There is a lot of planet activity in the early morning sky, with five planets, Mercury, Venus, Mars, Saturn and Jupiter, visible at the same time. For about the next month, you will be able to see these five for the first time in a decade. Telescope viewing of five planets In response, the St. Petersburg … Continue reading SPC offers telescope viewing of five planets
Three St. Petersburg College students earned top honors at the annual Florida Branch of the American Society for Microbiology conference held in Cocoa Beach. The students belong to the Microbiology Research Student Association at the Clearwater Campus and competed against students from around the state. Joseph Perez was awarded second place in the undergraduate poster … Continue reading SPC students rank among top at statewide microbiology conference
The college experience is a combination of the environment in the classroom together with the ambiance of nature in an outdoor setting. Providing areas on campus where students can relax, form study groups, as well as participate in course instruction outside of the classroom can greatly improve student success. On the SPC Clearwater Campus, hidden … Continue reading SPC students pitch in to beautify the CL campus!
On Thursday, Sept. 24, about 30 students and faculty attended the first seminar of the newly formed Science and Engineering Club on the St. Petersburg/Gibbs Campus. The new club held its first meeting Sept. 3. The club will meet on the first and third Thursdays every month from 12:30-1:30 p.m. in SC-234. SPC Microbiology Professor … Continue reading New Science and Engineering Club forms
By Dr. Heyward Mathews & Dr. Monica Lara On Sept. 12-13, Reef Monitoring Inc., held its second annual Lionfish Safari to combat the population explosion of the invasive lionfish into our local Gulf waters. From a few of this Pacific species of reef fish that were released into Florida waters in the late 1980s, their … Continue reading SPC students help with invasive lionfish control
Channeling artist Vincent Van Gogh, Lauren LeLockwood (a SPC biology student) tries to recreate artwork using pigment bacteria. The bacteria comes from a collection of pigmented microbes. This collection was established by Dr. Shannon Ulrich’s research students. Students collected various environmental samples including water and soil samples. The samples were plated on a variety of microbiological … Continue reading Art and Bacteria!
Many of the Biology classes at SPC educate students in the classroom, but also let them apply their learning outside the classroom and in the field. This summer term, students in the Plant Biology course (BOT 3015) got to to put their new-found plant knowledge to work exploring the ecosystem at Brooker Creek Preserve. Do … Continue reading Botany students explore plants at Brooker Creek
St. Petersburg Collegiate High School alumni Amy Rice, recent recipient of the prestigious Pritzker Research Fellowship at Chicago’s Illinois Institute of Technology (IIT), is conducting research in the field of Computational Biophysics. While she has experimental collaborators that she works with, her research is primarily computer based and does not happen in a traditional laboratory. … Continue reading SPC alumni focuses on Computational Biophysics research
“One of the great things about working at St. Petersburg College is the academic freedom and the ability to design courses that allow both faculty and students to explore their academic interests.” – Dr. Shannon Ulrich The Baccalaureate Biology program at SPC offers core courses where students are introduced to the basics of studying life. … Continue reading I want to be a Biologist! What classes can I take???
Tampa Bay area residents will be treated to a striking celestial spectacle at the end of June — a close conjunction of Venus and Jupiter, the two brightest planets in the sky. As a free service to local residents, the St. Petersburg College observatory will be open to the public (weather permitting) between 8:45 and … Continue reading SPC hosts telescope viewing of planetary rendezvous