What’s Up BIO! 2023
Your Adventure Begins Here
Use your passport to collect stamps from each table visited.
Five stamps and a completed survey = your choice of one piece of Pirate Treasure!
Ten stamps and the survey = two pieces of treasure plus entrance into a drawing for more treasure!
At least two stamps from each floor gets a bonus treasure…
Patio
First Floor
Welcome Desk
This is where you pick up your passport, survey, and sticker.
Checkout Desk
Show your passport and turn in your survey after you visit the tables to collect your booty.
Employment Opportunities and Resources
Location: LSBB 1006
Discover more information on undergraduate assistants (UA), learning assistants (LA), and other employment opportunities in the Department of Biology teaching and research laboratories.
Access resources for career development.
The Eastern Region Pharma Center (ERPC) is a multi-discipline collaborative across the University promoting pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical education, research, and career opportunities for ECU students and beyond. The ERPC also partners with more than 15 pharmaceutical companies and five regional community colleges to serve as the regional leader in workforce development for this growing industry.
Connect with part-time job opportunities both on and off-campus
Dr. Tim Christensen
Discover how to get credit by getting experience.
Take advantage of the opportunity to learn more about the opportunities available in the Biotech Industry. Kristin Gay, the HR Manager for the Thermo Fisher Drug Products Division, will be in attendance to discuss the Thermo Fisher Scientific Contingent Part Time Work Program, where you can get paid while you build work experience, and Martina Jones, the QA Manager for Materials Management at Thermo Fisher, will be available to answers questions about career options.
Campus Resources
Location: LSBB 1006
Center for Pre-Professional Advising
Our mission is to assist students in achieving success beyond the undergraduate level. This is accomplished by providing major exploration, strategies for achieving academic goals, and connecting students with campus and community resources.
Dr. Jesse R. Peel LGBTQ Center
We strive to foster understanding and acceptance of the lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer community. The Peel LGBTQ Center works each day to develop tomorrow’s leaders to serve and inspire positive change.
Visit the ECU Libraries, where you’ll discover innovative, user-centered services and resources to help you in your research efforts, study sessions and other educational activities.
Office for Equity and Diversity (OED)
The Office for Equity and Diversity (OED) engages in programming, compliance, and outreach to foster a diverse and inclusive living, learning, and working community.
We offer support at any stage of the writing process, on any type of writing, through 45-minute face-to-face and online appointments with undergraduate and graduate writing consultants.
Office of University Scholarships
The goal of the Office of University Scholarships is to provide students and their families with information on both ECU and external scholarship opportunities.
Pirate Academic Success Center
The Pirate Academic Success Center offers free tutoring, study groups, academic skills coaching, peer academic success coaching, community tutoring, and learning communities for ECU enrolled students.
We offer support at any stage of the writing process, on any type of writing, through 45-minute face-to-face and online appointments with undergraduate and graduate writing consultants.
Women and Gender Resource Office
Work to help prepare students with the knowledge, skills, and values, to succeed in a global, multicultural society. We work each day to develop tomorrow’s leaders to serve and inspire positive change.
Student Organizations
Location: LSBB 1006
Alpha Epsilon Delta is the National Health Preprofessional Honor Society dedicated to the encouragement and recognition of excellence in preprofessional health scholarship.
American Medical Student Association (AMSA)
A student organization focused on preparing students for a medical career.
Beta Beta Beta (TriBeta) is an honor society for students, particularly undergraduates, dedicated to improving the understanding and appreciation of biological study and extending boundaries of human knowledge through scientific research.
Second Floor
BIOL 1201 Principles of Biology II Laboratory in Costa Rica
Dr. Jeff McKinnon
Location: LSBB Second floor lobby
Principles of Biology II Lab, Biol 1201, will be offered as a field-intensive in Costa Rica during Spring Break, 2023, in what is likely ECU’s most inexpensive study abroad. Students will be introduced to key principles of ecology and evolution through the remarkable biodiversity of Costa Rica forests, at La Selva Biological Station, and coral reefs, at Cahuita on the Carribean coast.
