Biology

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The Department of Biology is a close-knit community of faculty, staff, and students bound by a shared curiosity and respect for the living world.

Kevin J. Emerson

- Associate Professor of Biology

kjemerson@smcm.edu

(240) 895-2123

Schaefer Hall 231

Assistant Professor Latchney Published in Developmental Neurobiology

May 3, 2021

Sarah Latchney, assistant professor of biology and neuroscience, has recently been published in Developmental Neurobiology titled, “Persistent organic pollutants at the synapse: Shared phenotypes and converging mechanisms of developmental neurotoxicity.”

In this article, Latchney reviewed the… Find Out More

Visiting Professor Thomas M. Evans Cited in Paper Published in the Journal Nature

April 22, 2021

Visiting Professor in Biology Thomas M. Evans predicted early lampreys did not have a larval stage in a paper he coauthored in 2018 titled “The Evolution of Lamprey (Petromyzontida) Life History and the Origin of Metamorphosis,” which is now cited in a paper published in the prestigious journal… Find Out More

Professor Crawford and SMCM Alumna Gibson ’19 Present at the Society for Comparative and Integrative Biology Meeting

March 8, 2021

Karen Crawford, professor of biology, and SMCM alumna Madeline Gibson ’19 recently presented, “Filling in the gaps: Fibroblast growth factor 10 induced intercalary regeneration in salamanders” at the annual meeting of the Society for Comparative and Integrative Biology. Professor Crawford also… Find Out More

Associate Professor of Chemistry Kelly Neiles and Team Invited to Join Inclusive Excellence Learning Community

February 24, 2021

Chair and Associate Professor of Chemistry & Biochemistry Kelly Neiles, along with colleagues at St. Mary’s College of Maryland, have accepted an invitation from the Howard Hughes Medical Institute (HHMI) to participate in an Inclusive Excellence Learning Community. The award includes $30,000… Find Out More

Professor Crawford Appointed to the External Advisory Committee for the Vermont Biomedical Research Network

February 18, 2021

Karen Crawford, professor of biology, has been appointed to the External Advisory Committee for the Vermont Biomedical Research Network (VBRN).
The VBRN is funded by a grant from the National Institutes of Health to promote biomedical research in the state of Vermont. The External Advisory… Find Out More

Assistant Professor Chaudhury Published in FEBS Letters

February 2, 2021

Indrajit Chaudhury, visiting assistant professor of biology, has recently been published in FEBS Letters titled, “Fanconi anemia and mTOR pathways functionally interact during stalled replication fork recovery.”
In this article, Chaudhury and colleagues demonstrate that the non-Fanconi anemia (FA)… Find Out More

Professor of Biology Karen Crawford Research Photograph Named One of the Top 10 Scientific Images of 2020 by Nature

December 18, 2020

A research photograph taken by Professor of Biology Karen Crawford has been selected by Nature as one of the top 10 scientific images of 2020.

According to Nature, “2020 has been a year like no other. The COVID-19 pandemic pushed science to the forefront and dominated lives. But the year also… Find Out More

Assistant Professor Latchney Published in Neuroscience Letters

November 30, 2020

Sarah Latchney, assistant professor of biology and neuroscience, has recently been published in Neuroscience Letters titled, “Acute 2,3,7,8-tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin exposure in adult mice does not alter the morphology or inflammatory response of cortical microglia.”
In this article, Latchney and… Find Out More

Assistant Professor Brownlee Awarded Collaborative Research Grant from NSF

September 18, 2020

Assistant Professor of Biology Emily Brownlee was recently awarded a $21,840 grant from the National Science Foundation for her project titled: “Collaborative Research FSML: PhytoChop: An estuarine phytoplankton observatory.” The two-year award began August 1, and will help fund Brownlee’s… Find Out More

Assistant Professor Latchney Uses New Technology Resources to Reach Neuroscience and Biology Students

September 16, 2020

Assistant Professor of Neurobiology Sarah Latchney was recently interviewed by the Allen Institute as one of three educators highlighted because they are using the institute's open access datasets to support remote learning in the neurology and biology classrooms. She is using images and lesson… Find Out More

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