Congratulations to Biological Sciences alum Brian Klingbeil for co-authoring a paper in Science magazine about the effects of habitat fragmentation! Through the group’s research, they found support for the extinction filter hypothesis, which suggests that ecological communities are more resilient… Read More
Congratulations to UWM Biological Sciences students Bretta Speck, Olivia Feagles, Abigail Moore and Katrina Degenhardt for winning best poster, best graduate oral presentation, best poster (runner-up) and best undergraduate oral presentation awards at the 7th annual Riveredge Nature Center Student… Read More
Biological Sciences’ John Berges and Erica Young appeared on Sea Grant’s podcast to discuss their discovery of the role of silica in algal blooms on Lake Michigan. Click here to listen to the Sea Grant podcast.
Congratulations to Dr. Gyaneshwar Prasad on co-authoring a paper called ‘An Alkane Sulfonate Monooxygenase is Required for Symbiotic Nitrogen Fixation by Bradyrhizobium diazoefficiens (syn. Bradyrhizobium japonicum) USDA110T’ in Applied and Environmental Microbiology. Read more here.
Dr. Christopher Quinn recently received an R01 grant for $1.7M from the National Institute of Mental Health, for “Investigation of how axon development is disrupted by the autism-causing Timothy syndrome mutation.” Autism is a cognitive and behavioral disorder that is… Read More
Thank you to everyone who helped make this year’s Biological Sciences Greenhouse Doors Open Milwaukee event such a great success! The number of attendees more than doubled since this event last year. We look forward to seeing you all at… Read More
Congratulations to Biological Sciences PhD Student Ling Yi on being awarded the 2019-2020 Northwestern Mutual Data Science Institute Scholarship! The NMDSI scholarships are aimed to encourage students with a demonstrated interest in Data Science to continue to take classes and… Read More
Call for abstracts is open through September 30, 2019. According to Riveredge Nature Center, “Riveredge Nature Center’s Student Research Symposium “Connections in Nature” is held at Riveredge Nature Center, Newburg, WI. Undergraduate and graduate students from any college or university… Read More
Congratulations to Biological Sciences alumna Kayla Simanek (’19 MS) on being awarded the APHL/CDC Antimicrobial Resistance Fellowship! The Antimicrobial Resistance Fellowship Program “provides scientists with the opportunity to collaborate on a range of antimicrobial resistance issues. The fellowship’s mission is… Read More
Dr. Sonia Bardy was recently interviewed by Today’s TMJ4 about the bacteria that may be lurking on your things – in this case, makeup bags. Watch the video below to find out what Dr. Bardy had to say about finding… Read More