Congratulations to our SEPAL SPIKE alumnus!

Outstanding SEPAL SPIKE alumnus and SFSU Physiology major Marvin Ortanez has been accepted to the Masters in Medical Science graduate program at Touro University. Congratulations Marvin!

Congratulations SEPAL alum Tanisha Saini

Former SEPAL Spectrum scientist and SFSU Microbiology major, Tanisha Saini, has just been accepted to the Masters in Clinical Research program at UCSD! Congratulations Tanisha!

Thank you Bruce Alberts for visiting!

Visit by Bruce Alberts (center) former President national Academy of Sciences and Editor of Sciences, current UCSF Professor of Biochemistry.

Congratulations to our SEPAL Students!

Congratulations to our Undergraduate Honor Students for SFSU Class 2015:

Julian Bustamante (Biol 230 alum, HHMI)

Alexandria Contreras-Allison (Former Resource Center Assistant, Former SPIKE Scientist, and Biol 230 alum)

Kirsten Liaz (Former Resource Center Assistant, Former SPIKE Scientist, and Biol 230 alum)

Blanca Molinar (Biol 230 alum)

Pingdewinde Sam (Former SPIKE Scientist)

Marisol Solis (Former SPIKE Scientist, Biol 230 alum)

Daniel Zamora (Biol 230 alum)

Congratulations Hibba Ashraf!

Former SEPAL Graduate Student, Hibba Ashraf, has accepted a tenure-track position at Bakersfield College!

SEPAL/Biology Alumna Off to Medical School!

Congratulations to Emily Weibel for being accepted into UC Davis Medical School. Emily is a former SEPAL SPIKE student and received her BS in Cell and Molecular Biology 2012.

Congratulations to our SEPAL alum, Natalia Caporale, for being selected to participate in Research Residency!

Natalia Caporale, Biology lecturer, was selected to participate in the American Society for Microbiology’s 2015-2016 Biology Scholars Program as part of their Summer Research Residency in Biology Education Research. Congratulations Natalia!

Congratulations SFSU Biology alumnus Matilde Miranda being selected as a 2015 Ford Foundation Fellowship recipient!

SFSU Biology alumnus Matilde Miranda received a Ford Foundation Fellowship during her first year as a doctoral student in biology at UCLA. She is an alumnus of the Burrus Lab & of SEPAL.

Congratulations Matilde for all your hard work!

Congratulations to John & Kimberly for publishing a paper in CBE Life Sciences Education!

Relations between Intuitive Biological Thinking and Biological  Misconceptions in Biology Majors and Nonmajors
John D. Coley and Kimberly Tanner
CBE Life Sciences Education March 2, 2015

The authors present evidence that seemingly unrelated biological misconceptions may share common conceptual origins arising from underlying systems of intuitive biological reasoning, or cognitive construals. The findings presented raise the intriguing possibility that university-level biology education may reify construal-based thinking and related misconceptions.

Learn more at: https://www.lifescied.org/doi/10.1187/cbe.14-06-0094

Congratulations John & Kimberly!

SEPAL featured in Faculty Focus publication’s “Best of” List

Drs. Kimberly Tanner and SEPAL Postdoc Shannon Seidel’s article “What if Students Revolt?  Considering Student Resistance:  Origins, Options and Opportunities for Investigation” (published in Cell Biology Education—Life Sciences Education) made the Faculty Focus publication’s “Best of” list that celebrates teaching and learning.

Learn more at:  http://www.facultyfocus.com/articles/teaching-professor-blog/best-list-celebrates-scholarship-teaching-learning/

Congratulations Drs. Tanner and Seidel!