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Multiple faculty In Print

Published August 17, 2016

Amy Marcarelli recently co-authored recently published book chapter: “Stream-lake interaction: understanding a coupled hydro-ecological system.” Pp 321-348 in: Jones JB, Stanley EH (eds) Streams in a Changing Environment. Academic Press.

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Casey Hucking co-authored “Genetic and phenotypic evidence for splake presence in brook trout and lake trout spawning habitats,” in the Journal of Great Lakes Research 42(3): 738-742.

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Chandrashekhar P. Joshi (Dept. Chair Bio Sci) co-authored “Virus Induced Gene Silencing (VIGS) Mediated Functional Characterization of Two Genes Involved in Lignocellulosic Secondary Cell Wall Formation.” In Plant Cell lReports DOI 10.1007/s00299-016-2039-2.

Xiaoqing Tang in the news

Published August 1, 2016

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The Inquisitor published the article “Can this protein cure cancer? Scientists have learned to block tumor ‘messages’ in human cells” that refers to research by Dr. Xiaoqing Tang.

You can read the article here.

Coble, Marcarelli research group publication

Published May 31, 2016

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Recent PhD graduate Ashley Coble published a paper in collaboration with her advisor, Amy Marcarelli, and other Michigan Tech researchers.

“Temporal patterns of dissolved organic matter biodegradability are similar across three rivers of varying size”

Authors Ashley A. Coble, Amy M. Marcarelli, Evan S. Kane, David Toczydlowski, Robert Stottlemyer

Journal of Geophysical Research, Biogeosciences

http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/2015JG003218/full

Auer, Kerfoot have recent publications

Published May 25, 2016

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Congratulations to Professor Nancy Auer (Bio Sci) and her PhD Graduate Student J. Marty Holtgren who published “Re-envisioning State and Tribal Collaboration in Fishery Assessment and Restoration,” in the journal Fisheries. Read the article here.

Congratulations to Professor Charles Kerfoot group who published Kerfoot, W. C., M. M. Hobmeier, F. Yousef. B. Moraska LaFrancois, R. P. Maki, J. K. Hirsch. 2016. A Plague of Waterfleas (Bythotrephes): Impacts on Microcrustacean Community Structure, Seasonal Biomass, and Secondary Production in a Large Inland-lake Complex. Biol. Invasions. 18 (4): 1121-1145 doi: 10.1007/s10530-015-1050-9 Read the article here.

X. Tang in Print

Published February 4, 2016

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Xiaoqing Tang (Bio Sci), was one of the authors of the paper, “Essential RNA-Based Technologies and Their Applications in Plant Functional Genomics,” in the Journal Trends in Biotechnology by the Cell publishers. [From Tech Today]

Kerfoot in Print

Published February 4, 2016

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Charles Kerfoot (Bio Sci) with Susan C. Savage was published in “Limnology and Oceanography“.
The article covers experiments done on anti-predation defenses in a group of cladoceran taxa over 20 years, both in the New World and Old (Max Planck Center for Limniology, Ploen, Germany). The article emphasizes the importance of evolution in aquatic food webs, and begins to explain why exotic predators may have disproportionate effects on naive prey species. [From Tech Today]

Datta and Sarkar publish new book

Published January 5, 2016

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The Department of Biological Sciences offers Congratulations to Rupali Datta (Bio Sci) and Dibs Sarkar (adjunt Bio Sci) on publication of their new book.

The textbook titled “An Integrated Approach to Environmental Management” was published by Wiley recently. It covers environmental management from a multidisciplinary perspective. Here is a link to the book.

Ogren, Huckins publish article on the impacts of road culverts and stream organisms.

Published December 10, 2015

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Congratulations to a publication by the recent graduate Stephanie Ogren and her advisor, Dr. Casey Huckins.

Ogren, S. A. and C. J. Huckins 2015 “Culvert replacements: improvement of stream biotic integrity?” Restoration Ecology 23(6): 821-828.

Dr. Durocher’s lab featured in the Michigan Tech Lode

Published October 18, 2015

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The October 15th edition of the Michigan Tech Lode features an interview with Dr. John Durocher. Dr. Durocher discusses some of his research, as well as the research of his graduate student Travis Wakeham, and gives advice to undergraduates who are interested in working in a faculty’s research lab.

Auer featured in US Fisheries & Wildlife Service’s publication

Published September 14, 2015

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“Where Do Young Lake Sturgeon Go After They Hatch? A Close Inspection of River Habitat.” Features research conducted by Dr. Nancy Auer. You can read the full article in their on-line magazine “Fish Lines.”

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