Biology

Ever wonder how common earthworms grow back when cut in half? It’s a puzzle whose pieces are today the focus of research by Elon senior Amelia Helms, the second student to be featured in a series of E-net profiles on the inaugural class of Lumen Scholars.

African wild cats represent species of animals whose survival is threatened by loss of habitat, disease, or unrestricted hunting.

Yuko Miyamoto, assistant professor of biology, published a research paper she co-authored titled "Metabolic Control of Oocyte Apoptosis Mediated by 14-3-3-Regulated Dephosphorylation of Caspase-2.

Senior Brian Beaty won the best poster presentation award at the 34th Annual West Coast Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Conference held at Point Loma Nazarene University in San Diego on Saturday, April 18.

Faculty and students from the Elon Biology Department attended the annual meeting of the North Carolina Academy of Science at Warren Wilson College in Asheville, N.C. on April 3-4. Faculty members Yuko Miyamoto, Michael Kingston, Jeffrey Coker and Linda Niedziela accompanied students Brian Beaty, Daniel Brown and Philip Zakas. The students presented their undergraduate research during the two day meeting.