Health, which will provide up to $5 million in research funding over the next ten years. [ press release | IDS article ]
The spring 2006 issue of the IU publication Teaching and Learning highlights Biology faculty Matthew Hahn, Leonie Moyle, Mike Wade, and adjuncts Frederika Kaestle, Vicky Meretsky, among others. [ T&L issue ]
Gregory Velicer and colleagues in PNAS: Comprehensive mutation identification in an evolved bacterial cooperator and its cheating ancestor. [ article ]
Gregory Velicer, Nicco Yu and colleagues on the cover of Nature: Evolution of an obligate social cheater to a superior cooperator. [ abstract | news and views commentary | podcast ]
The spring 2006 issue of the IU publication Research and Creative Activity , "On the Human Condition", highlights Biology faculty Greg Demas, Ellen Ketterson, Michael Lynch, and Rod Suthers, among others. [ RCA issue ]
Jared Strasburg (postdoc in the Rieseberg lab) in Nature: Large highways can seriously impede genetic exchange in large vertebrates. [ full text (requires subscription) ]
Whitney Schlegel, Heather Reynolds, Briana Gross (graduate student) and colleagues have been awarded the 2006 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Leadership Grant ($30,000). The grant will develop and test a novel model of cross-disciplinary service-learning, promote new and integrative models for assessing student learning, and foster the development of learning communities that bring together faculty, students, and the Bloomington community. [ SoTL award ]
Loren Rieseberg, Troy Wood (graduate student), and Eric Baack (postdoc) in Nature: Plant species are just as easily categorized as animal species. [ press release | editor's summary | abstract ]
Yves Brun and colleagues in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science: Nature's strongest glue could be used as a medical adhesive. [ abstract ]
IU's EEB program ranked eighth in the nation, IU's biological sciences programs overall rise to 32nd. [ press release ]
Beth Raff, Rudy Raff, Jeff Villinski, Rudy Turner and colleagues in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science: Fossilized sea urchin embryos tell story of Earth's earliest animals. [ press release ]
Thomas Danhorn (graduate student), Clay Fuqua, and colleagues in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science: Quorum sensing and motility mediate interactions between Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Agrobacterium tumefaciens in biofilm co-cultures. [ abstract ]
Lauren Young, a graduate student working with Heather Reynolds, is one of two 2006 recipients of the Ecological Society of America Graduate Student Policy Award. She will be going to Capitol Hill in March to learn first hand about federal funding and its impact on the sciences.
Saul Nava, a graduate student working with Emilia Martins, was awarded a National Institute of Health (NIH) Predoctoral Fellowship.
Lina Li, a graduate student working with David Kehoe, was one of 20 life sciences graduate students world-wide who was invited to speak at the 4th International Student Seminar of the 21st Century Center of Excellence Program at Kyoto University, Japan.
Tim Greives, a graduate student in the Demas lab, was awarded an Indiana Academy of Science research grant.
Mike Lynch discussed in the New York Times: From Bacteria to Us: What Went Right When Humans Started to Evolve?
[ article ]
Daniel Kearns and Richard Losick on the cover of Genes and Development: Cell population heterogeneity during growth of Bacillus subtilis. [ article ]
Daniel Ortiz-Barrientos (postdoctoral researcher) and M.A. Noor in Science: Evidence for a one-allele assortative mating locus. [ article ]
Matthew Hahn and colleagues in Public Library of Science Biology: Selection on a Neural Gene Regulator Sheds Light on Human Evolution. [ article | synopsis | Science Commentary ]
Mimi Zolan discussed biological science as a career on JobTraks during the week of Nov 28, 2005. JobTracks is a radio program for high schoolers about careers and professions, which is produced by the IU Division of Broadcast & Electronic Media. JobTraks is also available as a podcast on iTunes.
Armin Moczek on the November 2005 cover of Bioscience: The Evolution of Novelties, or How Beetles Got Their Horns.
Gregory Velicer and colleague in PLoS Biology: Exploitative and hierarchical antagonism in a cooperative bacterium. [ synopsis | article ]
Keith Clay and Jeff Palmer are among the 2005 class of fellows who will be inducted into the American Association for the Advancement of Science during the annual AAAS meeting 0n February 18, 2006. They will join other AAAS fellows on the IU Biology faculty, including: Howard Gest, Curt Lively, Mike Lynch, Val Nolan, and Loren Rieseberg. [ press release ]
Roger Hangarter's sLowlife exhibit is on display at the US Botanic Garden Conservatory in Washington, D.C. from October 27, 2005 through March 26, 2005. [ press release ]
Roger Hangarter and documentarian Samuel Orr have been awarded first prize by Science Magazine and the NSF for their short video about Brood X cidadas. [ press release | movie ]
Keith Clay, Jenny Holah, and Jennifer Rudgers in PNAS: Herbivores cause a rapid increase in hereditary symbiosis and alter plant community composition. [ abstract ]
Matthew Hahn and colleagues in Public Library of Science Biology: Genomic Islands of Speciation in Anopheles gambiae. [ Nature commentary | article ]
Roger Hangarter and his time-lapse movies are featured in the Spring issue of the IU Research and Creative Activity Magazine [article], as well as the 22 May issue of the Herald Times. [ RCA article ]
Lynda Delph and Jeff Palmer have been awarded Guggenheim Fellowships for the coming year (2005-2006).
Roger Hangarter is creating a video from his plant and plant cell movies that will accompany a dance choreographed by Iris Rosa, director of the African American Dance Company, entitled "Rooted, Grounded and Manifested". The dance will be part of a show being put on by the IU African American Arts Institute on Saturday, April 9, 2005 at the Buskirk Chumley Theater in downtown Bloomington.
