Tag: "Department of Biology"
“Let yourself feel the grief and keep going”: Biology & Zoology Student Experiences during the COVID-19 Pandemic
Four Department of Biology students reflect on how the COVID-19 pandemic has changed their experiences as students.
Improving aquaculture and identifying impact of climate change by researching crab molting
Mykles will lead a team awarded a $1.2 million National Science Foundation (NSF) grant to use DNA and peptide sequencing to identify genes and proteins essential for the molting process.
Biology post-doctoral researcher uses genomic data to improve conservation of endangered species
Forester was awarded the David H. Smith Conservation Research Fellowship, which she will use to investigate how best to integrate large-scale genomic data into ESA listing decisions.
Zoology alumna and conservationist co-founds One Earth Conservation
Gail Koelln founded One Earth Conservation, an organization that empowers local people to create sustainable economies that conserve and support their indigenous parrot populations.
$1.6 million DOE grant supports scientists studying bird deaths at solar facilities
CSU biologist Kristen Ruegg is working with UCLA researchers to study which bird species are most impacted by the solar industry.
Biology professor Kristen Ruegg receives NSF grant to study wintering grounds of migratory birds
Ruegg received the NSF Career Award Grant of 1.18 M dollars to continue her research into migratory birds. Her team will study the migration of 11 species, the first empirical test of the theory that the individuals from the same breeding site migrating to the same wintering site promotes local adaptation in wintering areas.
Celebrating and preserving Colorado’s flora at the Charles Maurer Herbarium
The Charles Maurer Herbarium Collection is the oldest in Colorado, conserving examples of more than 100,000 species of flora, with specimens dating back to the very beginning.
PSM students win first and second place at national 3MP competition
Placing first and second in the 3MP competition at the 2019 NPSMA conference, PSM students Nathan Edwards and Molly Selleck demonstrated their ability to communicate science well to the general public, interpreting their research to a general public audience in just 3 minutes.