First Paper Award

The Department of Biology has created the “First Paper Award” to recognize a major accomplishment in a graduate student’s research career, the publication of a first-authored paper.  This award will be given to each student at the time they publish their first lead authored paper based on research completed as a graduate student at UTM in the Department of Biology. Students who previously published a first-authored paper prior to beginning their graduate work at UTM will still be eligible for the award. Students will receive a certificate in recognition of this achievement plus a $50 gift certificate from the department. These awards will also be publicized through the department’s news feed, social media and the Hot Student Paper series.
 
Students or the faculty with whom they’ve worked should provide Carolyn Moon with the information for their first paper upon successful acceptance of that paper for publication. The goal of the award is to recognize the achievements of our graduate students in accomplishing this important milestone in their scientific careers.

 

Date Name Supervisor Title
July 18, 2017 Jigar Trivedi L.M. Kohn Fungus causing white-nose syndrome in bats accumulates genetic variability in North America with no sign of recombination
Apr 19, 2017 Lucia Mendoz-Viveros M. Cheng miR-132/212 modulates seasonal adaptation and dendritic morphology of the central circadian clock
Apr 3, 2017 Sam Hana A. Lange Octopamine and tyramine regulate the activity of reproductive visceral muscles in the adult female blood-feeding bug, Rhodnius prolixus
Mar 9, 2017 Hussain Al-Alkawi A. Lange & I. Orchard Cloning, localization, and physiological effects of sulfakinin in the kissing bug, Rhodnius prolixus
Mar 2, 2017 Yara Haridy R. Reisz Ontogenetic change in the temporal region of the early permian parareptile Delorhynchus cifellii and the implications for closure of the temporal fenestra in amniotes
Feb 23, 2017 Hussain Al-Alkawi A. Lange Cloning, localization, and physiological effects of sulfakinin in the kissing bug, Rhodnius prolixus
Feb 9, 2017 Dachin Frances S. McCauley Effects of environmental warming during early life-history on libellulid odonates
Jan 30, 2017 Jacob Jezovit J. Levine Phylogeny, environment and sexual communication across the Drosophila genus
Jan 20, 2017 Maryam Moazami-Goudarzi G. Espie The structure, kinetics and interactions of the β-carboxysomal β-carbonic anhydrase, CcaA
Oct 31, 2016 Laura Junker I. Ensminger Relationship between leaf optical properties, chlorophyll fluorescence and pigment changes in senescing Acer saccharum leaves
Aug 15, 2016 Zina Hamoudi I. Orchard and A.B. Lange Identification and Characterization of the Corazonin Receptor and Possible Physiological Roles of the Corazonin-Signaling Pathway in Rhodnius prolixus
Aug 3, 2016 Christine Nguyen B. Stewart Influence of postsynaptic structure on missing quanta at the Drosophila neuromuscular junction
Jun 20, 2016 Mireille Golemiec J. Levine Layered social nework analysis reveals complex relationships in kindergarteners
Apr 8, 2016 Krystal Nunes P. Kotanen Variation in herbivory along a latitudinal gradient for native and exotic Asteraceae
Apr 5, 2016 Ken Thompson M. Johnson Antiherbivore defenses alter natural selection on plant reproductive traits
Apr 5, 2016 Colin Cassin P. Kotanen Invasive earthworms as seed predators of temperate forest species
Apr 3, 2016 Andrew Long S. Short Seasonal determinations of algal virus decay rates reveal overwintering in a temperate freshwater pond