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Department News Archives for 2007-2009 Lowell E. Urbatsch a PI for “CyberFlora Louisiana” Dr. Lowell E. Urbatsch, Professor and Director of the LSU Herbarium is one of five principal investigators involved in “CyberFlora Louisiana,” a project funded recently by the National Science Foundation (NSF), and they will receive $498,979 to incorporate 1.1 million specimens in a single website. Other principal investigators include Dr. Thomas W. Sasek, University of Louisiana at Monroe; Dr. Steven P. Darwin, Tulane University; Alex Lasseigne, Nicholls State; and Richard E. Miller, Southeastern Louisiana University. View: PDF announcement Department faculty receive University Awards The following Department faculty have received awards and will be formally recognized at the A.R. Choppin Honors Convocation on March 12th. Congratulations! LSU Distinguished Faculty Award Chris Austin highlighted in Discover Chris Austin was highlighted in Discover Magazine for his research in “Six Sites That Are the Galapagos for Modern Darwins.” View: Article Christner lab research highlighted in Nature Reviews Microbiology View: Article Two Department Faculty in Discover's Top Science Discoveries of the Year Mark Batzer and Brent Christner claim coveted spots in end-of-year scientific wrap-up. View: Article Brent Christner on CBS Sunday Morning Research by Brent Christner and postdoctoral researcher, Pierre Amato, was highlighted, in animated form, on CBS Sunday Morning. View clip: Fast Draw: In the Clouds Gary King featured in Science Gary King was featured in the 20 June issue of Science for his work with microbes in Kilauea. View: Article Dr. Christopher Gregg receives teaching awards Dr. Christopher Gregg received the George H. Deer Distinguished Teaching Award and the Tiger Athletic Foundation College Undergraduate Teaching Award. The George H. Deer Distinguished Teaching Award recognizes outstanding teaching at the freshman level. Mark Batzer Given LSU’s Highest Distinction Prestigious researcher adds “Boyd Professor” to his ever-growing list of titles. View: Article Brent Christner's research published in Science Ubiquity of Biological Ice Nucleators in Snowfall Read the PDF Vince LiCata named the Brij Mohan Distinguished professor The Brij Mohan Distinguished Professor Award recognizes a full-time faculty member who serves as a model for the community in demonstration of a commitment to peace, equality, and social justice. Eric Achberger awarded the Tiger Athletic Foundation President's Award Tiger Athletic Foundation President's Award recognizes a faculty member for extraordinary classroom teaching as demonstrated by an impact on and involvement with students, a scholarly approach to teaching and learning, and contributions to the profession of teaching. Initiative in Integrative Microbial Biology hosts workshop "Integrating microbial biology with the National Ecological Observatory Network" Workshop NEON (see www.neoninc.org) is an NSF-sponsored facility currently in the last stages of planning before a construction phase that is ultimately intended to establish 20 cores sites plus satellite sites around the U.S. Each of the sites will be heavily instrumented and conduct a wide range of environmental analyses. Collectively, observations from the NEON platform will provide unprecedented regional- to continental-scale information about a wide range of ecological and biological processes, and their responses to climate change and other anthropogenic changes. Data from the network promises to transform our understanding of ecology at multiple levels, and to provide key information needed for policy-makers and managers. Microbes play prominent roles in many of the areas for which NEON is intended to provide data, e.g., biodiversity, land use, biogeochemistry, and infectious disease. Results from the workshop will help establish what microbial variables need to be measured and how best to do so. The workshop was organized by G.M. King, who chaired a committee consisting of: Dr. C. Giardina (U.S. Forest Service, Hilo, HI), Dr. R. Kao (NEON, Inc.), Dr. M. Keller (NEON, Inc.), Dr. L. Kinkel (Univ. Minn), Dr. J. Schimel (UC-Santa Barbara), Dr. K. Scow (UC-Davis), Dr. J. Tiedje (Michigan State), and Dr. E. Triplett (Univ. Fl). Mark A. Batzer elected as AAAS Fellow In October, Mark A. Batzer, Andrew C. Pereboom Alumni Departmental Professor of Biological Sciences at LSU, AAAS is the world’s largest general scientific society and publishes the internationally renowned journal, Science, in which research from