The 2020 Spring Semester Seminars and Graduate Student Seminars have drawn to a close for the semester. The Department would like to thank all the speakers who shared their presentations with our students and faculty especially in light of this unusual semester of Zoom and remote meetings! Thank you to...
Who: Dr. Isabel R. Schlaepfer. Title: CPT1A: An old Actor in Metabolism Auditioning for New Cancer Roles. When: Friday, May 8, 2020 at Noon. Where: Seminars are being presented at noon via Zoom: https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/434850347 , Meeting ID: 434 850 347. Dr. Isabel R. Schlaepfer University of Colorado School of Medicine...
Who: Dr. Matthew Kauffman. Title: " Ecology and Conservation of Ungulate Migrations in the American West" When: Friday, April 24, 2020 at Noon. Where: Seminars are being presented at noon via Zoom: https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/434850347 , Meeting ID: 434 850 347. Matthew Kauffman U.S. Geological Survey Wyoming Cooperative Fish and Wildlife Research...
Scott Yanco, Andrew McDevitt, Mike Wunder and Laurel Hartley, in collaboration with Clive Trueman of the University of Southampton, recently published a review in the journal Royal Society Open Science : “A modern method of multiple working hypotheses to improve inference in ecology”. One-hundred and thirty years ago Thomas Chamberlin...
Brian Buma and Lukasz Pawlik of Poland (a CU Denver visiting scholar with Buma, in summer 2019), published a review article on how the evolution of trees may have impacted the terrain and climate of the Devonian period, a timeframe with mass extinctions and swings of climate. Several other Polish...
Brian Buma is a member of the steering committee for the new NSF sponsored Trans-Arctic networking program. Arctic port cities are witnessing increased maritime traffic; rural villages are facing displacement; and species are shifting their ranges north. These new mobilities present both challenges and opportunities for the North, but a...
Laurel Hartley (Integrative Biology) Associate Professor of Integrative Biology Laurel Hartley was recently given the honor of being designated a University of Colorado President’s Teaching Scholar . She joins a prestigious group of more than 50 active Scholars from all four campuses. Dr. Hartley has a deep interest in improving...
The Department would like to recognize Isha Kanu, a former student in Dr. Amanda Charlesworth's lab, for being accepted into the MS in Creative Technology and Design Program at CU Boulder's ATLAS Institute. Congratulations on all your hard work to achieve this accomplishment!
Alexander Visser, a former student of Dr. Cheri Jones and Dr. Lisa Johansen, has been accepted into the Johns Hopkins dual Biotech Masters/MBA programs for the 2020 Fall semester. Alexander was a student in Dr. Jones' Principles of Ecology and Parasitology courses and, Dr. Lisa Johansen's General Biology, Cell Biology...
Scott Yanco, Andrew McDevitt, Mike Wunder and Laurel Hartley, in collaboration with Clive Trueman of the University of Southampton, recently published a review in the journal Royal Society Open Science : “A modern method of multiple working hypotheses to improve inference in ecology”. One-hundred and thirty years ago Thomas Chamberlin...
Matthew Mitchell , a student worker in Dr. Chris Phiel’s lab, has chosen to attend Harvard Medical School in the fall of 2020. Matthew received letters of acceptance from several institutions including, The Mayo Clinic, University of Colorado, University of Pittsburg, Creighton University, University of Minnesota, and the MD/PhD program...
The Department would like to recognize and congratulate the following studenst for being awarded the CLAS Outstanding Student awards for Outstanding Bachelor of Science Spring 2020, Outstanding Master of Science Spring 2020, and Outstanding Doctoral Student Fall 2019. Outstanding Bachelor of Science Spring 2020 Shaely Folger (Integrative Biology) Throughout her...
It is the Department’s great pleasure announce our M.S. and Ph.D. students who successfully defended their thesis and will be graduating this semester. Congratulations on achieving your goals and for all your hard work. Our best wishes for every success in your future endeavors! Dr. Lamya’a Dawud – March 30th,...
When: Tues. April 28 th , 12:30p Where: ZOOM: https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/96053642226 Dr. Jantina Toxopeus Postdoctoral fellow Department of Integrative Biology, University of Colorado Denver Challenging the hallmarks of insect diapause: A case study in Rhagoletis pomonella Most temperate insects overwinter in diapause, a dormant state characterized by developmental arrest, metabolic rate...
Event Information Who: Kyle Turchick. Title: " Investigating the role of relative differences in disturbance frequency on old-growth forest biomass stocks in the temperate rainforest of southeast Alaska". When: Tuesday, April 14th, at 12:20p. Where: Zoom: https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/837666569 . Kyle Turchick Masters Candidate, CU Denver Department of Integrative Biology The mountain...
Event Information Who: Dr. Chris Kotalik, Title: "Applying mesocosm and field research of acid mine drainage effects on stream communities to inform current USEPA aquatic life criteria", When: Tuesday, March 17, 2020 at 12:20p. Where: SI 1086 Dr. Chris Kotalik Postdoctoral Researcher Colorado State University. Mineral extraction in the western...
Event Information Who: Emily Scott What: 2019 Fall Graduate Student Seminar When: Monday, Nov. 18th, at Noon Where: SI 1086 Emily Scott Masters Candidate, Integrative Biology, University of Colorado Denver Effect of Serotonin on Mating Success in Male Teleopsis dalmanni Successful mating is one of the most important behaviors to...
Event Information Who: Lamya'a Dawud What: 2019 Fall Graduate Student Seminar When: Monday, Nov. 18, at Noon Where: SI 1086 Lamya'a Dawud Doctoral Candidate, Integrative and Systems Biology, University of Colorado Denver Social buffering in a novel social fear conditioning procedure in male and female rats Social fear is a...
We here at the Café Sci are encouraging people to donate blood. We may all be a little restless, but we’re not powerless to help. The need is enormous right now as people are social-distancing at home. You could really make a difference for those in need, and it's a...
Denver Café Scientifique 1 at Blake St. Tavern! Place, date, time: Blake Street Tavern on Wednesday 11 March 2020 at 6:30 p Our speaker: Mike Nelson, Fellow of the American Meteorological Society, Channel 7 weatherman The Topic: Colorado's Crazy Climate: the Whats, Whys and Hows! The TV meteorologist is as...
Sustainable Cities: Urbanization and the Environment Thursday, March 12 * Student Commons Room 1401 * 11:00am to 12:30pm * Lunch Served * Featuring: Dr. Dale Stahl, Dr. Alan Vajda and Dr. Christy Briles ** Dale Stahl, Assistant Professor of History Can infrastructure make a nation? The history of environmental engineering...
Denver Café Scientifique 1 at Blake St. Tavern! Place, date, time: Blake Street Tavern on Tuesday 18 February 2020 at 6:30 PM. Our speaker: Dr. Jay Schneiders, Consulting Neuropsychologist The Topic: "Minding the Body: Looking at Mind-Body Interactions from Both Directions" In this Cafe Sci, we’ll consider ways the mind...
Event Information Who: Drs. Gabriele Pfister and Frank Flocke, National Center for Atmospheric Research, Boulder What: Denver Café Scientifique 1 at Blake St. Tavern! When: Monday, Nov. 12, 2019 at 6:30pm Where: Blake Street Tavern The Topic: "Clean mountain air- or not? Air quality in the Colorado Front Range" In...
We wish there was more room to share all the Seminars, News and Events in the Department but you can find more by clicking the links below for some archived articles from 2019 and 2020!
