SFState Biology Department

Congratulations to the SFSU Sacnas Chapter for winning Outstanding Professional Development at Sacnas this past week! Sacnas Chapter rocks!

Congratulations to Rebecca Salcedo (de la Torre lab) for winning best graduate oral presentation at Sacnas this past week! Well done Rebecca!

CLIMATE CHANGE WEBINAR SERIES Part I Fri, October 16 1-3 PM To register, please go to: http://bit.ly/Wildfire_Webinar

SFSU Biology alum Elmer Lopez was 1 of 16 pioneering biology majors who were selected for the Fall 2017 LEADS: Learners Engaged in Advocating for Diversity in Science effort, authoring multiple Scientist Spotlights that you can see at www.scientistspotlghts.org published with Elmer as author! Needless to say, Elmer Lopez has been doing great things since finishing his BS Physiology from SFSU. He was recently accepted into the Dominican University Physician Assistant Program!

SFSU BS Cell and Molecular Biology alum, Rebecca Moore, who beginning her second year as an outstanding high school biology teacher at Castro Valley High School! In addition to being an outstanding member of Team Bio 230, Rebecca conducted research as a prestigious Beckman Scholar in in Dr. Joseph Chen’s lab. After receiving her BS in Cell and Molecular Biology, she pursued her Single Subject Teaching Credential in Secondary Science Teaching with a specialty in Biology at SFSU. Since obtaining her credential in 2019, she has been a wonderful high school biology teacher at Castro Valley High School where her students are so lucky to have her as a mentor and instructor.