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Goran Shikak Master's Degree Candidate Paula Cushing's Lab | Denver Museum of Nature and Science CU Denver Department of Integrative Biology Date: November 22 Time: 12:00pm - 1:00pm Location: Denver Campus – North Classroom, Room 1604 An Investigation of Rehydration Techniques to Restore Dehydrated Museum Specimens and an Integrative Taxonomic...

Joseph Tucker Ph.D. Student Dr. Alan Vajda's Lab Department of Integrative Biology Date: Thursday, September 19th Time: 10:00am - 12:00pm Location: Science Building, Room 4127 Title: Determining Bioconcentration Factors and Physiological Effects on Pimephales promelas by use of a Complex Mixture of Poly- and Per- Fluoroalkyl Substances Historical use of...

Congratulations Gabrielle Brandt! Ph.D. Degree Candidate Dr. Chris Phiel's Lab CU Denver Department of Integrative Biolog y When: Thursday, July 11th, 2024, 10:00am Where: Science Building, Room 4127 Regulatory mechanisms underlying mESC pluripotency and m 6 A methylation dynamics: AMF and AMFR Pluripotent embryonic stem cells (ESCs) hold immense promise...

Congratulations Trevor Carter! Ph.D. Degree Candidate Dr. Brian Buma's Lab CU Denver Department of Integrative Biology When: Friday, April 19th, 2024, 12:00pm Where: Science Building, Room 2001 Carbon Dynamics in the Pacific Coastal Temperate Rainforest: An Ecosystem Science Approach Quantifying forest carbon stocks is crucial for policy decisions and the...

Congratulations Jasmine Vidrio! Master's Degree Candidate Dr. Greg Ragland's Lab Department of Integrative Biology When: Wednesday, April 17th, 2024, 12:00pm Where: Science Building, Room 4127 Ectothermic animals like insects play a crucial role in providing ecosystem services and make up a large portion of terrestrial biomass. Ectotherms are particularly sensitive...

Congratulations Margaret Garcia! Master's Degree Candidate Dr. Amanda Charlesworth's Lab CU Denver Department of Integrative Biology When: Monday, April 15th, 2024, 10:00am Where: Science Building, Room 4127 The Importance of Oct60 in GS17 Transcription and Embryogenesis Early embryos are transcriptionally silent, relying on maternal mRNA until the zygotic genome is...

Congratulations Fayelynn Scheideman! Master’s Degree Candidate CU Denver Department of Integrative Biology When: Wednesday, April 10th, 2024 2:00pm - 4:00pm Where: Science Building, Room 4127 As wildlife reintroductions are becoming increasingly commonplace in the conservation biology toolbox, it is necessary that conservation practitioners better understand the genetic consequences of reintroductions...

Congratulations Evan Webber! Master’s Degree Candidate Dr. Chris Phiel's Lab CU Denver Department of Integrative Biology Date: Wednesday, April 3rd, 2024, 10:00am - 12:00pm Where: Science Building, Room 1067 Tropomyosin Directs Myogenesis by Regulating Actin Dynamics Through the process of muscle development (myogenesis), muscle progenitor cells become mature muscles. Key...

Congratulations Michelle DePrenger-Levin! Ph.D. Degree Candidate CU Denver Department of Integrative Biology When: Friday, March 15th, 2024, 12:00pm Where: Science Building, Room 2001 Using demography to inform plant conservation: An examination of uses and pitfalls of conventional population models Demography is used to detect and predict population trends and assess...

Congratulations Jessica Romero for successfully defending your Master's Degree Thesis! Jessica Romero Master’s Degree Candidate Dr. Timberley Roane’s Lab CU Denver Department of Integrative Biology When: Friday, November 17, 2023 Where: Science Building, Rm 1111, at 9:00a " Using Metagenomic Sequencing to Elucidate the Bacterial Degradation of 1,4-Dioxane in Groundwater...