Semester Experience at the Coast
Dr. Julie Kirn
Location: LSBB Second floor lobby
This semester-long program provides students interested in coastal resources, science, and management to immerse themselves in an environment where courses are hands-on with field and lab-based experiences.
Imaging Core
Dr. Silvana Pasetto
Location: LSBB 2303
The ECU Imaging Core facility will introduce you to various unique methodologies, from light and scanning electron microscopy to image analysis techniques. These methods can be used on specimens ranging from molecules to cells to whole animals.
Schmidt Integrative Cellular Bioenergetics Lab
Dr. Cameron Schmidt
Location: LSBB 2201
Our lab group is working to better understand the bioenergetic systems that underlie cellular physiology. Our primary focus is on mammalian reproduction, but we also work collaboratively to solve challenging problems in other areas of clinical and basic science.
Third Floor
Ables Lab
Dr. Elizabeth Ables
Location: LSBB Third floor lobby
The Ables lab uses genetic and cell biological approaches to understand how stem cells are regulated by steroid hormones.
Anllo Lab
Dr. Lauren Anllo
Location: LSBB Third floor lobby
The Anllo lab is working to understand the formation of the cellular environment that supports stem cells during embryonic development. Projects in our lab use the fruit fly as a model system and employ incisive genetic tools and live imaging of cell behaviors to uncover mechanisms that regulate the formation of the stem cell microenvironment.
STEM Research Fellowships
Drs. Ables, Peralta and Vance-Chalcraft
Location: LSBB Third floor lobby
STEM Research Fellowship programs are for individuals who are interested in pursuing higher-ranked advancements in Biology and Life Science related careers by expanding and deepening knowledge and skills through graduate-level education.
Fidy Lab
Dr. Fidy Rasambainarivo
Location: LSBB Third floor lobby
University Undergraduate Research
Location: LSBB Third floor lobby
The Office of Undergraduate Research provides research funding opportunities, sponsorship of scholarly events, and access to research resources that empower undergraduates towards advancement in career endpoints across traditional STEM, biomedical, and non-STEM disciplines.
Biology Graduate Studies
Dr. Michael Brewer
Location: LSBB Third floor lobby
The Biology Graduate Programs are for individuals who are interested in pursuing higher-ranked advancements in Biology and Life Science related careers by expanding and deepening knowledge and skills through graduate-level education.
McRae Behavior and Evolutionary Ecology of Birds Lab
Dr. Sue McRae
Location: LSBB 3100
Behavior, Ecology and Conservation of Birds
Peralta Microbial Ecology Lab
Dr. Ariane Peralta
Location: LSBB 3110
Research in the Peralta Lab examines how climate and human-induced environmental changes lead to changes in available nutrients and water for environmental microbiomes. The research team uses laboratory- and field-based approaches to study how environmental changes influence microbial community structure and functions associated with regulating air quality, water quality, and human, animal, and plant health
Vance-Chalcraft Lab
Dr. Heather Vance- Chalcraft
Location: LSBB 3100
Engaging the public in science, biology education
Chalcraft Lab
Dr. Dave Chalcraft
Location: LSBB 3200-2
The Chalcraft lab is interested in the population and community ecology of both terrestrial and aquatic systems. Current work in the lab is focused on the effects of nitrogen enrichment on aquatic insect communities using artificial ponds at ECU’s West Research Campus.
Asch Fisheries Oceanography Lab
Dr. Rebecca Asch
Location: LSBB 3200-3
Our lab studies how oceanic conditions and climate affect the health of fish populations. Please stop by to learn more about these opportunities!
Student Organization American Fisheries Society (ECU-AFS)
Location: LSBB 3200-3
The ECU subunit of the premier International Fisheries organization.
Blakeslee Marine Conservation and Parasite Ecology Lab
Dr. April Blakeslee
Location: LSBB 3200-4
The Blakeslee lab focuses on marine and estuarine conservation biology and includes a diverse research program involving invasion ecology, parasite ecology, biodiversity, and biogeography.
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