Dr. Rachel Bowden
School Director & Distinguished Professor of Ecological Physiology
School of Biological Sciences
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Current Courses
196.001Biological Diversity
299.002Independent Honor Study
287.007Independent Study
311.099Rainforest Ecology
408.099Rainforest Ecology
290.007Research In Biological Sciences
599.001Research In The Biological Sciences
599.101Research In The Biological Sciences Final Term
299.001Independent Honor Study
290.007Research In Biological Sciences
599.001Research In The Biological Sciences
Teaching Interests & Areas
Ecological Physiology of Animals;
Comparative Vertebrate Anatomy;
Graduate and Undergraduate Seminars
Research Interests & Areas
Maternal resource provisioning to offspring;
Sex determination;
Ecoimmunology
Post-Doc Zoology & Genetics
Iowa State University
Ph D Biology
Indiana University
Bloomington
BA Environmental, Population, and Organismal Biology
University of Colorado
Boulder
Million Dollar Club
ISU
2015
Outstanding University Researcher
ISU
2013
Outstanding College Researcher Award - Sciences
ISU College of Arts & Sciences
2012
Book, Chapter
Bowden, R. Freshwater turtles. Breed, M. D., and Moore, J. (EDs), Encyclopedia of Animal Behaviour. Oxford: Academic Press. 3 (2010): 462-68.
Presentations
Heat Wave Timing, Continuity, and Length Affect Temperature-dependent Sex Determination in a Freshwater Turtle. Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology. (2019)
So many turtles, so little time. Savannah River Ecology Labs. (2019)
So many turtles, so little time. Southern Illinois University. (2019)
Do moms put enzymes into eggs to protect embryos from exposure to environmental chemicals?. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. (2017)
Formation of ILF-like structures in hatchling T. scripta. Autumn Immunology Conference. (2017)
Do vertebrate eggs contain maternally derived steroidogenic enzymes that are susceptible to inhibition by endocrine disruptors?. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. (2015)
Does sex vary with season via maternal estrogens when temperatures fluctuate?. Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. (2015)
Effects of season and incubation temperature fluctuation frequency on oxidative stress in hatchling red-eared sliders (Trachemys scripta). Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology. (2015)
The effect of environmental temperatures on reptilian B cell function. Autumn Immunology Conference. (2015)
Humoral Immunity lipopolysaccharide in a long lived ectotherm. Graduate Student Research Symposium. Illinois State University. (2012)
Grants & Contracts
Nature of systemic and mucosal B cell function in reptiles. National Institutes of Health. Federal. (2018)
Induced immunity as a source of maternal effects on offspring phenotype (renewal application - resubmission). National Institutes of Health. Federal. (2017)
MRI: Acquisition of a high speed cell sorter for interdisciplinary student research and training in Biological Sciences. National Science Foundation. Federal. (2017)