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• Mycorrhizal fungi with Pacific Madrone
  During the spring of 2011, Dylan Smith ’11 worked on a project examining the composition and diversity of arbutoid mycorrhizal communities associated with Arbutus menziesii (Pacific madrone) in the Klamath-Siskiyou region of southwest Oregon. 
• Dean’s List for Fall 2011
  Students who have been named to the Dean’s List for Fall 2011.
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  Alumnus honored as mobile health innovator of the year
  Isaac Holeman ’09 is a winner of the Top 11 in 2011 Innovators Challenge, which recognizes professionals who have used mobile technology in innovative ways to improve health systems and outcomes in remote areas of the world.
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  2011’s top teacher
  Greta Binford honored as Oregon Professor of the Year
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  Spider named in honor of biology professor
  Professor Greta Binford, an expert in venomous spiders, now shares her name with a newly discovered species.
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  Summer vacation in a science lab
  Krissy Lyon ’12 is one of many students who spent the summer conducting scientific research.
• Fall 2011 Newsletter (pdf)
  Department of Biology Fall 2011 newsletter for new and returning students.
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  Faculty Profile on Tuajuanda Jordan
  2011-2012 Faculty Profile Q&A
  Dean Tuajuanda Jordan, College of Arts & Sciences
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  Faculty Profile on Tamily Weissman-Unni
  2011-2012 Faculty Profile Q&A
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  Biology professor receives NSF grant to conduct spider research in Caribbean
  Professor Greta Binford has received a $133,000 grant from the National Science Foundation to study the creation of a biodiversity hotspot in the Caribbean.
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  Biology professor brings spider expertise to PBS and children’s literature
  Professor Greta Binford shares her knowledge of venomous spiders in a new children’s book and on an episode of Nova, airing February 23.
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  Professor Autumn discusses biomimicry on PBS
  Professor Kellar Autumn discussed bio-inspired innovation on an episode of Nova, which aired on PBS on February 9.
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  The Importance of Predators
  The Center for Animal Law Studies is happy to present this free and public event.  We invite you to join Predator Defense as it kicks off its 20th Anniversary Lecture Series with a fascinating look at why we need predators such as wolves, coyotes, cougars, and bears on the landscape.
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  Science alumni honored by NSF for potential as leaders
  Eight Lewis & Clark alumni received prestigious National Science Foundation (NSF) Graduate Research Fellowships for demonstrating promise as leaders in their fields.
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  Professor Binford appears on children’s program
  Biology professor Greta Binford teaches young children about spiders on the public television program, “Fetch! With Ruff Ruffman.”

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• Dean’s List Spring 2011
  Students who have been named to the Dean’s List for spring 2011.
• Fall ‘10 Biology Department Newsletter (pdf)
  Check out the fall 2010 newsletter!
• SpiderFest provides eight-legged educational fun for students
  Lewis & Clark College The Pioneer Log
  This year’s SpiderFest, held in the lab of Assistant Professor of Biology Greta Binford, drew about 100 people of all ages from throughout the community. The event featured demonstrations of venom “milking” and spiders camouflaging themselves with sand, as well as science-themed games and treats.
• Professor Autumn to participate in Science Pub Series
  Lewis & Clark College Expertise & Excellence
  Autumn presented as part of Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Science Pub, a monthly event designed for a general adult audience to learn about advances in science and technology from leading researchers and scientists in an approachable, relaxed setting that includes food and drinks. Event took place at Portland’s Mission Theater & Pub, 1624 NW Glisan.
• Weird Connections features Kellar Autumn’s research in “Episode 2: How Sticky is Your Gecko?”
  Discovery Science Channel
  “In this episode of Weird Connections we reveal how geckos will soon save lives. These sticky lizards are among the best climbers in the natural world. And they could be the key to every-day heroes one day climbing like Spiderman. And what kick starts it all? An undergrad student pulling geckos off walls…”
• Spring Break Science Outreach in the Dominican Republic
  dr1.com
  Dr. Greta Binford spends her spring break collecting spiders and doing science outreach with disadvantaged children in the Dominican Republic.
• Unearthing Cell Mysteries
  Lewis & Clark College Chronicle
  Microscopic worms teach Lewis & Clark students about big questions in cell biology.  Last fall, biology major Natalie Miller was flattered to be invited by Greg Hermann to join the popular assistant professor’s cell biology lab. As she saw it, the only drawback was the lab animals.
  Not mice. Not fruit flies. Worms.
• Spider Woman at Work
  Oregon Field Guide, OPB TV
  Watch as Oregon Field Guide visits Dr. Greta Binford’s research lab and joins her for a spider hunt in the Andrews Experimental Forest.
• Spider Woman: Hunting Venemous Species in the Basements of LA (pdf)
  Dr. Greta Binford’s life and work are profiled in the March 5, 2007 issue of The New Yorker magazine.
• Greta Binford: Spider Woman
  On Point, NPR
  Listen online to Dr. Binford’s hour-long interview with Tom Ashbrook in which she discusses her work with spiders.
• Maestro Of The Venomous Violin

  Northwest Science and Technology   A profile of Dr. Binford and her work with brown recluse spiders.

• Grip Minus Grime: Consider The Gecko
  The New York Times 
  “We showed that you can dip a gecko’s feet in some of the nastiest dirt ever, and after five steps the dirt just falls off,” said Dr. Kellar Autumn, a biologist at Lewis & Clark College. “Our mathematical models suggest that this may be a consequence of their structure, rather than some special chemical.” The study, being published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…
• The Bite of the Hobo Spider
  Discover
  Read about Dr. Greta Binford’s research into the evolution of hobo spider venom.
• Spiders: An Evolutionary Detective’s Best Friend
  Lewis & Clark College Chronicle 
  The array of test tubes and glass vials lining the shelves of a small, temperature-controlled chamber in the Biology-Psychology building hold hundreds of the world’s most reviled yet ecologically vital organisms: spiders. Most are no bigger than the spiders you might find in your home. But for Greta Binford, assistant professor of biology, these tiny creatures hold clues to a big mystery…
• Travels in Evolutionary Biology
  Lewis & Clark College Chronicle
  Last summer in Costa Rica, while many tourists were stretching their legs on white-sand beaches, Melissa Bodner ’04 and Kate Baldwin ’05 were in search of eight-legged creatures. The two research assistants, who accompanied Lewis & Clark Assistant Professor of Biology Greta Binford, rose early to poke sticks into cliff-top crevasses or comb through leaves…
• A (Clean) Grip on Geckos
  Lewis & Clark College Chronicle
  Duct tape that never loses its stick. Bandages that come off without sticky residue or an ‘ouch.’ Gecko feet may hold the key to the development of synthetic self-cleaning adhesives, according to Kellar Autumn, associate professor of biology.