Dr. Batzer’s laboratory was recently featured. Dr. Batzer’s research team here at LSU participated in the recent sequencing project of the rhesus macaque genome, focusing its efforts on the analysis of mobile element composition and their evolutionary history (Science, April 13th, 2007). In an AAAS tradition dating back to 1847, Dr. Batzer was first nominated to the AAAS Steering Group for the This announcement appeared in the AAAS News & Notes section of the journal Science on October 26th, 2007. Steven Hand's Fifth Annual Peter W. Hochachka Lecture Biological Stasis in Nature: Metabolic Arrest, Avoidance of Apoptosis, and Cell Stabilization View: PDF announcement Research from the Batzer lab featured on the cover of Nature In the 10 May 2007 issue of the journal Nature, the genome sequence of the first marsupial (pouched mammal) is revealed. The Batzer laboratory recently took part in this multi-institutional effort spearheaded by the Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard University to sequence the complete genome of the gray, short-tailed opossum, Monodelphis domestica. Kangaroos of Australia and the North American opossum, which is abundant in Louisiana, typically come to mind when we think of marsupials. However, Monodelphis domestica, a South American opossum, was chosen for genome sequencing because it is the predominant laboratory-bred research marsupial in the world and therefore represents an important model organism for comparative genomics. View: PDF Gary King's article in Nature Review's Microbiology journal, Vol 5, Feb 2007 Distribution, diversity and ecology of aerobic CO-oxidizing bacteria Abstract: Numerous studies indicate that carbon monoxide (CO) participates in a broader
range of processes than any other single molecule, ranging from subcellular to planetary
scales. Despite its toxicity to many organisms, a diverse group of bacteria that span multiple
phylogenetic lineages metabolize CO. These bacteria are globally distributed and include
pathogens, plant symbionts and biogeochemically important lineages in soils and the
oceans. New molecular and isolation techniques, as well as genome sequencing, have greatly View: PDF Fernando Galvez is co-author of most highly cited article between 2000-2006 Fernando Galvez is co-author of a review article entitled "The Biotic Ligand: A Historical Overview", which according to Elsevier Publishers, was the most highly cited article of those published in Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology, Part C, between 2000-2006. The URL to access this article is at: http://lsu.library.ingentaconnect.com/content/els/15320456/2002/00000133/00000001/art00112 Roger Laine was the principal organizer of a scientific meeting in Japan Roger A Laine was the principal organizer of a scientific meeting held in Tokushima, Japan, Feb. 27-Mar 1, entitled: "Glycobiology and Sphingobiology, 2007". More than 200 scientists from Europe, South America, Mexico, Canada, USA, Taiwan, China and Japan participated in the meeting. The URL which contains the program is at http://www.hakomori-meeting.citymax.com Research from the Batzer laboratory featured on the cover of Science In the 13 April 2007/today’s issue of Science, the genome sequence of the rhesus macaque (Macaca mulatta) is unveiled. The rhesus macaque genome will enhance its significance as a model for biomedical research and for studies on primate evolution. A team of more than 170 scientists from around the world was involved in the sequencing and analysis of the genome. Here at LSU, the Batzer laboratory played a key role in the analysis of the mobile element composition of the rhesus macaque genome. The research of Mark Batzer’s group, in collaboration with Brygg Ullmer (CS+CCT), yielded two publications in the journal Science. The publications are accompanied by an interactive poster, online videos, interviews, and educational tools. View: PDF David Brown selected as LSU Service-Learning Faculty Scholar Eight full-time faculty members representing a variety of disciplines were selected for LSU’s inaugural 2007 Service-Learning Faculty Scholars Program, which offers $2,000 stipends to encourage experiential education and “hands-on” learning that benefits the community. The Center for Community Engagement, Learning, and Leadership, or CCELL, has initiated the innovative Faculty Scholars Program to promote the institutionalization of service-learning courses in every department and to advance the objectives of the LSU Flagship Agenda. - View older news archives
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