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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

Congratulations Dr. Andrew McDevitt on successfully defending your thesis! CU Denver Department of Integrative Biology PhD Thesis Defense Andrew McDevitt PhD Degree Candidate, Dr, Laurel Hartley's Lab WHEN : July 21, 2022 WHERE : Room SI 1111 at 1:00p "Advancing Understanding of Student-Centered Instruction in Undergraduate STEM by Promoting the...

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...

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...

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,...