Hebatallah Mohamed Abdel Hamid Elwa Awarded Syracuse University Graduate Fellowship
Hebatallah Mohamed Abdel Hamid Elwa joins the CRE as a PhD student and is awarded a Syracuse University Graduate Fellowship.
Mollie Manier, Scott Pitnick, Steve Dorus and John Belote Awarded NSF Grant
Congratulations to Mollie Manier, Scott Pitnick, Steve Dorus and John Belote for being awarded an NSF grant to support their research on the genetic and molecular basis of sperm length evolution in Drosophila!
CRE Winners in 2013 Cover Art Competition
We won the 2013 Cover Art Competition for Reproduction, the journal of the Society for Reproduction and Fertility; one of our images of fluorescent sperm within the female sperm-storage organ of D. melanogaster was featured on the journal cover for three consecutive months – http://www.reproduction-online.org/content/145/4.cover-expansion
Liz Droge-Young Awarded NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant
Congratulations to Liz Droge-Young, CRE PhD student, for being awarded an NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant for her research on episodes of selection and reproductive trait divergence in Tribolium beetles!
Jannice Friedman and Steve Dorus Join CRE
Jannice Friedman and Steve Dorus join the Syracuse University Biology faculty. A huge coup for the CRE. Huzzah!
CRE Places in Nikon, Small World in Motion Competition
We took Second Place in the 2012 Nikon, Small World in Motion Competition. Our video was part of a nationwide exhibit tour – http://www.nikonsmallworld.com/galleries/swim/2012-small-world-in-motion-competition
Scott Pitnick, Stefan Lüpold, Mollie Manier and John Belote Awarded NSF Grant
Congratulations to Scott Pitnick, Stefan Lüpold, Mollie Manier and John Belote for being awarded an NSF grant to support their research on the evolutionary genetics of male quality and competitive fertilization success in Drosophila!
CRE Receives Honorable Mention in Olympus Bioscapes International Digital Imaging Competition
We received an Honorable Mention for our video entry in the 2012 Olympus Bioscapes International Digital Imaging Competition. Our video of fluorescently-tagged sperm in vivo was included in a museum tour sponsored by Olympus America in cooperation with Scientific American, touring cities across the US and Canada throughout 2013 – http://www.olympusbioscapes.com/gallery/year/2012
CRE Wins Best Video
We won the Best Video at the 2010 Drosophila Image Award for a video from Manier et al. (2010) I 328: 354-357 – http://www.drosophila-images.org/2011.shtml
NSF’s Science Nation Visits the CRE
http://www.nsf.gov/news/special_reports/science_nation/fruitflies.jsp