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Alyssa Davidge Featured in Denver Field Ornithologist's "The Lark Bunting"

Jan. 27, 2023

Alyssa Davidge, CU Denver Integrative Biology Master’s candidate was featured on page 15, in Denver Field Ornithologist’s January publication, The Lark Bunting . Alyssa, will be giving a public presentation, “How Historical Redlining Led Denver’s Cooper”s Hawks to Live Where They Do”, during the DFO’s Winter/Spring Program. Alysia is a...

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Anschutz Undergraduate Research Summer Program Info Sessions

Dec. 9, 2022

Are you an undergraduate looking for an opportunity to conduct research at CU Anschutz over Summer 2023? Join these upcoming info sessions to learn the specifics about different programs available, upcoming deadlines, and tips for your applications. Monday, December 5, 2022 | 4:00 - 5:00 pm | Register in Handshake...

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2022 Dissemination/Travel Grants

Nov. 28, 2022

Congratulations to Laurel Sindewald (Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Diana Tomback's lab) and Ryan Jones (Ph.D. candidate in Dr. Paula Cushing's lab) for each receiving a $250 Dissemination/Travel Grant. The Integrative Biology Awards, Scholarships, and Outreach (ASO) Committee selected Laurel and Ryan for the grants to help fund conference attendance and...

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Zoe Erkenbeck named CLAS Outstanding MS Graduate for Fall 2022

Nov. 11, 2022

Congratulations to Zoe Erkenbeck on being named CLAS Outstanding MS Graduate for Fall 2022. Zoe will be recognized at the fall commencement and at the CLAS reception in Spring, 2023

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Congratulations to Zoe Erkenbeck on successfully defending her thesis!

Nov. 7, 2022

The Department is happy to announce that Zoe successfully defended her M.S. Thesis! Zoe is going to graduate this December and then seek employment in a research based position to continue similar work with a Federal Agency such as USGS. Department of Integrative Biology Graduate Thesis Defense Zoe Erkenbeck M.S...

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Emily Orr M.S. Thesis Defense

Nov. 6, 2022

Department of Integrative Biology Graduate Thesis Defense Emily Orr M.S. Degree Candidate CU Denver Department of Integrative Biology Dr. Jennifer Neale Lab When: November 16, 2022, 9:00a-10:00a Where: Zoom – Join Zoom Meeting https://ucdenver.zoom.us/j/94528312467 Meeting ID: 945 2831 2467 Population genomic analysis of the rare, narrow endemic, Astragalus microcymbus. The...

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Katherine Hayes awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the National Science Foundation

Oct. 21, 2022

Katherine Hayes , PhD student in Dr. Brian Buma’s lab, has been awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the National Science Foundation for her submission , “ Investigating fire-biotic disturbance interactions and their sensitivity to climate in the North American boreal biom” . Katherine was one of 24 awardees for the...

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Congratulations to Dr. Katherine Hayes on her successful Ph.D. Dissertation Defense

Oct. 7, 2022

Department of Integrative Biology Graduate Dissertation Defense Katherine Hayes Ph.D. Degree Candidate CU Denver Department of Integrative Biology Dr. Brian Buma’s Lab When: November 7, 2022, 3:30p-5:30p Where: Student Commons Building, Room ACAD 1401 Short-interval reburning changes forest composition, carbon, and fire behavior of boreal forests If you want to...

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Trevor Carter, Katherine Hayes and Dr. Brian Buma co-author article published in Landscape Ecology

July 19, 2022

Putting more fuel on the fire… or maybe not? A synthesis of spruce beetle and fire interactions in North American subalpine forests Large scale native spruce beetle outbreaks and fires are major disturbances in high elevation forests throughout western North America. These disturbances have independently impacted hundreds of thousands of...

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CU Denver Dept. of Integrative Biology Graduate Thesis Defense - Jeffrey Mayfield

July 13, 2022

Congratulations Jeffrey on your successful thesis defense! CU Denver Department of Integrative Biology M.S. Thesis Defense Jeffrey Mayfield M.S. Degree Candidate, Dr. Amanda Charlesworth’s Lab CU Denver Department of Integrative Biology WHEN: July 22, 2022 WHERE: Room SI 2001 at 11:00am "Protein and RNA Interactions of Zygote Arrest Proteins 1...

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