Seeking Feathered Friends
Andrew Dolby to Present “Bird Song: No Idle Chatter” at Belmont
Bird Song: No Idle Chatter
Sun, March 11, 2 p.m.
Illustrated Presentation
Dr. Andrew Dolby, University of Mary Washington Biology Department Chair and Virginia Society of Ornithology President will introduce the anatomy, physiology, and ecology of bird song and will explain the modern tools that biologists are using to decipher their hidden messages. Bird song may sound like nature’s pleasant background music to our ears, but for the birds, singing is serious business. The lecture will be held at Gari Melchers Home and Studio at Belmont and is free for members of Friends of Belmont or included with regular museum admission.
Biology Professors Publish Article
Michael Killian
Michael Killian, senior instructor in biological sciences, and Jay McGhee, former visiting assistant professor in biological sciences at UMW, had their paper “A Habitat Model for the Detection of Two-lined Salamanders at C. F. Phelps Wildlife Management Area, Fauquier and Culpeper Counties, Virginia, ” published in the peer-reviewed journal Virginia Journal of Science.
This work was made possible through a grant by the University of Mary Washington and involved the participation of the following URES students at UMW: Carly Byers, Sarah Almahdali, Jennifer Clary, Hillary Adams and Ramsey Hanna.
Andrew Dolby and Deborah O’Dell
Ass
ociate Professors of Biology Andrew Dolby and Deborah O’Dell were awarded a $1,000 grant by the Virginia Society of Ornithology for their joint project Enzyme immunoassay quantification of Heat Shock Protein 60 and its application to avian conservation biology.
At the Virginia Academy of Science’s Fall Undergraduate Research Meeting, held at the Science Museum of Virginia in Richmond in October, O’Dell’s student, Anum Shaikh, was awarded funding for undergraduate research. Anum will study the “Effects of Combined Vitamin E and C Treatment on Plaque Formation in Alzheimer’s Disease.”
