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
(240) 895-2123
Schaefer Hall 231
Professor of Biology Jeffrey Byrd Instrumental in Updated Guidelines for Biosafety in Teaching Laboratories
January 15, 2020
Professor Jeffrey Byrd outside of a teaching laboratory
St. Mary’s College of Maryland Professor of Biology Jeffrey Byrd recently published a paper on the “Guidelines for Biosafety in Teaching Laboratories Version 2.0: A Revised and Updated Manual for 2019” in the Journal of Microbiology & Biology Education, along with colleagues Elizabeth Emmer of… Find Out More
Associate Professor Kevin Emerson Published in Scientific Journal PLoS ONE
November 15, 2019
Emerson pictured taking samples in Amazon
Associate Professor of Biology Kevin Emerson, along with his colleagues at SUNY Albany and Universidade de São Paulo, have recently been published in the scientific journal PLoS ONE.  Their paper continues their studies on the relationship between land use changes associated with deforestation and… Find Out More
SMCM Alumni Hall, Schuller, and Kimball, and their professor, Jessica Malisch, highlighted in Maryland Ornithological Society Newsletter
October 18, 2019
Lauren Hall ‘19, Livia Shuller ‘19, and Melanie Kimball ‘19 pictured
St. Mary’s College alumni Lauren Hall ‘19, Livia Shuller ‘19, and Melanie Kimball ‘19, along with their St. Mary’s Project (SMP) mentor, Jessica L. Malisch, assistant professor of physiology, were featured in an article in the September-October Newsletter of the Maryland Ornithological Society (MOS… Find Out More
Linda Greer an Invited Lecturer in Natural Science and Mathematics Colloquia Series
October 17, 2019
Linda Greer pictured
St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Biology Department presents Linda Greer to discuss “The Environmental Impact of Fashion” as part of the Natural Science and Mathematics Colloquia series. The talk takes place on Nov. 20 at 4:45 p.m. in Schaefer Hall 106.

 

Greer will discuss the fashion industry’… Find Out More
Assistant Professor Shanen Sherrer and Colleagues Awarded St. Mary’s College’s First NSF MRI Grant
October 11, 2019
pictured: (L-R Back Row): Randolph K. Larsen, professor of chemistry; Geoffrey M. Bowers, assistant professor of chemistry; Jessica L. Malisch, assistant professor of physiology; and Laboratory Coordinator Doug Hovland. (L-R Front Row): Assistant Professor of Biochemistry Shanen Sherrer and Pamela S. Mertz, professor of chemistry and biochemistry.
St. Mary’s College of Maryland was awarded its first National Science Foundation (NSF) Major Research Instrumentation Program (MRI) grant using lead investigator Assistant Professor of Biochemistry Shanen Sherrer’s expertise on circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy. Geoffrey M. Bowers, assistant… Find Out More
Jeremy Testa an Invited Lecturer in Natural Science and Mathematics Colloquia Series
September 23, 2019
Jeremy Testa pictured
St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Biology Department presents Jeremy Testa to discuss “The Long Road of Chesapeake Bay Restoration: Resistance, Resilience, and Recovery” as part of the Natural Science and Mathematics Colloquia series. The talk takes place on Oct. 30 at 4:45 p.m. in Schaefer Hall 106… Find Out More
Danielle Spaulding '20 Awarded Research Grant from Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid Research Program
September 1, 2019
Danielle Spaulding presenting her SURF research at St. Mary's College of Maryland, July 2019.
St. Mary’s College of Maryland student Danielle Spaulding ’20 was awarded a research grant from the Sigma Xi Grants-in-Aid of Research Program for her research titled “Can Glyphosate and Polyethoxylated Tallowamine Inhibit Cytochrome P450 Enzymes?” Spaulding, who is a double major in biology and… Find Out More
Professors Elliot and and Kose and Alumna Steinfeld Published in AIMS Press
August 23, 2019
Professors Elliot and and Kose pictured
Professors Samantha Elliot (biology) and Emek Kose (math), along with alumna Anna Steinfeld ’17 and two other collaborators, published “Modeling the Stem Cell Hypothesis: Investigating the Effects of Cancer Stem Cells and TGF−β on Tumor Growth” in AIMS Press.

The article proposes a mathematical… Find Out More
Alumna Alex Schoen ’17 an Invited Lecturer in Natural Science and Mathematics Colloquia Series
August 21, 2019
Alex Schoen pictured
St. Mary’s College of Maryland’s Biology Department presents Alex Schoen ’17 to discuss “Sharks, Stress, and Steroids: A Millennial Mystery,” as part of the Natural Science and Mathematics Colloquia series. The talk takes place on Sept. 25 at 4:45 p.m. in Schaefer Hall 106.

 

Schoen, visiting… Find Out More
Byrd Presents Biosafety Best Practices, Guidelines at Summer Conferences
August 14, 2019
Jeff Byrd portrait
Professor of Biology Jeff Byrd gave two invited presentations this summer.
On June 22, he presented “Best Practices for Biosafety in Teaching Laboratories” at Microbe2019, the general meeting of the American Society for Microbiology, held this year in San Francisco, California.

On August 1, he… Find Out More
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