What's new:
Seminar Speaker Schedule Friday, @ 4pm SciB Room 135. This week we welcome Dr. Stefan Little, UC Davis, “Angiosperm leaf morphology: disentangling phylogeny and ecology”.
HSU Attracts $892K for Biology Mentoring »
Arcata – Humboldt State University will enroll its first group of under represented students next summer under a five-year, $892,000 National Science Foundation grant to mentor undergraduate research in the biological sciences. http://www.humboldt.edu/~urm/
HSU, Sac State Garner $3M Environmental Grant »
The National Science Foundation has awarded $2 million to Sacramento State and $1 million to Humboldt State for their partnership in the California Environmental Legacy Project.
CeNCOOS (Central and Northern Califorinai Ocean Observing System):
This organization is part of a larger Integrated Ocean Observing System run by NOAA across the entire country. Its mission is to provide real-time water quality data and products about our marine near shore and estuarine environments. HSU has become an important partner in this enterprise and has instrumentation in Humboldt and Trinidad Bays. Our data streams are being used by Humboldt Bay oyster growers, students and faculty at HSU, and by local agencies. Directed by Dr. Frank Shaughnessy. See link below:
http://cencoos.humboldt.edu/?content=home
Campus Nets Big Stem Cell Grant (from Humboldt State NOW)
Professor Jacob Varkey, who teaches genetics and biotechnology with HSU’s Biological Sciences department, says stem cell biology will be a major facet of modern science in coming years. “Stem cell biology is a basic science—to really understand what development is and how cells divide and differentiate into different cell types. This grant is a beginning for what we see as a longterm objective of HSU,” says Varkey.
Botany Program Thrives at Humboldt