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,...

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 .

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...

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...

Department of Integrative Biology Graduate Thesis Defense. UPDATE! We are pleased to announce that Andrew is now Dr. Andrew J. Andrade ! Andrew is joining the Desert Research Institute in Reno, Nevada as a postdoctoral fellow where he’ll be examining the relationship between increasing aridity in the western US and...