Kerrigan Tobin studies bumble bees and the parasites that infect them. She looks at how temperature impacts the ability of the bumblebee to fight off infections.
Category Archives: Biology
Turning up the heat: how turtle hatchlings respond to environmental temperature
Dr. Amanda Wilson Carter works with turtles to see how heatwaves effect the development of the turtle. She addresses how climate change might effect turtles over time.
Hormones and embryos: Understanding steroid metabolism in European starling eggs
Nicole Campbell studies hormones inside Starling eggs. She injects eggs with hormones and tracks how they are broken down in the egg.
Muscular activity makes Duchenne muscular dystrophy worse in a worm model
Kiley Hughes uses the nematode worm to study Duchenne muscular dystrophy. She looks at a particular muscle protein and studies how exercise might protect the muscles of worms with this disease.
One way to better predict sex ratios in species with temperature-dependent sex determination
Dr. Amanda Wilson Carter studies turtles and different types of laboratory incubation methods. Here, she looks at the difference between constant and fluctuating temperatures on turtle development.