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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Read about our award-winning students and faculty, and
other news and events!
Biology graduate student Zahra Atefi and undergraduate Biology
major Phany Phaphon were honored as recipients of the Golden
Eagle Awards of Excellence at ceremonies held April 1, 2008.
Congratulations!
Danny Huang, a Biology major, and Zahra Atefi, Biology
graduate student, were among the recipients this year of Cal State LA
Alumni Scholarships. Congratulations!
Dr. Nancy
McQueen is the recipient of the 2008 California State University
Program for Education and Research in Biotechnology (CSUPERB)
Biotechnology Faculty Research Award. This award honors CSU faculty for
outstanding research achievement in the area of molecular biology and
biotechnology. The award was presented at the Annual CSUPERB
Symposium in Oakland, CA. Dr. McQueen is the second consecutive Cal
State LA Faculty member to receive this award, and the third since the
award was instituted in 1991. Read more about the award and Dr.
McQueen's research
here.
Biology student Becky Chan has been selected as a recipient of a
2008 Howell – CSUPERB Research Scholar Award. CSUPERB and the Howell
Foundation co-sponsor these competitive Research Fellows Awards for CSU
undergraduate research students. The Doris A. Howell Foundation fosters
the development of young investigators, particularly those who plan to
pursue careers in the field of women's health care research. Becky is the
third Cal State LA student to win a Howell – CSUPERB Research Scholar
Award since its inception in 2001.
Dr. Patrick Krug and
Biology graduate student Ryan Ellingson
report the discovery of a new species of sea slug, Alderia willowi,
using a combination of molecular and morphological markers.
Congratulations to
Timothy Ng, Biology Major, on being named as one of 60 national
Phi Kappa Phi Graduate Fellowship Award Winners!
Congratulations to
Maritza Hernandez, Biology major and Heriberto (Eddie) Lima,
Biology graduate student for winning first place in the Biological Science
and Agricultural undergraduate and graduate categories of the 2007 Cal
State LA Student Symposium on Research, Scholarship, and Creative
Activity. Maritza and Eddie will be two of the students representing
Cal State LA at the
21st Annual CSU Student Research Competition at CSU Dominguez Hills on
May 4-5, 2007.
Congratulations to
Taguhi Sogomonyan, President of Beta Beta Beta,
the Biology Honor Society, on
being named the Cal State LA Alumni
Association’s 2005
Outstanding
Senior!
(Posted 10-13-06)
Congratulations to
Biology graduate student Ruth Elizabeth Montes,
on being named the Cal State LA
Alumni Association’s 2005
Outstanding Graduate Student!
(posted 10/13/06)
Congratulations to
Dr. Philip LaPolt, Biological Sciences Chair, for
receiving a 2005-06
Outstanding Professor Award! (posted 10/13/06)
It is with great sadness that
we announce the passing of Dr. Robert Nakamura on September 18th,
2006. He is dearly missed...
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Department
graduate application
form now available online! (PDF)
(Posted 08-08-06) Note: A
University Application must also be submitted.
Demian Willette, a
graduate student in the
laboratory of Dr. Patrick Krug
from the Department of Biological
Sciences, won first place in the
Biological Sciences division of the CSU statewide Student Research
Symposium at Channel Islands. The
title of Demian's talk was A DNA
-based Method for Identifying and
Quantifying Larvae of
Taxonomically Diverse Invertebrates.
This is the third year in a row
that a student from the Biological Sciences
Department at CSULA has
won first place in the competition.
(Posted 05-10-06)
Dr. Robert
Desharnais' latest virtual application called Drosophila is
appearing in the next
NetWatch
feature of Science.
(Posted 05-10-06)
Congratulations to
Dr. Sandra Sharp who is one of ten recipients of
The 8th Annual Distinguished Women
Awards.
(Posted 04-25-06)
New campus
webcam set up
around main walkway for all to see!
(Posted 04-18-06)
"Honors for FlyLab,
CEA-CREST leaders" (University
Reports)
Dr. Desharnais and Dr. Robles
honored by Quality Education for
Minorities in Mathematics,
Science and Engineering (QEM/MSE).
(Posted 04-18-06)
How successful are Cal State LA students
at getting into
professional
school?
(Posted 03-30-06)
Congratulations to Steven Pan and Julie King, taking
1st place during the
Annual CSU Statewide Student
Research Competition at CSU Northridge:
(Posted 05-05-04)
Behavioral and Social Sciences
(Undergraduates)
1st
Place Winner:
Steven
Pan –
Sleep, Steroids, and Memory: Effects of Sleep Deprivation and
Hormonal Treatment on an Olfactory Task
(Faculty Mentor: Dr. Sonsoles de
Lacalle)
Biological Sciences (Graduates)
1st
Place Winner:
Julie
King
– The Current Distribution of the Fox Squirrel (Sciurus
niger)
in the Los Angeles Metropolitan Area and its Behavioral Interaction
with the Native Western Gray Squirrel (Sciurus griseus)
(Faculty Mentor: Dr. Alan
Muchlinski)
"LOS ANGELES -- Children were the judges at
the second annual
East Los Angeles Kids Judge
Neuroscience Fair at Cal State Los
Angeles last week..."
- Pasadena Star News article.(Posted 04-28-04)
"Cal State L.A. has
joined forces with UC counterparts and a host of
federal agencies to share
expertise in order to find answers to some of
California’s most pressing
environmental questions..." -
See University Reports
article.
(Posted 04-22-04)
Amelia Russo-Neustadt, MD, PhD (Department of
Biological
Sciences, College of Natural and Social Sciences) has recently been
elected as
an Associate Member of the American College of Neuropsychopharmacology
for "outstanding research, innovation and productivity" in the fields of
basic
neuroscience and mental health pharmacology. Only a few new members are
elected each year out of a large pool of nominees across the nation;
therefore
this membership represents an honor for Dr. Russo-Neustadt and the
University. (Posted 02-19-04)
Fall 2003
Issue of CSULA's TODAY features a letter from department
alumnus LTC Bob Ruiz of the United States Army (posted
11-03-03)
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