crisler – Department of Biology

Dr. Roy Publishes Two Articles – One Featuring The Leo A. Galloway Herbarium

crisler — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 13:45:53 +0000

Dr. Tilottama Roy, assistant professor of biology, recently published two scientific articles. One of them is an article featuring the Leo A. Galloway Herbarium housed in the Department of Biology. This article has been published in the summer issue of “The Vasculum”, the newsletter for the Society of Herbarium curators.

Dr. Roy is also a coauthor in a review article titled, “Radioprotective natural products as probable alternatives to orthodox cancer radiotherapy”, with international collaborators, which has recently been accepted for publication in the journal BLACPMA (Boletin latinoamericano y del caribe de plantas medicinales y aromaticas), the Latin American and Caribbean Bulletin of Medicinal and Aromatic Plants. Dr. Roy played a crucial role in this project, and is also the corresponding author.

Dr. Barta Receives Primarily Undergraduate Institutions Award of the American Society of Plant Biologists

crisler — Thu, 03 Sep 2020 13:35:53 +0000

Dr. Csengele Barta, associate professor of biology was awarded the Primarily Undergraduate Institutions Award of the American Society of Plant Biologists. This prestigious award recognizes excellence and achievements in plant science research, undergraduate student research mentorship and contributions to plant science education, of faculty at primarily undergraduate serving institutions. The award also provides funding to facilitate the research presentation of Dr. Barta and her undergraduate research team at the international Plant Biology Meeting of the American Society of Plant Biologists. Congratulations!

Bailee Romaker Receives Association of Missouri Interpreters Scholarship for 2020

crisler — Wed, 02 Sep 2020 16:34:59 +0000

Congratulations to Bailee Romaker who is the recipient of the Association of Missouri Interpreters Scholarship for 2020. This scholarship is a highly competitive, state-wide scholarship for students in natural resource degree programs who have demonstrated an interest in outreach and education and naturalist interpretation professional development!

Well done, Bailee

Dr. Roy and Research Students Present at the Virtual Botany Conference

crisler — Tue, 04 Aug 2020 19:42:56 +0000

Biology assistant professor, Dr. Tilottama Roy and her research students Shawn Boss and Esther Par, both Biology majors, presented their work through virtual posters and an online platform which was held July 27-31 during the Evolution meetings in Cleveland, OH and the Botany conference, in Anchorage Alaska. Due to COVID-19 the in-person meetings were shifted to a virtual realm and the students presented on the endangered False Foxgloves plants and the Lamioid Mint plants.

In addition to his presentation, Shawn did an audio introduction for his poster, which was praised very highly by other conference attendees and participants from all across the globe. His twitter feed on his audio was retweeted by the Botanical Society of America and received 1.7k views within the first 15 hours. Dr. Roy also presented a talk and looks forward to many more such accolades coming their way in future.

MWSU Student Chapter of The Wildlife Society recognized as North-Central Student Chapter of the Year 2021

crisler — Tue, 07 Jul 2020 18:04:22 +0000

The MWSU student chapter of The Wildlife Society has been recognized as the North Central Section Student Chapter of the Year for 2021. This is the highest award given at the section level.

The North-Central section of The Wildlife Society is one of eight sections in North America (including Canada and Mexico, but also Guam and Puerto Rico). The North-Central section includes eight states each of which has a state chapter of TWS. Within each state, there are one or more student chapters of TWS (indicated in parentheses with each state): Illinois (3), Indiana (2), Iowa (1), Michigan (4), Minnesota (4), Missouri (6), Ohio (2), and Wisconsin (2).

The MWSU student chapter of TWS competed against a total of 23 student chapters in the North-Central section, including student chapters at some of the most prestigious, largest, and oldest wildlife schools in the world (such as University of Wisconsin – Stevens Point where the first wildlife program was founded).

MWSU’s student chapter of TWS has been recognized as the North-Central Section Student Chapter of the Year eight times, and the International Student Chapter of the Year three times since the chapter was created in 2002.