Roger Hangarter, Roger Innes, and Loren Rieseberg take on genetic modification's thorny issues. [ article ]
Michael Lynch has been awarded the title of Distinguished Professor. [ article ]
Jennifer Wagner (graduate student in the Brun lab) had her paper in the Journal of Bacteriology featured on the cover of the second January 2005 issue (187(2):544-53). [ cover | article ]
Indiana University will use $53 million Lilly Endowment grant to boost life sciences in Indiana. [ press release ]
Thom Kaufman was awarded the 2005 George W. Beadle Award by the Genetics Society of America for outstanding contributions to the community of genetics researchers. [ profile ]
Cook Inc. and IU develop innovative internship program. [ press release ]
Jeff Mower (graduate student), Sasa Stefanovic (postdoc), Greg Young (graduate student), and Jeff Palmer (distinguished professor) in Nature: Gene exchange between species is aided by parasitism. [ press release ]
Curt Lively was elected as a Fellow to the American Association for the Advancement of Science. [ press release ]
Loren Rieseberg and five colleagues were awarded a $5.5 million, three-year grant (estimated) by the National Science Foundation to identify some of the key genes that cause lettuce, sunflower, thistle, knapweed, and several other crops and weeds in the sunflower family to differ from their wild ancestors. [ press release ]

2010/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2010100126-green_teamTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2010/100126-green_team100126green_teamThe Department of Biology has formed the Biology Green Team, as part of IUB's sustainability efforts. The Green Team will hold monthly "green bag" lunches, and has kicked things off with a logo design competition.Biology Green Team pagehttp://www.bio.indiana.edu/about/green_team/index.shtmlIU Office of Sustainabilityhttp://www.indiana.edu/~sustain/IU press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/12416.html100125-teaching_labsTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2010/100125-teaching_labs100125teaching_labsThree new teaching laboratories are now open in Jordan Hall, seating up to 100 students simultaneously at benches supplied with state-of-the-art equipment.IU press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/13233.html100121-kearns_awardTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2010/100121-kearns_award100121Kearns_awardIU microbiologist Dan Kearns has been awarded an Outstanding Junior Faculty Award by Indiana University. The award, presented annually by the Office of the Vice Provost for Faculty and Academic Affairs and the Office of the Vice Provost for Research, enables faculty to enhance their research and recognizes junior faculty members who have devoted considerable time to IU's teaching, research and service missions.100115-nasonia_genomeTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2010/100115-nasonia_genome100115nasonia_genomeThe Nasonia Genome Working Group in Science: Functional and Evolutionary Insights from the Genomes of Three Parasitoid Nasonia Species. Co-authors include IU researchers John Colbourne (major contributor), Jeong-Hyeon Choi, Jacqueline A Lopez, and Don Gilbert; and IUB graduate students Bobak Kechavarzi, Heewook Lee, Anoop Mayampurath, Vikas Pejaver, and Andreas Rechtsteiner.news focushttp://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/327/5963/260abstracthttp://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/327/5963/343100101-lynch_scienceTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2010/100101-lynch_science100101lynch_scienceMike Lynch and colleagues in Science: The rate and molecular spectrum of spontaneous mutations in Arabidopsis thalianaabstracthttp://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/327/5961/92100106-reynolds_bookTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2010/100106-reynolds_book100106reynolds_bookHeather Reynolds, Briana Gross (Ph.D. '07 from the Rieseberg lab) and colleagues have a new book out with IU Press: "Teaching Environmental Literacy: Across Campus and Across the Curriculum," featuring essays by Keith Clay, Keith Vogelsang, Craig Nelson, Whitney Schlegel, and Eric Baack (former Rieseberg postdoc), among others.IU Press pagehttp://www.iupress.indiana.edu/catalog/product_info.php?cPath=1037_3130_3705&products_id=1500022009/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009show-in-navYes091217-ketterson_aaasTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/091217-ketterson_aaas091217ketterson_AAASEllen Ketterson has been named a fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science. Ellen joins eight current IU Biology faculty as an AAAS Fellow: Keith Clay, Thom Kaufman, Curt Lively, Mike Lynch, Jeff Palmer, Craig Pikaard, Mike Wade and Mimi Zolan. press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/12832.html091127-lynch_scienceTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/091127-lynch_science091127lynch_scienceMike Lynch and colleagues in Science: Extensive, recent intron gains in Daphnia populations.abstracthttp://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/326/5957/1260091217-hibbing_rockpaperscissorsTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/091217-hibbing_rockpaperscissors091217hibbing_rockpaperscissorsMike Hibbing (graduate student), Clay Fuqua and colleagues on the cover of Nature Reviews Microbiology: Bacterial competition: surviving and thriving in the microbial jungle.articlehttp://www.nature.com/nrmicro/journal/v8/n1/full/nrmicro2259.html091216-pomerening_grantTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/091216-pomerening_grant091216pomerening_grantThe National Institute of General Medical Sciences has awarded Joe Pomerening $1.39 million over five years to study the biochemical controls of cell division.press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/12908.html091214-sokol_brainsTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/091214-sokol_brains091214Sokol_BRAINSNicholas Sokol has received the Biobehavioral Research Award for Innovative New Scientists (BRAINS) awarded by the NIH National Institute of Mental Health.press releasehttp://www.nimh.nih.gov/science-news/2009/nimh-seeks-more-brains.shtml20091127-li_tucker_scienceTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/20091127-li_tucker_science20091127li_tucker_scienceWenli Li (grad student), Abe Tucker (postdoc), Michael Lynch and colleagues in Science: Extensive, recent intron gains in Daphnia populations.articlehttp://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/326/5957/1260IU press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/12822.html20091119-gao_pnasTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/20091119-gao_pnas20091119gao_PNASXiang Gao (postdoc) and Michael Lynch in PNAS: Ubiquitous internal gene duplication and intron creation in eukaryotes.abstracthttp://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/11/18/0911093106.abstract10292009-velicer_current_biologyTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/10292009-velicer_current_biology10292009velicer_current_biologyGreg Velicer and colleague on the cover of Current Biology: Social conflict in centimeter- and global-scale populations of the bacterium Myxococcus xanthus.abstracthttp://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822%2809%2901821-1IU press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/13007.html09002009-zelfoh_acs_awardTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/09002009-zelfoh_acs_award09002009zelfoh_ACS_awardAndy Zelhof has been awarded an American Cancer Society Research Scholar award.rolloTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/rollo00002009rolloDavid Rollo is