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Tri Beta, Lincoln Pre-Health and Biology Club host science career panel

Yuko Miyamoto — Fri, 22 Feb 2013 19:30:00 +0000

Abbe Golding ’10: Genetic Counselor & Elon Alumna (Class of 2010)

Craig Whittaker, PhD: CEO/Founder of Greensboro-based Environmental Solutions Group

Daniel Alexander, PhD: Director of Operations – Metabolon, Inc (Research Triangle Park-based Biotech Corporation)

Michael Touloupas, DDS: Burlington Area Dentist w/ Daughter Attending Elon

Over 40 students attended to listen to the advice and job opportunities from the dynamic panel.

Biology department students, alumni and faculty present at national meeting

Yuko Miyamoto — Wed, 13 Feb 2013 13:58:00 +0000

Erica Schenals, Kirsten McCormick, Morgan Gregg

Biology majors Morgan Gregg (Honors Fellow; Associate Professor Yuko Miyamoto), Kirsten McCormick (Lumen Fellow; Assistant Professor Tonya Train) and Erica Schenals (Lumen and College Fellow; Asisstant Professor Tonya Train) all presented posters at the national American Society for Cell Biology meeting in San Francisco from Dec. 15-18, 2012.

Train, Miyamoto and McCormick received Travel Awards from ASCB.

Brian Beaty (’10; Honors Fellow) also presented at the meeting. He is currently in an MD/PhD program at Albert Einstein in Dr. John Condeelis’ lab conducting research on cancer invasion of mammary tumors.

http://www.einstein.yu.edu/labs/john-condeelis/people/

Biology majors present at NCAS, win awards

Yuko Miyamoto — Fri, 06 Apr 2012 20:44:00 +0000

From left to right, Morgan Gregg, Brittany White and Lauren Stranahan won Derieux awards for their presentations at the North Carolina Academy of Science Annual Meeting.

Junior Morgan Gregg, and seniors Lauren Stranahan, Brittany Corbin and Brittany White presented at the North Carolina Academy of Science Annual Meeting at Campbell University March 23-25, 2012.

Gregg, Stranahan and Corbin gave oral presentations while White gave a poster presentation. Earning Derieux awards for their presentations were Gregg, White and Stranahan.

Antonio Izzo, Yuko Miyamoto & Rick Palmer Present at the Lilly Conference on College & University Teaching

Yuko Miyamoto — Tue, 22 Feb 2011 13:23:00 +0000

The presentation, “The Online Biology Cabinet: A New Model for Faculty Creation of Video Resources in Science Lab Instruction”, highlighted the collaboration between members of the Elon biology faculty and TLT instructional technologists to create four videos. These videos are used to introduce students to introductory biology labs, both equipment and procedures. TLT staff Joeleen Kennedy and JP Lavoie were also involved.

The resources created can be viewed at

Careers with a science degree panel Feb 17 Lindner 102, 4:15 pm

Yuko Miyamoto — Tue, 15 Feb 2011 17:42:00 +0000

Biology Club and Lincoln Pre-Health is co-sponsoring a career panel and have invited individuals with a science degree.

If you are a biology, biochemistry, exercise sport science, psychology, environmental science, & chemistry etc… major and are not sure what to do after graduating from Elon, this event is for you.

Come and hear about different professions related to health professions to environmental health!

Feb 17 4:15-5:30 in Lindner 102.

McMichael Trick or Treat Oct. 29

Yuko Miyamoto — Fri, 22 Oct 2010 18:50:00 +0000

Biology Club/Beta Beta Beta Honor Society will be hosting a Halloween event and costume contest at 3 p.m.. The costume must be science-related to compete. There will be prizes and time for everyone to Trick or Treat around the McMichael Science building to faculty offices on the 1-3rd floors (Biology, Chemistry, Physics & Engineering). Kids are welcome to attend!

For more details please email Neha nsampat@elon.edu or Katie kmilizio@elon.edu for details.

Come and join us!

Yuko Miyamoto publishes co-authored article

Yuko Miyamoto — Mon, 13 Jul 2009 20:58:00 +0000

The article appears in the June 16, 2009 issue of Developmental Cell. Access the article and the abstract via the links to the right.

Biology student wins award at West Coast Research Conference

Yuko Miyamoto — Tue, 21 Apr 2009 20:54:00 +0000

Beaty’s presentation focused on his research regarding silencing talin, a protein, in human cells and the impact on the cell cycle. His work was recognized among students from universities including the University of California at Los Angeles, the University of California at Santa Barbara, the University of Arizona, Pepperdine University and others. He was accompanied by Yuko Miyamoto, assistant professor of biology, at the conference.

Biology major Kali Marquardt wins award at NCAS meeting

Yuko Miyamoto — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:03:00 +0000

Kali Marquardt, a senior biology student, won a first place John Bowley Derieux Research Award at the 104th Annual North Carolina Academy of Science meeting at East Carolina University (March 30-April 1, 2007). Her oral presentation was titled “Isolation of Antibiotic Resistance Organisms in Local Farm Soils” in the “Biotechnology” category. �þ�� who win this prize are invited to submit a publication and upon acceptance, are given 3 free pages in the publication.

Kali will be attending Georgia Institute of Technology Prosthetics and Orthotics graduate program this coming fall.

Yuko Miyamoto presents research at NCAS meeting

Yuko Miyamoto — Wed, 04 Apr 2007 16:02:00 +0000

Dr. Miyamoto presented her research at the 104th Annual North Carolina Academy of Science meeting at East Carolina University (March 30-April 1, 2007). The title of the oral presentation was “The effects of targeting cytoskeletal proteins with siRNA.”

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