The Biology department offers:
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The Biology Department offers broad training within the life sciences, including hands-on research opportunities, such as the Cross-Disciplinary Science Institute. Through studying organisms, populations, and molecular and cellular biology in our core course sequence, students are exposed to a range of research techniques and disciplines. They can then select upper-level electives that allow them to individualize their biology education to their specific interests and career goals.
One example of how our courses span the breadth of biology can be found in “Introduction to Ecology and Evolution,” which is taken by all students interested in biology in their first semester. This course’s labs merge community ecology with citizen science, organism identification, and DNA barcoding. Students learn how to measure and analyze biodiversity, using modern molecular biology techniques, while also understanding how to study ecology in real-world conditions, seeking answers to important questions about biodiversity.
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Our faculty’s publications
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Article Genomic and phenotypic signatures of bacteriophage coevolution with the phytopathogen Pseudomonas syringae. by Hernandez CA, Delesalle VA, Krukonis GP, DeCurzio* JM, Koskella B
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Article Ca2+ entry units in a superfast fish muscle by Kittelberger, J.M., Franzini-Armstrong, C., and Boncompagni, S.
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Article Forty years without family: Three novel bacteriophages with high similarity to SPP1 reveal decades of evolutionary stasis since the isolation of their famous relative. by Delesalle V.A., B.E. Tomko*, Albert C. Vill*, Katherine Boas*, and Greg P. Krukonis
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Article Comparative genomics of six lytic Bacillus subtilis phages from the Southwest United States by Vill*, A.C., V.A. Delesalle, B.E. Tomko*, K.B. Lichty*, M.S. Strine*, A.A. Guffey*, E.A. Burton*, , N.T. Tanke* and G.P. Krukonis
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Article Complete Genome Sequences of Two Temperate Bacillus subtilis Phages Isolated at Tumamoc Hill Desert Laboratory by Krukonis GP, Kemp AK, Storrie KF, Chavira VR, Lantrip HW, Perez VD, Reyes DA, Truax JA, Loney* R, Delesalle VA
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Article Mechanisms of collateral damage: heterospecific neighbor density mediates parasitism by eavesdroppers on hourglass treefrogs by Ruether, B. F., Brady, M. J., Derick, T. L., Dula, B. T., Smith, S. A., & Trillo, P. A.
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Article Recovery of partially engorged Haemaphysalis longicornis (Acari: Ixodidae) ticks from active surveillance by Keith J. Price, Bryn J. Witmier, Rebecca A. Eckert, Christian N. Boyer
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Book The Flowering of Ecology: Maria Sibylla Merian’s Caterpillar Book by Kay Etheridge
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Article Developing Inside a Layer of Germs—A Potential Role for Multiciliated Surface Cells in Vertebrate Embryos by Prof. Ryan Kerneye
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Article Borrelia burgdorgeri sensu stricto DNA in field-collected Haemaphysalis longicornis ticks, Pennsylvania, United States by Keith Price, Bryn Witmier, Holly Chapman, Brooke Coder, Christian Boyer, Erik Foster, Sarah Maes, Ying Bai, Rebecca Eisen, and Andrew Kyle
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Article The influence of signaling conspecific and heterospecific neighbors on eavesdropper pressure by Trillo, P. A., Benson, C. S., Caldwell, M. S., Lam, T. L.*, Pickering, O. H.*, & Logue, D. M.
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Article Predicting the future: Parental progeny investment in response to environmental stress cues by Leah Gulyas (‘19) and Jennifer Powell
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Article Co-cultures of Oophila amblystomatis between Ambystoma maculatum and Ambystoma gracile hosts show host-symbiont fidelity by Ryan Kerney, Jasper Leavitt*, Elizabeth Hill*, Huanjia Zhang*, Eunsoo Kim & John Burns
* Asterisks indicate Gettysburg College Biology students.
