As we are looking forward to the Thanksgiving break, this week finds everyone busy here in biology.Algal taxonomy is occurring in Dr. Koch’s Aquatic Plants, Wetlands Ecology is doing tree core analysis and Dr. Guelda’s Freshwater Invertebrates and Entomology classes just finished their 3rd exams of the semester.In Dr. Rave’s Mammalogy the class has just started looking at ungulates (hooved mammals). In Dr. Ketel’s Genetics and Microbiology BIG exams are just around the corner.When it comes to graduate students, Erik Anderson who is working with Dr. Hamann, is completing a manuscript on measuring protein activity using bioluminescence.
Coming up in the department is the annual Game Feed where students and faculty have a pitch-in lunch with foods representing organisms learned about in class.Last year there was lots of fish (Ichthyology), venison (Mammalogy), duck (Ornithology) kelp (Aquatic Plants) and even bugs (Entomology).Yep, really.This year Microbiology is promising yogurt and bread.No, no beer allowed!