participating in the Clean Energy Ecology Forum held by the US Department of Commerce in Washington, D.C.press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/12285.html08312009-moyle_reproisolation_on_treesTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/08312009-moyle_reproisolation_on_trees08312009moyle_reproisolation_on_treesLeonie Moyle and colleague in Trends in Ecology & Evolution: Reproductive isolation grows on trees.abstracthttp://www.cell.com/trends/ecology-evolution/abstract/S0169-5347%2809%2900197-909212009-min_drosophila_downsTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/09212009-min_drosophila_downs09212009min_drosophila_downsTai Min and colleague in PNAS: Upregulation of three Drosophila homologs of human chromosome 21 genes alters synaptic function: Implications for Down syndrome.abstracthttp://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/09/17/0904397106.abstract09002009-hangarter_orr_emmyTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/09002009-hangarter_orr_emmy09002009hangarter_orr_emmyRoger Hangarter and Sam Orr won an Emmy for their production of the PBS special "Natural Heritage of Indiana - Life in the Water"09152009-hao_palmer_pnasTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/09152009-hao_palmer_pnas09152009hao_palmer_pnasWeilong Hao (Palmer postdoc) and Jeff Palmer in PNAS: Fine-scale mergers of chloroplast and mitochondrial genes create functional, transcompartmentally chimeric mitochondrial genes.abstracthttp://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/09/14/0908766106.abstract09002009-weasner_genesisTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/09002009-weasner_genesis09002009weasner_genesisBrandon Weasner and Justin Kumar on the cover of Genesis: The non-conserved C-terminal segments of Sine Oculis Homeobox (Six) proteins confer functional specificity.abstracthttp://www3.interscience.wiley.com/journal/122565596/abstract08142009-goodson_flocking_behaviorTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/08142009-goodson_flocking_behavior08142009goodson_flocking_behaviorJames Goodson, Sara Schrock, James Klatt, David Kabelik and Marcy Kingsbury in Science: Mesotocin and nonapeptide receptors promote songbird flocking behavior.IU press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/11615.htmlabstracthttp://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/sci;325/5942/862?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=kingsbury+goodson&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&issue=5942&resourcetype=HWCIT09102009-wood_polyploid_speciationTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/09102009-wood_polyploid_speciation09102009wood_polyploid_speciationTroy Wood, Naoki Takebayashi, Michael Barker, Loren Rieseberg and colleagues in PNAS: The frequency of polyploid speciation in vascular plants.abstracthttp://www.pnas.org/content/early/2009/08/05/0811575106.abstract08072009-marketon_select_agent_labTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/08072009-marketon_select_agent_lab08072009marketon_select_agent_labMelanie Marketon runs the state's first select agent laboratory.IU press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/11555.htmlpranav-awarded-2009-ahaTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/pranav-awarded-2009-aha00002009Pranav awarded 2009 AHAPranav Danthi has been awarded a 2009 American Heart Association Midwest Affiliate Scientist Development Grant.genome-biology-and-evolutionTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/genome-biology-and-evolution00002009Genome Biology and EvolutionMike Lynch and colleagues in the first issue of Genome Biology and Evolution: After dinosaurs, mammals rise but their genomes get smaller.IU Press Releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/11467.htmlAbstracthttp://gbe.oxfordjournals.org/cgi/content/abstract/2009/0/200002009-lively_delph_sex_worthwhileTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/00002009-lively_delph_sex_worthwhile00002009lively_delph_sex_worthwhileCurt Lively, Lynda Delph and colleagues in Current Biology: Parasitic worms make sex worthwhile.IU press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/11460.htmlabstracthttp://www.cell.com/current-biology/abstract/S0960-9822(09)01379-709092009-pew_pomerening_Title/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/09092009-pew_pomerening_00002009pew_pomerening_Joe Pomerening has been selected as a 2009 Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences, a competitive, 4-year honor reserved for early-career scientists. press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/11167.html00002009-nelson-dong-hihTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/00002009-nelson-dong-hih00002009nelson-dong-HIHDavid Nelson, Qunfeng Dong, and collaborators at the IU School of Medicine have received funds from NIH to conduct the first health study of teenage boys using cellular telephones.press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/11162.htmlgoodson-dopamine-in_finchesTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/goodson-dopamine-in_finches00002009goodson-dopamine-in_finchesJim Goodson, postdoc David Kabelik, and students Aubrey Kelly and James Klatt in PNAS: Midbrain dopamine neurons reflect affiliation phenotypes in finches and are tightly coupled to courtship. articlehttp://www.pnas.org/content/106/21/8737.abstract?sid=b8612942-8dec-4fcd-8d65-491efd85e7b600002009-moczek-rose-nas_Title/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/00002009-moczek-rose-nas_00002009Moczek-Rose-NASArmin Moczek and Debra Rose on the cover of Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: Differential recruitment of limb patterning genes during development and diversification of beetle hornspress releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/10818.htmlkinsey-postpartum-grantTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/kinsey-postpartum-grant00002009kinsey-postpartum-grantHeather Rupp (former Ketterson postdoc), Ellen Ketterson, and colleagues from the Kinsey Institute and Psychological and Brain Sciences have received a $423,500 grant from the National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) to study the mechanisms behind postpartum depression.press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/10850.html00002009-colbourne-lynch-bio_of_genomeTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/00002009-colbourne-lynch-bio_of_genome00002009Colbourne-Lynch-bio_of_genomeJohn Colbourne and Mike Lynch are featured in news articles in the 5 June 2009 issue of Science, reporting on their presentations at the Cold Spring Harbor meeting on "The Biology of the Genome"articlehttp://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/324/5932/1252-a00002009-lively-science-reproductionTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/00002009-lively-science-reproduction00002009Lively-science-reproductionCurt Lively is featured in the same issue of Science, in the News Focus, addressing the origin of sexual reproduction.articlehttp://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/324/5932/125400002009-lynch_national-acemdyofsciencesTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/00002009-lynch_national-acemdyofsciences00002009Lynch_National-acemdyofSciencesDistinguished Professor of Biology Mike Lynch has been elected to membership in the National Academy of Sciences. He is the 5th current member of our department elected to membership in the National Academy, joining Charley Heiser, Thom Kaufman, Jeff Palmer, and John Preer. This is in addition to 12 past members of our department, including such luminaries as Nobel Laureate Herman Muller, Tracey Sonneborn, Marcus Rhoades, and Carl