Fall 2019 Biology News November 2019 November 14—Brooklyn College’s Biology Club recently hosted its first medical student panel, inviting Elaine Fletcher and Errol Hunte, students who have successfully navigated the complex medical school applications Read More
Graduate Student Glennon Bythrow Receives Provost’s Alfred W. Alberts Award in Biochemistry Graduate student Glennon Bythrow received the provost’s Alfred W. Alberts Award in Biochemistry. Alberts ’53 discovered lovastatin, the first of the class of cholesterol-lowering drugs called statins. Each year the Read More
Biology Professor Juergen Polle Featured at Annual Algae Conference Biology professor Juergen Polle moderated and spoke in the session “Genetic Modification: A Key to Improving Algae Feasibility?” at the 13th annual Algae Biomass Summit in Orlando, Florida, in September. Read More
Graduate Student Avdar San Receives Provost’s Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowship for the Sciences Graduate student Avdar San received the Early Research Initiative Provost’s Pre-Dissertation Research Fellowship for the Sciences. The $5,000 award recognizes academic interests and achievement and is intended to help support Read More
Biology Graduate Student Manal Farhat Receives Provost’s Estelle and James T. Ramey Scholarship Biology graduate student Manal Farhat received the provost’s Estelle and James T. Ramey Scholarship. Read More
Biology Chair to Moderate Panel at American Society of Microbiology Conference Peter Lipke, chair of the Biology Department, will moderate a session at the American Society of Microbiology’s annual microbe conference in Chicago next June. The session is titled “The Leaks Read More
Fighting Cancer by Awakening Our Immune Systems Biology Professor Anjana Saxena’s research explores whether antibiotics might be the cure. Read More
Jennifer Basil Wins Tow Distinguished Teaching Award The Biology professor is recognized for her talents in making science accessible to students. Read More
Magner Milestones Mark Years of Student Support and Success 2019 was a banner year for all things Magner: The Magner Career Center recently achieved 15 years of helping students succeed on their career paths, and the center’s founder, Marge Magner, celebrated the 50th anniversary of her graduation from Brooklyn College. Read More
Spring 2019 Biology News July 2019 July 23—Naomi Lewandowski from the Basil Lab has recently been awarded a NOAA/Seagrant Knauss Fellowship in Marine Policy. Lewandowski will take up this one-year fellowship in Washington, D.C., in Read More
