Scott Pitnick discusses the evolution of giant sperm
with Nell Greenfieldboyce on National Public Radio’s All Things Considered (listen) and with Carol Off of the Canadian Broadcast Corp’s As It Happens (listen)
CRE Investigators Discuss the Importance of Hands-on Mentorship in the Laboratory and the Classroom at a Syracuse University Alumni Event in Philadelphia
Scott Pitnick and Steve Dorus discuss sperm biology, the genesis of the CRE and the important role played by motivated undergraduates in its research mission with Syracuse University alumni in the Egypt Room of Penn’s Museum of Archeology and Anthropology. The event was well attended by a diverse mix of accomplished SU alumni and also included inspiring talks by SU Biology alumnus Laura Feldman and SU Interim VP for Research Peter Vanable.
Liz Droge-Young, a CRE PhD Student Receives Important Recognition for Dissertation Research
Liz Droge-Young has been named the recipient of a 2016 All-University Dissertation Prize from The College of Arts & Sciences. She will be presented with a certificate and a check during the Doctoral Hooding Ceremony on May 13, 2016.
Liz Droge-Young, a CRE PhD student, has her recent publication in Behavioral Ecology covered by Syracuse University news
Her research suggests that the desiccating environment of stored grain facilities underlies the evolution of extreme promiscuity by female red flour beetles, with females mating with many males each day in order to harvest moisture from their ejaculates. In something of a sexual conflict twist, all of this mating appears to come at a cost to males – http://news.syr.edu/journal-publishes-doctoral-candidates-findings-on-beetle-promiscuity-60370/
CRE PhD Student Awarded Syracuse University Graduate Fellowship
Congratulations to Emma Whittington, CRE PhD student, for being awarded a Syracuse University Graduate Fellowship.
SU Holds Induction Ceremony for Pitnick as the Inaugural Weeden Professor
Made possible by an incredibly generous gift by Mike and Jane Weeden to Syracuse University’s College of Arts & Sciences Read more
A Natural Curiosity: Biology Professor Demystifies Science for Students
Pitnick’s Bio 417 class publishes class research in the British journal Behaviour with 19 undergraduate student co-authors – http://news.syr.edu/a-natural-curiosity-biology-professor-demystifies-science-for-students-83969/
CRE Research Empowered by OrangeGrid
CRE research on genotype-phenotype associations in Drosophila empowered by OrangeGrid: Syracuse University’s newly developed computational infrastructure – http://researchcomputing.syr.edu/orangegrid-shifting-evolutionary-genetics-research-into-high-gear/#more-799
CRE PhD Student Awarded NSF Graduate Research Fellowship
Congratulations to Caitlin McDonough, CRE PhD student, for being awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship!
CRE PhD Student Awarded NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant
Congratulations to Brian Gress, CRE PhD student, for being awarded an NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant for his research on the evolution of alternative mating tactics in the yellow dung fly!
