Biology and Marine Biology

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Steve McMurray

Pawlik, J.R., Loh, T.-L., McMurray, S.E., and Finelli, C. 2013. Top-down, not bottom-up, control of the
sponge community on a Florida coral reef. PLoS One. accepted.

Kiersten Newtoff

Small, C.J., Newtoff*, K. 2013. Integrating quantitative skills in introductory ecology: Investigations of
wild bird feeding preferences. The American Biology Teacher (Special Emphasis Issue:
Mathematical Application in Learning Biology)75:269-273.

• Note: this paper was from my undergraduate work

Maria White

White, M.C. and Frampton, A.R. Jr. 2013. The histone deacetylase inhibitor valproic acid enhances
equine herpesvirus type 1 (EHV-1)-mediated oncolysis of human glioma cells. Cancer Gene
Therapy. 20: 88-93.

Awards and Recognitions:

Stephanie Chavez

 2012-2013 Judith C. Bryan Holden Beach Turtle Watch Fellowship in Marine Biology

 2012-2013 Jane Logan Lackey Fellowship

Lindsey Deignan

 Owen Graham Kenan Scholarship - $6,500, August 2012

 John Colucci Jr. Memorial Scholarship - $5,000, August 2012

 UNCW Graduate School Travel Award - $400, March 2013

 Biology Graduate Student Association Travel Award - $100, March 2013

Steve McMurray

 Sigma Xi Scientific Research Society

Kiersten Newtoff

 Department of Biology and Marine Biology Scholarship, UNCW (Spring 2013)

 Dr. James F. and Frances B. Parnell Fellow (Fall 2012 – Spring 2013)

 North Carolina Wildlife Federation Scholarship (Fall 2012)