News and Events – Page 54 – Department of Biology

Biology graduate student awarded National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship

July 16, 2015

Abe Perez, a PhD student in the lab of Dr. Sarah Diamond, has been awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship to fund his research on linking insect community responses to urbanization with morphology and physiology. He is one of three Case students to receive the highly competitive award,...

CWRU researchers in Biology find possible trigger to skin fibrosis

July 16, 2015

When her father was diagnosed with lung-scarring pulmonary fibrosis, Radhika Atit, an associate professor of biology at Case Western Reserve University, began digging into every detail about the disease. Read the rest of this article here.

Graduate Student in Biology discovers new “Shape-shifting” frog

July 16, 2015

Katherine Krynak, a PhD student at Case Western Reserve University and her husband Tim Krynak, project manager at Cleveland Metroparks Natural Resources Division, discovered the new species, called the Mutable rainfrog (Pristimantis mutabilis), in 2006 at nature preserve Reserva Las Gralarias. The couple nicknamed the amphibian the “punk rocker”...

Department of Biology alum receives prestigious award

April 24, 2023

Still early in his career, Paul Tesar’s continuous string of accomplishments grew even more robust on Jan. 20 when he was named the recipient of the prestigious International Society for Stem Cell Research (ISSCR) Outstanding Young Investigator Award, the premier international award for young stem cell researchers. Tesar will...

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