Faculty & Staff News
On the heels of his second-career hat trick, Nova Southeastern forward Sebastian Loibl has been selected as the Sunshine State Conference Offensive Player of the Week, announced by the league office Monday. FULL RELEASE
Fresh off a multi-goal performance in a crucial road win over Embry-Riddle, forward Hannah Christophe has been named the Sunshine State Conference Offensive Player of the Week, announced by the league office earlier Monday.
Setting the stage for another outstanding event this fall, the NSU Athletics Hall of Fame Committee proudly announces the NSU Athletics Hall of Fame Class of 2019, as four former student-athletes and one coach form another groundbreaking class for the Sharks. FULL RELEASE
Taylor Collins is headed to the Nova Southeastern University Hall of Fame
When Taylor Collins was growing up, she never thought she would star at the university down the street from her Davie residence.
Collins, 30, who now lives in Fort Lauderdale and is the second assistant pro and assistant merchandiser at Coral Ridge Country Club in Fort Lauderdale, is headed to the NSU Athletics Hall of Fame.
NSU University School is proud to present Peter Pan: A Musical Adventure. Bring your family and friends to enjoy a timeless story beloved by all ages performed by NSU University School Upper School students. This is a production you won’t want to miss!
PETER PAN: A MUSICAL ADVENTURE
Saturday, November 9 and Sunday, November 10 at 2:00 p.m.
The Teaching Kitchen! is a fun, monthly activity in which students get hands-on cooking experience while learning the nutritional components of the recipes they create. This experience is offered by NSU’s nutrition department and Shark Dining, and is led by chefs and nutrition experts. Earlier this year, students learned how to make acai bowls and pumpkin energy bites. Next month’s activity will be on Nov 20, from 12 to 1p.m. Chef Blas will be making “Fresh Fruit & Avocado Salsa,” while the nutrition department will be teaching the benefits of mangos, kiwis, and more.
If you’re interested in this free event, sign up via Facebook at Shark Dining at NSU, or stop by the Flight Deck on Nov 20. We hope to see you there!
From October 11-13, 2019 several Halmos College students and faculty presented at the Florida Branch American Society for Microbiology (FLASM) Meeting in Clearwater Beach, FL. Halmos College faculty member Julie Torruellas Garcia, Ph.D. is the Vice President of FL ASM and was a co-organizer for the meeting.
Along with co-organizing the meeting, Dr. Garcia also lead a workshop on science communication which included her presentation, “10 Tips for Giving a Great Scientific Talk”. Four Halmos College students presented at the conference.
MS in Marine Science Student Deepesh Tourani was awarded PAN-SGA and FLASM funding to attend the conference and presented his talk: “Functional Dynamics of Microbial Communities Characterized from the Northern Gulf of Mexico”. His research was conducted under the supervision of Jose Lopez, Ph.D. Two students from Dr. Garcia’s class presented individual research posters. Junior student/ Biology major Sukriti Prashar was awarded PAN SGA and FLASM funding to attend the conference and presented “Characterizing the Mechanism of Inhibition Exhibited by Dipropionate on Yersinia pestis Type III Secretion”. Junior biology and behavioral neuroscience major Jessica Hallett was awarded FLASM and Farquhar Honors College funding to attend the conference and presented, “The Race to Find Novel Antibiotics Produced by Soil Bacteria from Horse Stalls”. Sukriti won 1st place for Best Undergraduate Poster Presentation.
Senior biology major Sujad Younis was selected for the Biology Student Award which funded his travel to the conference where he presented the talk, “Investigating the antibacterial effectiveness of placental tissue components on antibiotic resistant bacteria”. Sujad conducted the research with Dr. Garcia and Dr. Wendy Weston’s Lab in NSU’s Cell Therapy Institute. Sujad won 1st place for Best Undergraduate Oral Presentation.
FLASM promotes microbiology education and research in Florida through meetings, discussions, and publications. Their members represent the many diverse areas of microbiology including virology, metagenomics, clinical, environmental, basic research, education, industrial, bioenergy, veterinary, and more.
For more information: https://www.flasm.org/
During October, MS alumna Lindsay Freed was lead author in a peer reviewed paper entitled “Characterization of the Microbiome and Bioluminescent Symbionts Across Life Stages of Ceratioid Anglerfishes of the Gulf of Mexico.” (FEMS-Microbiology Ecology 95 (10) October 2019, fiz146). This work began with her Master’s thesis research on anglerfish bacterial characterizations back in 2015 when the DEEPEND Consortium was just getting started. This study shows how Lindsay used 16S gene analyses to differentiate microbial types across different parts of the fish body (gills, fins, and lures) and the seawater. The results indicate for the first time that lures hold a very homogeneous population of bacteria that led to more in-depth genomics research collaborations between DEEPEND and Cornell University, led by Assistant Professor Tory Hendry. It also showed that the lures of adult anglerfish hold a homogeneous population of bacteria belonging to the genus Enterovibrio in the Vibrio group, common among marine bacteria.
Ms. Freed worked in the genomics lab lead by Halmos Faculty Jose Lopez, Ph.D.
Freed, LL., Easson, C., Baker, LJ., Fenolio, D., Blackwelder, P., Khan, Y., Sutton, TT., Hendry, TT., Lopez, JV. Characterization of the Microbiome and Bioluminescent Symbionts Across Life Stages of Ceratioid Anglerfishes of the Gulf of Mexico. FEMS-Microbiology Ecology. 95 (10) October 2019, fiz146, https://doi.org/10.1093/femsec/fiz146
PA Delegates from around the world gathered at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences campus in Winterthur, Switzerland. The campus served as the host for the conference since they recently started a PA program.
October 16-19, 2019, the International Academy of Physician Associate Educators conference was held in Winterthur, Switzerland. The conference was attended by Physician Assistant educators collaborating from around the world including delegates from Africa, United Kingdom, Germany, Netherlands, India, and the USA.
Presenting at the conference, Victor Quinones, M.S., PA-C, NSU faculty from the Dr. Pallavi Patel College of Health Care Sciences Physician Assistant Program–Orlando. His presentation highlighted the use of Simulation: Improving Collaboration amongst Healthcare Professions in Emergency Medicine.
Victor Quinones presenting at the conference discussing simulation in Emergency Medicine.
The NSU Libraries are taking over the UC! Visit the Don Taft University Center Spine on Thursday, November 7 between 12pm and 1pm, and take your game card to each of our informative booths. Submit it for a chance to win a gift card! Games, candy, and prizes await!