https://news.las.iastate.edu/2023/04/17/undergraduate-researchers-shine-this-spring/?fbclid=IwAR1qHpDVLnpmIK555iZN3i6JDZuN8RNokFsIjzbSqlr5n0e1NHxSQctEZBE

Dr. Dan. Fulton, infectious disease physician at McFarland Clinic and Mary Greeley Medical Center in Ames, will receive the Citation of Merit Award from the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences at its alumni awards ceremony on Thursday, Nov. 3. The award is given to LAS alumni who have demonstrated outstanding achievement and received national or international recognition.

Fulton received a bachelor’s degree in biology from Iowa State in 2004 before earning his medical degrees. Specialty care for the sickest patients, infection prevention efforts, and antibiotic stewardship have been the focus of Fulton’s career.

The Biology and Genetics Undergraduate Programs are hosting a Meals from the Heartland event on the ISU campus.

When: Saturday, October 15, 2022 (ISU football game is away)
Time: 10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon
Where: Molecular Biology Building Atrium

Our goal is to package between 20,000 - 40,000 meals !!!!

8:30-10 AM: setup
10-12: Package thousands and thousands of meals
12-1:30 PM: Cleanup

How do I get involved and volunteer?

We also really need volunteers to assist in setup and cleanup. 
Setup will start at 8:30 AM, cleanup will take about an hour or so after the final food package has been sealed (~12:00-1:30 PM).

Time for a coffee/tea break: FACUL-TEA Times - check out the fall schedule. This is a great opportunity to meet your professors in a social setting. Ask them questions: what's your research about? What courses do you teach? What's it like being a professor? Where do you like to travel? Do you have dogs (or cats or any pets)? .......

When: Monday, September 19, 9:45 - 10:45 AM
Where: Bessey Hall Atrium

This week's FACUL-TEA Time hosts: Norah Warchola (Experiential Learning Coordinator) and Don Sakaguchi (professor and Director of Biology and Genetics)

With data collection sheets in hand, Jamie Hefley (’23 biological pre-medical illustration) scuba dove into blue-green Caribbean waters off the island of Roatán. She hoped to survey a species in the wild that she had studied online back at Iowa State — Spirobranchus giganteus, or as it’s commonly named, the Christmas tree worm.

Hefley and her research partner were in luck. They didn’t observe just one of the colorful annelids. During their eight-day biology field course, they surveyed over 157.

“I was so excited!” Hefley said. “I thought, ‘They’re here, they exist!’”

Iowa State Alumni Sam Albee (’21 Animal Ecology and Biology), and Ethan Rose (’20, Biology and Animal Ecology) have been awarded the NSF GRFP (National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship) which recognizes and supports outstanding graduate students in NSF-supported STEM disciplines who are pursuing research-based master’s and doctoral degrees at accredited US institutions. The five-year fellowship includes three years of financial support including an annual stipend of $34,000 and a cost of education allowance of $12,000 to the institution.