BioSynthesis

The Chincoteague Bay Field Station is located in Wallops Island, VA on the eastern shore of Virginia. This barrier island ecosystem provides unique opportunities for students to take classes and to conduct research.  Summer classes at the Field Station are a great way to get a “ hands-on, feet-wet” education. Classes are taught by faculty from different colleges of the PA State System of Higher Education but ALL COURSES will transfer to BU WITH THE LETTER GRADE. Courses run three weeks and meet morning, afternoon, and sometimes evening as needed for the course content. You would only take one course in three weeks. Most of the science courses at the field station are not offered at BU and many count as biology electives. Be sure to check with your academic advisor regarding the appropriateness of a class to your particular curriculum!    Please contact  Drs. Klinger  ( tklinger@bloomu.edu ),  Hranitz  ( jhranitz@bloomu.edu ), or  Corbin  ...

Dr. William Coleman , Adam Kulp (2015, B.S. Biology), and Dr. Jennifer Venditt i have recently published a research article entitled “Functional distribution of synapsin I in human sperm” in FEBS Open Bio (2015 Sep 21;5:801-8. doi: 10.1016/j.fob.2015.09.006. eCollection 2015.).  This study is the first to investigate the localization and functional role of synapsin in sperm cells.  This collaborative research project that combines the fields of neuroscience and reproductive biology was supported by a Bloomsburg University Research and Scholarship Grant, Beta Beta Beta Foundation Research Scholarship, and an Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activities Award.      

Dr. Amber Pit t presented the results of her and her students’ original research on hellbender salamanders at the 27 th International Congress for Conservation Biology in Montpellier, France. Her Bloomsburg University student co-authors are graduate students Jamie Shinskie and Sean Hartzell. Pitt, A.L., J.L. Shinskie, and S.M. Hartzell. 2015. Land use, habitat degradation, and eastern hellbender ( Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis ) distribution constriction within the Susquehanna River drainage. 27 th  International Congress for Conservation Biology, Montpellier, France.

Biology major Rachel Johnson received an Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and Creative Activity (URSCA)Award to work with Dr. Amber Pitt last summer on hellbender research. Rachel examined " Eastern hellbender ( Cryptobranchus alleganiensis alleganiensis ) population status, spatial distribution, and microhabitat use in a Pennsylvania stream."  Rachel presented the results of this original research at the 5 th Annual Susquehanna Valley Undergraduate Research Symposium in Lewisburg, PA.

Congratulations to New Members of Tri-Beta! Beta Beta Beta (Tri-Beta) is an honor society for biology students who achieve superior academic records and who display an aptitude for and an interest in the life sciences. Its mission is to stimulate scholarship, to disseminate scientific knowledge, and to promote biological research. Leading Tri-Beta during fall semester were officers, at right:  Treasurer,  Natalie Mayo;  Historian  Kira England;  President, Christopher Bastardi ; Vice-President, Kahli Castagnera ; and Secretary , Jean-Nicole Place.   Jennifer Young is serving as historian during spring semester 2016. Dr. Surmacz is the Tri-Beta advisor. Some of the chapter’s activities this academic year include weekly tutoring to students in introductory biology course, sponsoring  Mock Interviews for biology and allied health science majors, holding bake sales to fund chapter activities, and providing coffee and donuts to ...

Tri-Beta will host Biology Trivia on Tuesday, February 23 . Flaunt your biology knowledge! Come and join in the fun! Form a team of 4 students or 3 students and 1 faculty member. Please sign up outside 146 Hartline by February 22. Free pizza and snacks will be served! Prizes will be awarded to the top 3 teams.

Tell me about yourself. What is your greatest weakness? What is the most difficult decision that you ever made?  What was your favorite class and why? Practice answering these and other questions!  All BAHS majors are invited to participate in MOCK INTERVIEWS on Friday, February 19 at 3 pm in 178 Hartline. This is a great opportunity to practice for that upcoming interview for jobs, clinical programs, and graduate and professional schools.  All students will receive two interviews by BAHS faculty, followed by feedback and snacks.  Please sign up outside 146 Hartline. Participants should send a resume to Dr. Surmacz (csurmacz@bloomu.edu) and should dress professionally. The event is sponsored by Tri-Beta Biology Honor Society.

Dr. Barry Nolt and BAHS Medical Imaging majors took a road trip to Baltimore, Maryland during  fall semester to check out the Schools of Medical Imaging at the Johns Hopkins Hospital. The students learned about programs in radiography, nuclear medicine, and diagnostic ultrasound. They also had the opportunity to pose along the waterfront at the  Baltimore Inner Harbor!  Making the trip were MI majors: Gina Fiore, Emily Barrett, Darianny Antonio, Devin Jenkins, Searah Kennedy, Cole Sexton, Alex Moore, Catelin Pancer, Josh Howard, Jade Hoffman, and Kyle Ruhl.

Congratulations to BAHS majors who were named to the Dean’s List!  Fall 2015 Jennifer Albanese Medical Imaging  Darianny Antonio Medical Imaging  Emily Ashberry Biology BS Madison Aungst Health Sciences BS General Emily Barrett Medical Imaging  Carrie-Anne Barry Biology BS Pre-Medical Science Sean Beattie Medical Imaging  Cassandra Becker Medical Imaging  Hanan Ben Nacef Health Sciences BS Pre-Phys Therapy Nicholas Bilski Health Sciences BS Pre-Phys Therapy Allison Bleistein Biology BS Environmental Biology Rebecca Bodwalk Biology BS Pre-Medical Science Amber Bogdanowicz Medical Imaging  Gabriella Bonchack Health Sciences BS Pre-Phys Assist Randy Bonilla Biology BS Pre-Medical Science M...