Eigenmann.articlehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/10740.html00002009-huntington_disease_grantTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/00002009-huntington_disease_grant00002009Huntington_disease_grantJoel Ybe and adjunct David Giedroc (Chemistry) have been granted $1.2 million from NIH for Huntington's disease research.press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/10731.html00002009-fuqua-asmi-awardTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/00002009-fuqua-asmi-award00002009Fuqua-ASMI-awardClay Fuqua has been awarded the 2009 American Society for Microbiology Indiana Branch Research Award.00002009-2milliongrant-nih-wadeTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/00002009-2milliongrant-nih-wade000020092milliongrant-NIH-wadeMichael Wade and Jeff Demuth of U. Texas-Arlington (IU Ph.D. '04) have been awarded $2 million by NIH to study speciation of the grain pest Tribolium castaneum, the red flour beetle.Press Releasehttp://www.uta.edu/biology/demuth/index.htm00002009-baure_winkler_aambTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/00002009-baure_winkler_aamb00002009Baure_Winkler_AAMBCarl Bauer and Malcolm Winkler have been elected fellows of the American Academy of Microbiologypress releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/9936.html?emailID=993600002009-storvik_byrne_ibasmbTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/00002009-storvik_byrne_ibasmb00002009Storvik_Byrne_IBASMBKim Storvik and Rose Byrne won "best poster" in the graduate and undergraduate categories, respectively, at the April 2009 meeting of the Indiana Branch of the American Society for Microbiology. Kim was also chosen to give an oral presentation, along with Kyle Hetrick. All three students are associated with the Foster lab.00002009-goldwater_scholarshipTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/00002009-goldwater_scholarship00002009Goldwater_scholarshipTwo of our undergraduate Biology majors, Ellen Weinzapfel and Kaleb Naegeli, both juniors, have been selected as 2009 Goldwater Scholarship recipients. Only 287 scholarships were awarded nation-wide this yeararticlehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/10499.html00002009-nih-nrsa-fellowshipTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/00002009-nih-nrsa-fellowship00002009NIH-NRSA-FellowshipCarolina Peñalva-Arana (Lynch postdoc) has been awarded an NIH NRSA Fellowship to do work on the evolution and expression of chemoreceptor genes in Daphnia.00002009-hahn_marketon_sciences_at_iuTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/00002009-hahn_marketon_sciences_at_iu00002009hahn_marketon_sciences_at_iuMatthew Hahn and Melanie Marketon are featured in the "Sciences at IU" special focus topic of the February 2009 issue of IU Home Pages, as is the move of Carl Bauer's lab from Myers to Simon HallHahn articlehttp://homepages.indiana.edu/web/page/normal/10099.htmlMarketon articlehttp://homepages.indiana.edu/web/page/normal/10105.htmlBauer articlehttp://homepages.indiana.edu/web/page/normal/10045.html00002009-michaels_top20yearsTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/00002009-michaels_top20years00002009michaels_top20yearsScott Michaels' 1999 article in Plant Cell with colleague R. Amasino, entitled "FLOWERING LOCUS C encodes a novel MADS domain protein that acts as a repressor of flowering", has been selected out of more than 4200 articles as one of the journal's top 5 most influential articles in the past 20 years.1999 abstracthttp://www.plantcell.org/cgi/content/abstract/11/5/949?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=Michaels+flowering&andorexactfulltext=and&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&sortspec=relevance&resourcetype=HWCITpress release pdfhttp://www.plantcell.org/cgi/rapidpdf/tpc.109.210180v102272009-mee-rye_chaTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/02272009-mee-rye_cha02272009Mee-Rye ChaThe Department of Biology extends its deepest sympathies to the family of our colleague Mee-Rye Cha, who passed away Thursday, February 27, 2009.02032009-Johanna-Kolodziejski Title/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/02032009-Johanna-Kolodziejski 02032009Johanna KolodziejskiThe Department of Biology extends its deepest sympathies to the family of Johanna Kolodziejski (Ph.D. '07), who passed away Tuesday, February 3, 2009.00002009-moczek-us-israel-binationalTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/00002009-moczek-us-israel-binational00002009moczek-US-Israel-BinationalArmin Moczek and colleagues have been awarded a grant by the US-Israel Binational Science Fountation entitled "Proteome Profiling of the Horned Beetle Onthophagus taurus".00002009-david_kysela_nih_nsraTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/00002009-david_kysela_nih_nsra00002009David_Kysela_NIH_NSRADavid Kysela (Brun postdoc) has been awarded a NIH NSRA postdoctoral fellowship for his research on aging in bacteria.00002009-raff_microbial-biofilmsTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/00002009-raff_microbial-biofilms00002009raff_microbial-biofilmsBeth Raff, Kaila Schollaert (Nelson grad student), David Nelson, Rudy Turner, Barry Stein, Rudy Raff and colleagues in PNAS: Embryo fossilization is a biological process mediated by microbial biofilms.articlehttp://www.pnas.org/content/early/2008/12/01/0810106105.abstract?sid=65318608-ed09-4c53-983e-98d7adac036300002009-calvi_re-replication-genotoxicTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/00002009-calvi_re-replication-genotoxic00002009calvi_re-replication-genotoxicBrian Calvi and colleagues on the cover of Genes & Development: "Endocycling cells do not apoptose in response to DNA re-replication genotoxic stress."articlehttp://genesdev.cshlp.org/content/22/22/315800002009-phillips_rhizosphere_soilTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/00002009-phillips_rhizosphere_soil00002009phillips_rhizosphere_soilRich Phillips has been awarded a grant from the USDA to study the effects of rhizosphere priming on soil nitrogen availability.00002009-catania_intronsTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/00002009-catania_introns00002009catania_intronsFrancesco Catania and Mike Lynch in PLoS Biology: "Where Do Introns Come From?"abstracthttp://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/sci;321/5885/12600002009-pomerening_scienceTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/00002009-pomerening_science00002009pomerening_scienceJoe Pomerening and colleagues in Science: "Robust, Tunable Biological Oscillations from Interlinked Positive and Negative Feedback Loops".articlehttp://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/sci;321/5885/12601162009-jerry_wilson_passedTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/01162009-jerry_wilson_passed01162009Jerry_wilson_passedThe Department of Biology extends its deepest sympathies to the family of our former staff member, Jerry Wilson, who passed away Friday, January 16, 200901122009-karen_mustatvitchTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/01122009-karen_mustatvitch01122009Karen_MuskavitchThe Department of Biology extends its deepest sympathies to the family of our former colleague, Karen Muskavitch, who passed away Monday, January 12, 200900002009-2009_awardsTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2009/00002009-2009_awards000020092009_awardsVisit our list of 2009 research honors and awards.2008/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2008show-in-navYes00002008-Kearns_ScienceTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2008/00002008-Kearns_Science00002008Kearns_ScienceDaniel Kearns and colleagues in Science: "A Molecular Clutch Disables Flagella in the