Biological Sciences University of New Orleans

Dr. Nicky Anthony and her Post-Doc Courtney Miller published a paper on tiny tropical puddle frogs showing that protecting genetic variation is essential for animals to survive the climate crisis

Tiny tropical puddle frogs show that protecting genetic variation is essential for animals to survive the climate crisis Scientists studied puddle frogs to identify genetic variation hotspots and places where the climate crisis could wipe out populations too homogenous to adapt.

Honors Day in the college. Congratulations to our biology awardees this year!!

UNO Studies Pollutants in Gulf Fish

https://www.bizneworleans.com/uno-studies-pollutants-in-gulf-fish/

Some interesting possibilities for treatments if bacteria cause endometriosis!

Could endometriosis be caused by bacteria? Study offers fresh clues Link to bacterial infection suggests a potential way to treat the painful disorder.

Congratulations to Loandi Cruz who is the first recipient of the Amarinys Liriano Contreras Memorial Scholarship. This scholarship was endowed by generous donations from Dr. Contreras (her widower) and members of her family. Amarinys was a UNO alumna who died after a tragic car accident. We were honored that these members of her family were able to be here to take a picture with her at UNO College of Sciences Honors Day.

Congratulations to our Honors Day awardees in the Biology Department!!

Congratulations to Dr Erin Cox, Dr Nicky Anthony and Anastasia Konefal for their one year NOAA restore grant!!!

Seagrass Restoration & Resiliency - NOAA RESTORE Science Program Full Title: Building resilience into seagrass bed restoration: The role of genetic variation This project will work to reduce the uncertainties of seagrass restoration by considering the impacts of genetic variation in remaining seagrass beds. Photo by Whitney Scheffel Photo by Anastasia Konefal Lea...

Wow, this is cool

Genes Shared With Viruses Protect Caterpillars from Parasitic Wasps A newly identified gene family named “parasitoid killing factor” is found in both insect-infecting viruses and their hosts, although researchers can’t yet tell where they originated.

How the vaccines are doing in protection against the variants...the science.....

Vaccines Versus the Mutants Facing new variants of SARS-CoV-2, some vaccines may offer more robust protection or be more easily redesigned to target them.

Cool story about scientific discoveries about viral proteins that contributed to the vaccines against CoV2.

Lots of years of research led to the ability to move so quickly to develop a vaccine.

The lightning-fast quest for COVID vaccines — and what it means for other diseases The speedy approach used to tackle SARS-CoV-2 could change the future of vaccine science.