News and Events – Department of Biology

Graduate Student Spotlight: Miranda Shetzer

February 25, 2026
graduate student, graduate student spotlight, Miranda Shetzer

Miranda is a 4th year PhD Candidate studying plant ecophysiology in the Medeiros Lab at Holden Arboretum. She graduated with a BS in Biology from John Carroll University in 2022 where her undergraduate work focused on cyanobacteria taxonomy. After completing a summer internship at Holden Arboretum in 2021, Miranda...

Accepted Manuscript: PhD Candidate Miranda Shetzer, BioScience Alliance Student and Former Ingalls Fellow, has a First-Author Paper in Press at AoB PLANTS

February 19, 2026
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As a member of the Medeiros lab at Holden Arboretum, Miranda’s dissertation work focuses on understanding drivers of intraspecific variation in the context of environmental change. Shetzer et al. (in press) shows that Rhododendron minus plants growing in exposed, cold habitats of the Appalachian Mountains may benefit from higher...

Cleveland BioScience Alliance Holds Annual Symposium

February 17, 2026
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Nearly 50 members of the Cleveland BioScience Alliance (BSA) met on January 7, 2026, for the annual BSA symposium. This year’s event was hosted by Cleveland Metroparks Zoo at the Jack, Joseph, and Morton Mandel Auditorium. The symposium provided a valuable opportunity for faculty, staff, and students of the...

Burns Lab: Recruiting Undergraduate Intern, Summer 2026

January 29, 2026
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The Burns Lab research centers around plant interactions, including with mutualists and pathogens in the soil. Our current research: Lean on me: the roles of microbial "friends" in ameliorating root rot disease in Rhododendron was selected for funding by the Horticultural Research Institute. This paid internship opportunity is a...

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