Bacillus subtilis Biofilm".podcasthttp://podcasts.aaas.org/science_podcast/SciencePodcast_080620.mp3press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/8419.htmlarticlehttp://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/320/5883/163600002008-demas-martins-cnnTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2008/00002008-demas-martins-cnn00002008demas-martins-cnnGreg Demas and Emilia Martins appear in the CCN.com headline article "Robotic squirrel helps decode animal behavior".articlehttp://www.cnn.com/2008/TECH/science/05/05/robotic.squirrel.ap/index.html00002008-Wade_AAASTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2008/00002008-Wade_AAAS00002008Wade_AAASMike Wade has been elected Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, and of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Thom Kaufman has been elected fellow of the National Academy of Sciences and the American Association for the Advancement of Science.press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/8123.html00002008-andrews_mocek_beetles_nsfTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2008/00002008-andrews_mocek_beetles_nsf00002008andrews_mocek_beetles_nsfJusten Andrews and Armin Moczek have received a grant from the National Science Foundation to develop and apply genomic resources to study the development and evolution of horned beetles.00002008-hangarter_aspbTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2008/00002008-hangarter_aspb00002008hangarter_ASPBRoger Hangarter has won funding from the American Society of Plant Biologists 2008 Grant Awards Program for plant science programming on the IU radio program, A Moment of Science.09092008-san_pietro_passesTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2008/09092008-san_pietro_passes09092008san_pietro_passesThe Department of Biology extends its deepest sympathies to the family of Distinguished Professor Emeritus Anthony (Tony) San Pietro, who passed away Saturday, September 13, 2008.00002008-platt-mccormickTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2008/00002008-platt-mccormick00002008thoms_platt-mccormickEEB graduate student Thomas Platt (co-advised by Jim Bever and Clay Fuqua) has been awarded the McCormick Science Grant for 2008. Two grants are awarded each year among all the science disciplines at IUB.detailshttp://www.indiana.edu/~gradgrnt/v15n4/mccormick.html00002008-eeb-muir_mcgrath-nsfTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2008/00002008-eeb-muir_mcgrath-nsf00002008EEB-Muir_mcgrath-nsfEEB graduate students, Chris Muir (advisor: Leone Moyle), Casey McGrath (advisor: Mike Lynch) and Kristal Cain (advisor: Ellen Ketterson), have been awarded 2008 National Science Foundation Predoctoral Fellowships.00002009-gastony-genomicsTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2008/00002009-gastony-genomics00002009Gastony-genomicsA symposium honoring Gerald Gastony (emeritus) was held during the Botany 2008 meetings in Vancouver, entitled "From Gels to Genomics: The Evolving Landscape of Pteridology. A Celebration of Gerald Gastony's Contributions to Fern Evolutionary Biology."00002008-pat_curtis-brunTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2008/00002008-pat_curtis-brun00002008pat_curtis-brunPostdocs Patrick Curtis (Brun lab) and Xiang Gao (Lynch lab) were awarded NIH NRSA postdoctoral fellowships.00002008-ke-huTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2008/00002008-ke-hu00002008Ke-HUKe Hu has been awarded a Beckman Young Investigator Award from the Beckman Foundation.00002008-velicer-current-biologyTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2008/00002008-velicer-current-biology00002008velicer-current-biologyGregory Velicer and colleague in Current Biology: Isolation by distance in the spore-forming soil bacterium Myxococcus xanthus.article summaryhttp://www.current-biology.com/content/article/abstract?uid=PIIS096098220800236420072007 and Earlier2007 and Earlier/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007show-in-navYes00002007-foster-aambTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/00002007-foster-aamb00002007foster-aambPat Foster has been elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Microbiology. Election to the Academy recognizes excellence, originality, and creativity in the microbiological sciences.00002007-niu_ybeTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/00002007-niu_ybe00002007niu_ybeGraduate student Qian Niu and Joel Ybe are breaking down Huntington's disease one protein at a time, in the Journal of Molecular Biology.JMB abstracthttp://www.sciencedirect.com/science?_ob=ArticleURL&_udi=B6WK7-4R644VM-4&_user=1105409&_coverDate=02/01/2008&_alid=683881232&_rdoc=1&_fmt=summary&_orig=search&_cdi=6899&_sort=d&_docanchor=&view=c&_ct=2&_acct=C000051666&_version=1&_urlVersion=0&_userid=1105409&md5=66d5d3dd5e907fc1d1845d72e1fdfcebpress releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/7397.html10262007-2007_aaasTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/10262007-2007_aaas102620072007_AAASIU Biology faculty members Thom Kaufman, Mike Wade, and Mimi Zolan have been selected to become fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science.press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/6622.html00002007-kaufman_hahnTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/00002007-kaufman_hahn00002007kaufman_hahnIU Biologists Thom Kaufman and Matthew Hahn are among the many coauthors in Nature's special issue on Drosophila biology, genomics and evolution.press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/6622.html07312007-moczek_grantTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/07312007-moczek_grant07312007moczek_grantArmin Moczek has been awarded $540,000 by the National Science Foundation to continue his research into the evolutionary developmental genetics of horned beetles.press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/6088.html00002007-mcglothlin-jaworTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/00002007-mcglothlin-jawor00002007McGlothlin-JaworEllen Ketterson, Joel McGlothlin (former grad student) and Jodie Jawor (former postdoctoral researcher) in the American Naturalist: Testosterone turns male juncos into blustery hunks—and bad dads.IU press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/6550.html?emailID=6550AmNat press releasehttp://reaktionbooks.com/AN/papers.html00002007-advisors_bednarski_awardTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/00002007-advisors_bednarski_award00002007advisors_bednarski_awardOne of our Biology advisors for undergraduates, Anna Bednarski, has been selected as an Outstanding Professional Advisor for the Indiana Academic Advising Network (IAAN).00002007-cryoTEMTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/00002007-cryoTEM00002007TEMThe acquisition by Tuli Mukhopadhyay and Bogdan Dragnea of a new 300 kV field emission Transmission Electron Microscope (TEM) from JEOL distinguishes Indiana University as a major U.S. research facility where scientists can examine both biological and materials science structures at nanoscale resolution.press releasehttp://www.jeolusa.com/NEWSEVENTS/PressReleases/tabid/314/newsid735/52/Indiana-University-Selects-JEOL-300kV-TEM-for-Virus-and-Nanotechnology-Studies/Default.aspx00002007-iu_plant_bio-2nd-countryTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/00002007-iu_plant_bio-2nd-country00002007IU_Plant_bio-2nd-countryThe Faculty Scholarly Productivity Index survey ranks the IU Biology program in Plant Biology second in the country, and the IU Biology program in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology as third in the country. As a whole, IU ranked 10th among public universities.press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/4745.html00002007-hahn_evolutionary-sprintTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/00002007-hahn_evolutionary-sprint00002007hahn_evolutionary-sprintMatthew Hahn and colleagues features in the Science news: "Evolutionary Sprint Made Us Human" Science Articlehttp://sciencenow.