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Brett Melbourne 's Collaborative Research: Species Interactions in Range Dynamics and Changing Environments: Stochastic Models and Experiments with Alan Hastings at UC Davis has been funded by NSF! The five year grant of just over 1 million dollars between the two institutions will support fundamental experiments and development of new...

After a day of fieldwork inventorying lichens at White Rocks Open Space, EBIO Assistant Professor Erin Tripp was walking back to her car when an unfamiliar lichen caught her eye. Later that week, Tripp spotted a second species of lichen that she suspected might also be a new species. Tripp,...

The chloroplast, where all photosynthesis occurs in plants, is derived from ancient, free-living algae. Over the past 900 million years, however, it has lived inside of plant cells and their green algal ancestors, evolving to be an integral part of these organisms. However, each chloroplast still has it's own separate...

Dr. Noah Fierer , working in conjuction with researchers from North Carolina State University, has produced the first atlas of airborne microbes across the continental United States. The researchers collected outdoor dust samples from roughly 1,200 homes in all 50 states from both urban and rural areas using a powerful...

Dr. Noah Fierer , an associate professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and a fellow at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, was inspired to study the levels of fungi and airbourne mold present in Boulder basements while walking through his south Boulder neighborhood after...

Helen McCreery, a graduate student with the Breed lab , was selected to receive the 2015 Graduate Summer Fellowship Award from the Graduate School. Graduate Summer Fellowship Awards are competitive awards sponsored by the Graduate School. These financial awards support the research, scholarship and creative work of graduate students from...

Kika Tarsi , a graduate student in the Davies lab , and Miranda Redmond , who is part of the Barger lab , were selected for the 2015 - 2016 Graduate School Dissertation Completion Fellowship. The Dean’s Graduate Student Research Grant Awards are competitive awards sponsored by the Graduate School...

Professor Alex Cruz just found out that his contributions to undergraduate training have been recognized by his receiving an "Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor" award sponsored by the Special Undergraduate Enrichment Programs. You can read more about Dr. Cruz, and the nomination letter submitted on his behalf here . Congratulations Alex!

This year, three EBIO professors have been awarded a BFA Excellence Award. This award is a longstanding tradition on the ²ÊÃñ±¦µä campus, and is one of the most prestigious teaching awards that can be bestowed upon a ²ÊÃñ±¦µä faculty member. This year, Professor Tim Seastedt was...

Carrie Havrilla, a graduate student with the Barger lab , has been awarded an NSF Pre-doctoral Research Fellowship to pursue her research on biological crusts. Congratulations Carrie!! Please see below for a brief synopsis of Carrie's study: The role of biocrusts in regulating dryland plant communities and exotic plant invasibility...