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High Performance Light Microscopy Workshop |
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Sunday, 28 May 2006 |
 Back by popular demand! During the Spring semester, the Department of Biology will offer a 6-day workshop in Light Microscopy and the Living Cell. This workshop will be under the direction of Dr. Richard I. Woodruff. Current plans call for Tuesday and Thursday evening sessions 4:00-6:00 PM March 29-April12 and a full day on Saturday, April 14. Saturday’s session will be exclusively devoted to hands-on training.
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CAS Student Research Award |
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Monday, 24 April 2006 |
Undergraduate student Radhika Bhatt (Biology) has received a CAS Student Research Award (Spring 2006). The research will be conducted in the laboratory of Dr. Maureen Knabb; the research project is entitled: Investigation of antiviral effects of green tea extract on HSV-2 infection in WB cells.
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Spinner Dolphins: Aerial Maneuvers |
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Wednesday, 08 March 2006 |
 Dr. Frank Fish, biology, and Dr. Anthony Nicastro, physics, published the article “Dynamics of aerial maneuvers of spinner dolphins” in the Journal of Experimental Biology 209: 590-598 (2006). The article was co-authored with Dr. Daniel Weihs of Technion, Israel. Dr. Fish also presented invited seminars “Enhanced swimming performance by flow control in marine mammals” to the Biology Department of the University of Rhode Island and “Biomechanics of running” at the University of Pennsylvania Veterinary School at New Bolton Center.
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Wednesday, 08 March 2006 |
Dr. Frank Fish, biology, was co-author on a presentation “The beaver tail: function in swimming and connective tissue structure” at the Annual Meeting of the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. The presentation was co-authored with Dr. Natalia Rybczynski of the Canadian Museum of Nature and Dr. Ann Pabst and William McLellan of the University of North Carolina at Wilmington.
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High Performance Light Microscopy Workshop |
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Monday, 23 January 2006 |
During the Spring semester, the Department of Biology will offer a one week long workshop in Light Microscopy and the Living Cell. This workshop will be under the direction of Dr. Richard I. Woodruff. Current plans call for Monday-Friday evening sessions 4:00-6:00 PM April 17-21 and a full day on Saturday, April 22. Saturday’s session will be exclusively devoted to hands-on training.
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Distinguished Research Award |
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Friday, 20 January 2006 |
 At December 2005 Commencement Professor Frank Fish (Biology) received the WCU Distinguished Sponsored Research Award. The Distinguished Sponsored Research Award recognizes an outstanding sponsored research grant and/or significant sponsored research performance conducted by a current West Chester University faculty member. |
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Mechanics of Vertebrate Swimming |
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Friday, 20 January 2006 |
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Dr. Frank Fish, biology, published an invited article “Passive and active flow control by swimming fishes and mammals” in the Annual Review of Fluid Mechanics 38: 193-224 (2006). The article was co-author with Dr. George Lauder of Harvard University. |
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Biology of Marine Mammals |
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Tuesday, 27 December 2005 |
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Dr. Frank Fish made a presentation “Dolphin flukes as passively self-adjusting flexible propulsors for high efficiency transport” at the Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals held in San Diego. The presentation was co-authored with Dr. John Beneski (WCU), undergraduate student Moira Nusbaum (WCU), Dr. Dalene Ketten (Woods Hole Oceanographic Institution), and Dr. Terrie Williams (University of California, Santa Cruz). |
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Marine Mammal Swimming Performance |
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Tuesday, 27 December 2005 |
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Dr. Frank Fish presented an invited seminar “Enhanced swimming performance by flow control in marine mammals” to the University of San Diego, Center of Comparative Physiology. |
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