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/2007/1023/2Genetics Abstracthttp://www.genetics.org/cgi/content/abstract/genetics.107.080077v100002007-us-energy_proposalTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/00002007-us-energy_proposal00002007US-Energy_ProposalThe U.S. Department of Energy's Joint Genome Institute has accepted a proposal by Yves Brun to sequence the genome of six bacterial to study their potential for bioremediation of toxic compounds in water sources.press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/5961.html00002007-branvain-barkerTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/00002007-branvain-barker00002007branvain-barkerYaniv Branvain, Michael Barker (graduate students), and Mike Wade in Science: Mitochondrial genes move to the nucleus -- but it's not for the sex.press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/5190.html?emailID=5190abstracthttp://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/315/5819/1685?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=brandvain&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&issue=5819&resourcetype=HWCIT00002007-relative-differences-hahnTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/00002007-relative-differences-hahn00002007relative-differences-hahnMatt Hahn, Jeff Demuth (postdoc) and colleagues featured in the Science news: "Relative Differences: The Myth of 1%".press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/4576.htmlScience articlehttp://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/316/5833/183600002007-hangarter_chancellorsTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/00002007-hangarter_chancellors00002007hangarter_chancellorsRoger Hangarter has been named the Class of 1968 Chancellor's Professor in recognition of his achievements in the lab as well as in the classroom.04132007-hahn_scienceTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/04132007-hahn_science04132007hahn_scienceMatthew Hahn, Jeff Demuth and colleagues, on the cover of Science: Evolutionary and Biomedical Insights from the Rhesus Macaque Genome.abstracthttp://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/316/5822/22200002007-ade-deyoungTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/00002007-ade-deyoung00002007ade-deyoungJ. Ade, B. DeYoung, C. Golstein (all postdocs in the Innes lab) and Roger Innes in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: Indirect activation of a plant NBS-LRR protein by a bacterial protease. Insights from this work may enable scientists to transfer disease resistance traits from one plant species to another, even when these plant species are very distantly related.abstracthttp://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/0608779104v101202007-strongest_glue1Title/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/01202007-strongest_glue101202007strongest_glueYves Brun and colleagues' discovery of nature's strongest glue produced by the bacterium Caulobacter crescentus was selected as one of the Top 2006 Stories in Science by the online science magazine The Future of Things. The discovery was also highlighted by the National Science Foundation in their "Discovery 2006: Year in Review".01202007-strongest_glueTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/01202007-strongest_glue01202007strongest_glueYves Brun and colleague Jay Tang from Brown University have received a $1.25 million grant from the National Institutes of Health to study the mechanisms of bacterial adhesion to surfaces, including the biosynthesis of the Caulobacter crescentus adhesive holdfast, the strongest known glue of biological origin.00002007-hu_scienceTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/00002007-hu_science00002007hu_scienceKe Hu and colleagues in Science: Differential Transmission of Action Motion Within Focal Adhesions.abstracthttp://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/315/5808/111?maxtoshow=&HITS=10&hits=10&RESULTFORMAT=&fulltext=focal+adhesion&searchid=1&FIRSTINDEX=0&issue=5808&resourcetype=HWCIT00002007-kisspeptin_demasTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/00002007-kisspeptin_demas00002007kisspeptin_demasGreg Demas, graduate student Tim Grieves and colleagues: Kisspeptin hormone signals mating season.press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/4606.htmlWashington Post coveragehttp://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2006/12/31/AR2006123100812.htmlEndocrinology preprint downloadhttp://endo.endojournals.org/cgi/rapidpdf/en.2006-1249v100002007-hahn_demuthTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/00002007-hahn_demuth00002007Hahn_DemuthMatthew Hahn, postdoc Jeff Demuth and colleagues, in Public Library of Science ONE: Human-chimp difference may be bigger.articlehttp://www.plosone.org/article/fetchArticle.action?articleURI=info%3Adoi%2F10.1371%2Fjournal.pone.0000085press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/4576.html00002007-human-chimp-differenceTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/00002007-human-chimp-difference12202006human-chimp-differenceMatthew Hahn, postdoc Jeff Demuth and colleagues, in Public Library of Science ONE: Human-chimp difference may be bigger.press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/4576.htmlarticlehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/4576.html00002007-moczek_shelby-beetleTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/00002007-moczek_shelby-beetle12062006moczek_shelby-beetleArmin Moczek, graduate student T.E. Cruickshank, and undergraduate T. A. Shelby have presented a surprise function of beetle horns.Nature news piecehttp://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v444/n7121/full/444792a.htmlpress releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/4475.htmlAmNat abstracthttp://www.journals.uchicago.edu/cgi-bin/resolve?id=doi:10.1086/509051Evolution abstracthttp://evol.allenpress.com/evolonline/?request=get-abstract&issn=0014-3820&volume=060&issue=11&page=232910302006-goodson_pnasTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/10302006-goodson_pnas10302006Goodson_PNASOur newest EEB faculty member, Jim Goodson, and colleague, in PNAS: Groups And Grumps: Study Identifies 'Sociality' Neurons.abstracthttp://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/0606278103v1press releasehttp://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2006/10/061024010205.htm00002006-raff_turnerTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/00002006-raff_turner00002006Raff_TurnerBeth Raff, Rudy Raff, Rudi Turner and colleagues in Science: Cellular and Subcellular Structure of Neoproterozoic Animal Embryos.press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/4188.html19092006-cyanobacterium-kehoeTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/19092006-cyanobacterium-kehoe19092006cyanobacterium-kehoeNSF has awarded David Kehoe, and George Weinstock of the Baylor College of Medicine, over $550,000 to sequence the entire genome of the cyanobacterium Fremyella diplosiphon, a prokaryote that has color vision.press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/4112.html09182006-genesisawardTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/09182006-genesisaward09182006genesisawardRichie Madewell, an undergraduate student working with Armin Moczek, has won the annual Genesis Award for the best undergraduate poster presentation at the