What’s Up BIO! 2024
Your Adventure Begins Here
Use your passport to collect stamps from each table visited.
Ten stamps and a completed survey = your choice of one piece of Pirate Treasure!
Fifteen stamps and the survey = two pieces of treasure plus entrance into a drawing for more treasure!
At least three stamps from each floor gets a bonus treasure…
Patio
“Blackbeard” is an acoustic Waveglider used to navigate the Atlantic Ocean off North Carolina’s coastline to study underwater noise and track tagged marine life to better understand the ocean environment. ECU is the only UNC System school with a waveglider.
First Floor
Welcome Desk
Start your adventure here to check in and pick up your passport.
Checkout Desk
Complete and turn in your survey then show your passport to collect your pirate booty.
Employment Opportunities and Resources
Location: LSBB 1006
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
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.
QIAGEN’s business is a vision for making improvements in life possible. We deliver on this promise by providing differentiating Sample to Insight solutions that help our customers unlock valuable molecular insights encoded in the building blocks of life. Scientists, doctors, lab directors and other professionals committed to answering life’s questions look to QIAGEN for full workflow solutions in molecular testing.
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 of the Dean of Students and ECU Cares
The Office of the Dean of Students is committed to addressing the diverse needs of our students through tailored programs, resource involvement, and comprehensive support services. This office also oversees the ECU Cares Team is committed to supporting students facing distress or exhibiting concerning behaviors. Our goal is to link them with the resources they need for academic success and emotional well-being.
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.
Semester Experience at the Coast
Dr. Julie Kirn
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.
The THCAS Advising Office advises intended biology and biochemistry majors as these students complete courses required to declare their major.
University Undergraduate Research
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.
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
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.
Neuroscience Student Association
The ECU Neuroscience Student Association builds a supportive community, helping students enhance professional skills while promoting neuroscience awareness and engagement in the Greenville area. All majors, minors, and interested students are welcome.
oSTEM is a society based upon providing resources and increasing visibility for LGBTQ+ students and their allies in STEM degrees. We also aim to increase awareness of the diversity present in STEM students at ECU. Members have the opportunity to network, attend national conferences, and socialize with like-minded peers while attending meetings, panels, and campus events.
Pre-Pharmacy
We are a club that focuses on building support and understanding between prospective Pharmacy School students, providing resources, networking opportunities, and social support to let ECU students become the best Pharmacists they can be.
Please note ECU-AFS is located in LSBB 3200-3.
Second Floor
Fidy Lab
Dr. Fidy Rasambainarivo
Location: LSBB 2002
He Lab
Dr. Xiaomei He
Location: LSBB 2002
Our lab specializes in developing mass spectrometry-based proteomics and bioinformatics methods to identify novel protein-protein interactions and nucleic acid-binding proteins, including those that interact with G-quadruplexes, R-loops, modified RNA, and damaged DNA. Using a multi-omics approach that integrates proteomics, genomics, and bioinformatics, our objective is to elucidate the biochemical mechanisms and functional roles of these interactions in both normal and pathological contexts, which will ultimately contribute to the development of effective strategies for cancer therapy.
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 2002
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.
BIOL 1201/BIOL 4810 Principles of Biology II Laboratory in Costa Rica
Dr. Jeff McKinnon
Location: LSBB Third 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.
Dr. Grace Chen
Location: LSBB Third floor lobby
The Department of Biology offers three undergraduate programs: BS in Biology, BA in Biology and BS in Biochemistry.
Our goals are to: prepare you with the knowledge and confidence to apply the scientific method in biochemical and biological research; train you to communicate scientific discoveries in standard scientific formats; educate you so you are able to apply, foundational biochemical and biological concepts necessary for graduate education, professional schools or a career in the biochemical and biological sciences.
Dr. Tim Christensen
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MARC | STEM Research Fellowship
Dr. Elizabeth Ables
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.
Taria Crenshaw
Location: LSBB Third floor lobby
Discover more information on undergraduate assistants (UA), learning assistants (LA), and other employment opportunities in the Department of Biology teaching and research laboratories.
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.
Vance-Chalcraft Lab
Dr. Heather Vance- Chalcraft
Location: LSBB 3100
Engaging the public in science, biology education
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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