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THANK YOU!

May 9, 2022

We have reached the end of our Spring Seminar Series and the Department would like to thank all the wonderful speakers who presented during the semester. Please check our website at the beginning of the Fall Semester for information about speakers, dates, and times of the upcoming Seminars.

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Dr Sara Branco Co-Publishes in New Phytologist and Current Biology

June 21, 2022

Dr. Sara Branco recently co-published an article in New Phytologist , " Mechanisms of stress tolerance and their effects on the ecology and evolution of mycorrhizal fungi " as well as an article in Current Biology , " Giant Mobil Elements: Agents of Multivariate phenotypic evolution in fung i".

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Don’t Swim in the South Platt Warns Alan Vajda

June 20, 2022

If you go to the Confluence on any given hot day, you may see people wading into the water. The city doesn’t recommend it, but there’s no firm ban that’s enforced. Alan Vajda, Associate Professor of Integrative Biology, who has done academic research on the South Platte going back to...

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Dr. Brian Buma and Dr. Michael Greene Receive Faculty Excellence Awards

May 6, 2022

Integrative Biology is excited to announce that Dr. Brian Buma has been awarded the Excellence in Research and Creative Work award and Dr. Michael Greene has been awarded the Excellence in Teaching award. Congratulations to you both!! Please see a message about the awards from Constancio Nakuma, PhD, Provost and...

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Environment Stewardship of Indigenous Lands (ESIL) Certificate Program

Feb. 17, 2022

The Department of Integrative Biology is happy to announce that the Environmental Stewardship of Indigenous Lands (ESIL) certificate program, run by our own Dr. Timberley Roane , faculty member in environmental microbiology, is in its third year. The ESIL certificate provides academic, cultural, social, and professional support for Indigenous and...

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Gylis Booz Sosa, Ashley Weller, Catalina Lozano, and Justin Kesler, students in Dr. Annika Mosier's Advanced Microbiology class publish an article in Frontiers for Young Minds

June 21, 2022

Students in Dr. Annika Mosier's Advanced Microbiology class recently published an article "How Can We Use DNA to “See” Inside Microbes?", in Frontiers for Young Minds. Gylis Booz Sosa, Ashley Weller, and Catalina Lozano studied microbial genomics throughout the semester and then communicated the complex topic to young audiences. Justin...

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Julie Byle PhD Thesis Defense - June 14, 2022

June 9, 2022

Department of Integrative Biology Graduate Thesis Defense Julie Byle, PhD Candidate CU Denver Department of Integrative Biology, Dr. Laurel Hartley’s Lab When: June 14, 2022 Where: Via Zoom at 2:00p Please email jacki.craig@ucdenver.edu for Zoom Link information The Ethnography of Environmental Education: Honoring Funds of Knowledge through Equitable Evaluation, Culturally...

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Integrative Biology Graduate, Michelle DePrenger-Levin highlighted in Denverite Newsletter

June 3, 2022

Denver Botanic Garden scientists are keeping tabs on how climate will change Colorado’s flora They’re also saving seeds in preparation for a worst-case scenario. In 2007, the Bureau of Land Management approached the Denver Botanic Gardens with a concern. Sclerocactus glaucus , a small, round cactus that sprouts hot-pink flowers,...

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Margaret Tanner is Awarded CLAS Deans Award for Outstanding PhD Student

May 13, 2022

Congratulations to Margaret Tanner, PhD Student in Dr. Ben Greenwood’s lab for being chosen as the 2021-2022 CLAS Deans Awards Outstanding PhD Student. You can read more about Margaret, her research, and future plans in the Dean’s Notes .

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Ally Davidge uses Travel Award to visit Urban Cooper's Hawk Expert, Dr. Brian Millsap

May 10, 2022

Ally Davidge is a master's student in the Wunder/Hartley lab studying the impacts of 1938 redlining policies on Cooper’s hawk occupancy in Denver, Colorado. She recently received the Integrative Biology Department’s travel award to visit an urban Cooper’s hawk expert, Dr. Brian Millsap , who has been studying a population...

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Sarah Louie M.S. Degree Thesis Defense.
Department of Integrative Biology Graduate Thesis Defense. Congratulations to Sarah Louie M.S. Student in Dr. Brad Stith’s lab on her successful thesis defense! Sarah has accepted an offer from Oregon State’s Biochemistry and Biophysics PhD program and is “very excited” about the next chapter in her educational journey. We wish...

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2022 Spring Integrative Biology Student Excellence Awardees

June 8, 2022

The Department would like to announce the recipients of our 2022 Spring Student Excellence Awards. This year we had four awardees, two graduate students and one undergraduate student in the Research Award category, and one undergraduate student in the Teaching Award category. Students were allowed to submit self-nominations but also...

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Denver Cafe Sci on April 27 at Blake St. Tavern

April 22, 2022

Join us at the Blake St Tavern on 27 April 2022 at 6:30pm! Our speaker: Sukumar Vijayaraghavan, PhD The Topic: The Brain is Plastic, yet Biodegradable- Lessons from the Cholinergic System Acetylcholine is a major neurotransmitter in the brain and, coupled with receptors that bind it, forms the brain cholinergic...

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2021 Fall BioBlitz Seminars

Aug. 19, 2021

Hi everyone! I'm Margaret Garcia, the new GAC student rep. The fall semester is getting close and it’s time to welcome our new graduate students to the department. This year’s BioBlitz is scheduled for the first week of seminar (8/27, 12-1) and will be virtual this year. For those of...

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