Annual Animal Behavior Society meetings in Snowbird, Utah.06192006-brun_nutrientTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/06192006-brun_nutrient06192006brun_nutrientJennifer Wagner, Yves Brun and colleagues in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences: A nutrient uptake role for bacterial cell envelope extensions.press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/3759.htmlabstracthttp://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/0602047103v1commentaryhttp://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/0605027103v1?etoc06162006-bauer-meritTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/06162006-bauer-merit06162006Bauer-MeritCarl Bauer has been awarded a MERIT (Method to Extend Research in Time) grant by the National Institutes of Health, which will provide up to $5 million in research funding over the next ten years.press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/3603.htmlIDS articlehttp://www.idsnews.com/news/story.php?id=36290&adid=news06092006-teachinglearningTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/06092006-teachinglearning06092006teachinglearningThe spring 2006 issue of the IU publication Teaching and Learning highlights Biology faculty Matthew Hahn, Leonie Moyle, Mike Wade, and adjuncts Frederika Kaestle, Vicky Meretsky, among others.T&L issuehttp://www.indiana.edu/~tandlpub/issue.php?issue_id=305182006-pnas-velicerTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/05182006-pnas-velicer05182006PNAS-velicerGregory Velicer and colleagues in PNAS: Comprehensive mutation identification in an evolved bacterial cooperator and its cheating ancestor.articlehttp://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/0510740103v105172006-velicer_yuTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/05172006-velicer_yu05172006velicer_yuGregory Velicer, Nicco Yu and colleagues on the cover of Nature: Evolution of an obligate social cheater to a superior cooperator.abstracthttp://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v441/n7091/abs/nature04677.htmlnews and views commentaryhttp://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v441/n7091/full/441291a.htmlpodcasthttp://www.nature.com/nature/podcast/v441/n7091/nature-2006-05-18.mp306082006-creativity_demasTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/06082006-creativity_demas06082006creativity_demasThe spring 2006 issue of the IU publication Research and Creative Activity , "On the Human Condition", highlights Biology faculty Greg Demas, Ellen Ketterson, Michael Lynch, and Rod Suthers, among others.RCA issuehttp://www.indiana.edu/~rcapub/v28n2/contents.shtml05042006-strasburgTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/05042006-strasburg05042006strasburgJared Strasburg (postdoc in the Rieseberg lab) in Nature: Large highways can seriously impede genetic exchange in large vertebrates.full text (requires subscription)http://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v440/n7086/index.html#News-and-Views04112006-reynolds_gross_teachingTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/04112006-reynolds_gross_teaching04112006reynolds_gross_teachingWhitney Schlegel, Heather Reynolds, Briana Gross (graduate student) and colleagues have been awarded the 2006 Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Leadership Grant ($30,000). The grant will develop and test a novel model of cross-disciplinary service-learning, promote new and integrative models for assessing student learning, and foster the development of learning communities that bring together faculty, students, and the Bloomington community.SoTL awardhttp://www.indiana.edu/~sotl/funding.html04112006-rieseberg_natureTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/04112006-rieseberg_nature04112006rieseberg_natureLoren Rieseberg, Troy Wood (graduate student), and Eric Baack (postdoc) in Nature: Plant species are just as easily categorized as animal species.press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/2754.htmleditor's summaryhttp://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v440/n7083/edsumm/e060323-13.htmlabstracthttp://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v440/n7083/abs/nature04402.html04072006-brun-nasnTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/04072006-brun-nasn04072006brun-NASNYves Brun and colleagues in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science: Nature's strongest glue could be used as a medical adhesive.abstracthttp://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/0601705103v104312006-eeb-ranked-8Title/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/04312006-eeb-ranked-804312006EEB-ranked-8IU's EEB program ranked eighth in the nation, IU's biological sciences programs overall rise to 32nd.press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/3210.html00002006-fossil-urchinTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/00002006-fossil-urchin03002006fossil-urchinBeth Raff, Rudy Raff, Jeff Villinski, Rudy Turner and colleagues in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science: Fossilized sea urchin embryos tell story of Earth's earliest animals.press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/3192.html030206-danhorn-fuquaTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/030206-danhorn-fuqua030206Danhorn-FuquaThomas Danhorn (graduate student), Clay Fuqua, and colleagues in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Science: Quorum sensing and motility mediate interactions between Pseudomonas aeruginosa and Agrobacterium tumefaciens in biofilm co-cultures.abstracthttp://www.pnas.org/cgi/content/abstract/0511323103v1?etoc15022006-young-reynoldsTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/15022006-young-reynolds15022006young-reynoldsLauren Young, a graduate student working with Heather Reynolds, is one of two 2006 recipients of the Ecological Society of America Graduate Student Policy Award. She will be going to Capitol Hill in March to learn first hand about federal funding and its impact on the sciences.01112006-nava-saulTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/01112006-nava-saul01112006nava-saulSaul Nava, a graduate student working with Emilia Martins, was awarded a National Institute of Health (NIH) Predoctoral Fellowship.02022006-lina-liTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/02022006-lina-li02022006lina-liLina Li, a graduate student working with David Kehoe, was one of 20 life sciences graduate students world-wide who was invited to speak at the 4th International Student Seminar of the 21st Century Center of Excellence Program at Kyoto University, Japan.01102006-grieves_iasTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/01102006-grieves_ias01102006grieves_IASTim Greives, a graduate student in the Demas lab, was awarded an Indiana Academy of Science research grant.01032006-nytimes-lynchTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/01032006-nytimes-lynch01032006nytimes-lynchMike Lynch discussed in the New York Times: From Bacteria to Us: What Went Right When Humans Started to Evolve? articlehttp://www.genesdev.org/cgi/content/short/19/24/308312152005-kearns_losickTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/12152005-kearns_losick12152005kearns_losickDaniel Kearns and Richard Losick on the cover of Genes and Development: Cell population heterogeneity during growth of Bacillus subtilis.articlehttp://www.genesdev.org/cgi/content/short/19/24/308312022005-one-alleleTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/12022005-one-allele12022005one-alleleDaniel Ortiz-Barrientos (postdoctoral researcher) and M.A. Noor in Science: Evidence for a one-allele assortative mating locus.articlehttp://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/abstract/310/5753/146711302005-hahn-gene-regTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/11302005-hahn-gene-reg11302005hahn-gene-regMatthew Hahn and colleagues in Public Library of Science Biology: Selection on a Neural Gene Regulator Sheds Light on Human Evolution.articlehttp://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0030417synopsishttp://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0030417Science Commentaryhttp://www.sciencemag.org/cgi/content/full/310/5752/125711212005-zolan-mimiTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/11212005-zolan-mimi11212005zolan-mimiMimi Zolan discussed biological science as a career on JobTraks during the week of Nov 28, 2005. JobTracks is a radio program for high schoolers about careers and professions, which is produced by the IU Division of Broadcast & Electronic Media. JobTraks is also available as a podcast on iTunes.11012005-moczek-noveltiesTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/11012005-moczek-novelties11012005moczek-noveltiesArmin Moczek on the November 2005 cover of Bioscience: The Evolution of Novelties, or How Beetles Got Their Horns.02182006-velicer_plosTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/02182006-velicer_plos02182006velicer_plosGregory Velicer and colleague in PLoS Biology: Exploitative and hierarchical antagonism in a cooperative bacterium.synopsishttp://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.0030398articlehttp://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10.1371/journal.pbio.003037009282005-aaas-fellowsTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/09282005-aaas-fellows09282005aaas-fellowsKeith Clay and Jeff Palmer are among the 2005 class of fellows who will be inducted into the American Association for the Advancement of Science during the annual AAAS meeting 0n February 18, 2006. They will join other AAAS fellows on the IU Biology faculty, including: Howard Gest, Curt Lively, Mike Lynch, Val Nolan, and Loren Rieseberg.press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/2560.html03262005-hangarter-slowlifeTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/03262005-hangarter-slowlife03262005hangarter-slowlifeRoger Hangarter's sLowlife exhibit is on display at the US Botanic Garden Conservatory in Washington, D.C. from October 27, 2005 through March 26, 2005.press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/2537.html?emailID=241500102005-hangarter-documentaryTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/00102005-hangarter-documentary00102005hangarter-documentaryRoger Hangarter and documentarian Samuel Orr have been awarded first prize by Science Magazine and the NSF for their short video about Brood X cidadas.press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/2430.htmlmoviehttp://www.bio.indiana.edu/%7Ehangarterlab/broodx10192005-pnas-herbivoresTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/10192005-pnas-herbivores10192005PNAS-herbivoresKeith Clay, Jenny Holah, and Jennifer Rudgers in PNAS: Herbivores cause a rapid increase in hereditary symbiosis and alter plant community composition.abstracthttp://bert.lib.indiana.edu:2148/cgi/content/abstract/102/35/1246510082005-hahn_plosTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/10082005-hahn_plos10082005Hahn_plosMatthew Hahn and colleagues in Public Library of Science Biology: Genomic Islands of Speciation in Anopheles gambiae.Nature commentaryhttp://www.nature.com/nature/journal/v437/n7056/full/437199a.htmlarticlehttp://biology.plosjournals.org/perlserv/?request=get-document&doi=10%2E1371%2Fjournal%2Epbio%2E003028505052005-heraldtimes-hangarterTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/05052005-heraldtimes-hangarter05052005heraldtimes-hangarterRoger Hangarter and his time-lapse movies are featured in the Spring issue of the IU Research and Creative Activity Magazine [article], as well as the 22 May issue of the Herald Times.RCA articlehttp://www.indiana.edu/~rcapub/v27n2/plants.shtml07042005-delphplamer-gugeenTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/07042005-delphplamer-gugeen07042005Delphplamer-gugeenLynda Delph and Jeff Palmer have been awarded Guggenheim Fellowships for the coming year (2005-2006).25032005-hangarter-buskirkTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/25032005-hangarter-buskirk25032005hangarter-buskirkRoger Hangarter is creating a video from his plant and plant cell movies that will accompany a dance choreographed by Iris Rosa, director of the African American Dance Company, entitled "Rooted, Grounded and Manifested". The dance will be part of a show being put on by the IU African American Arts Institute on Saturday, April 9, 2005 at the Buskirk Chumley Theater in downtown Bloomington.02232005-hangarter-innesTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/02232005-hangarter-innes02232005hangarter-innesRoger Hangarter, Roger Innes, and Loren Rieseberg take on genetic modification's thorny issues.articlehttp://research.indiana.edu/news/stories/0001_food.html09022005-lynch-distinguishedTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/09022005-lynch-distinguished09022005Lynch-distinguishedMichael Lynch has been awarded the title of Distinguished Professor.articlehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/1925.html10082005-wagner-bacteriologyTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/10082005-wagner-bacteriology10082005wagner-bacteriologyJennifer Wagner (graduate student in the Brun lab) had her paper in the Journal of Bacteriology featured on the cover of the second January 2005 issue (187(2):544-53).coverhttp://jb.asm.org/content/vol187/issue2/cover.shtmlarticlehttp://jb.asm.org/cgi/content/full/187/2/544?view=long&pmid=1562992616122004-lilly-endowmentTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/16122004-lilly-endowment16122004lilly-endowmentIndiana University will use $53 million Lilly Endowment grant to boost life sciences in Indiana.press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/1770.html07122004-kaufman-beadlTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/07122004-kaufman-beadl07122004Kaufman-beadlThom Kaufman was awarded the 2005 George W. Beadle Award by the Genetics Society of America for outstanding contributions to the community of genetics researchers.profilehttp://lifesciences.iu.edu/genes/kaufman.shtml22112004-cook-iuTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/22112004-cook-iu22112004Cook-IUCook Inc. and IU develop innovative internship program.press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/1726.html08112004-mower-stefonovicTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/08112004-mower-stefonovic08112004Mower-stefonovicJeff Mower (graduate student), Sasa Stefanovic (postdoc), Greg Young (graduate student), and Jeff Palmer (distinguished professor) in Nature: Gene exchange between species is aided by parasitism.press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/1716.html28102004-curt-livelyTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/28102004-curt-lively28102004curt-livelyCurt Lively was elected as a Fellow to the American Association for the Advancement of Science.press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/1698.html09202004-rieseberg-nsfTitle/WRAP_SDDU/BL-COAS-BIOL/biology site/about/news/releases/2007/09202004-rieseberg-nsf09202004Rieseberg-NSFLoren Rieseberg and five colleagues were awarded a $5.5 million, three-year grant (estimated) by the National Science Foundation to identify some of the key genes that cause lettuce, sunflower, thistle, knapweed, and several other crops and weeds in the sunflower family to differ from their wild ancestors.press releasehttp://newsinfo.iu.edu/news/page/normal/1658.html