University of Utah Biology Department

Take a Study Break
When: 9:30 A.M. Wednesday April 25th
Where: ASB Foyer
Who: Students, Advisors, & Charlie

Monday April 16th 10:00A.M. - 12:00P.M. CSC Advising Hive (on the second floor by Two Creek Cafe)

Attention Biology Transfer Students 📣

Due to numerous inquiries on how the admission status could be impacted for prospective and admitted students disciplined for participating in peaceful protests, we’ve issued this statement. More information on admissions policy can be found here:

http://admissions.utah.edu/apply/undergraduate/admission-standards.php

"Safeguarding Heritage Sites in the Middle East"
Thursday, March 8, 2018
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Frontiers of Science - College of Science - The University of Utah Information about Frontiers of Science from College of Science at the University of Utah

Today! TGIF SEMINAR | Friday, Feb 9, 11:45 - 1:00 pm | ASB Building, Room 210
Presented by Crystal Su (Dale lab): “Amino Acid Provision in Maize Weevil Symbiosis"

TODAY! DEPT OF HUMAN GENETICS & BIOLOGY | Monday, Feb 5, 2:00 pm | ASB Building, Room 210 (Hosted by Mike Shapiro
Matthew Rockman, Ph.D. - New York University: “How to lose your larva: genetics of developmental evolution in the sea”

Biology's STEM Ambassador Nalini Nadkarni doing some great work in our community!

STEM Ambassador Program Video Overview of the STEM Ambassador Program. Please visit www.stemap.org for more information.

TODAY! FUSION SEMINAR | Friday, Jan. 26, 11:45 am-1:00 pm | ASB Building, Room 210
Jacob Cooper (Phadnis lab) presents: "A Drosophilia Hybrid Incompatibility at the Cellular Level" and Yujie Wanmg (Sperry lab) presents: "Drivers of Stomatal Size and Density"

FUSION SEMINAR | Friday, Jan. 26, 11:45 am-1:00 pm | ASB Building, Room 210
Jacob Cooper (Phadnis lab) presents: "A Drosophilia Hybrid Incompatibility at the Cellular Level" and Yujie Wanmg (Sperry lab) presents: "Drivers of Stomatal Size and Density"

Jump Start Your Career! Science Employer Panel - Thursday, February 22, 2018

TODAY! TGIF SEMINAR BIOLOGY-Friday Jan. 12, 2018, 11:45am-1:00, ASB, room 210
"Factors Enabling the Establishment of Gut Microbial Communities".
Presented by Tess Stapleton (Dearing Lab)

Congratulations Dr. Nalini Nadkarni!

2018 Women of Discovery Awards WINGS WorldQuest recognizes and supports extraordinary women in science and exploration.

Congratulations Nalini Nadkarni, Ph.D., University of Utah, Department of Biology for being selected to receive the 2018 Wings Women of Discovery Award!

Nalini Nadkarni is known as the "Queen of the Forest Canopy." For three decades, she has used mountain-climbing techniques, construction cranes, and hot air balloons to explore life in the treetops of Costa Rica and the Pacific Northwest, documenting biota that are rarely or never seen on the forest floor...
http://www.wingsworldquest.org/2018-women-of-discovery-awards

TGIF SEMINAR BIOLOGY-Friday Jan. 12, 2018, 11:45am-1:00, ASB, room 210
"Factors Enabling the Establishment of Gut Microbial Communities".
Presented by Tess Stapleton (Dearing Lab)

U INTERDEPARTMENTAL PROGRAM IN NEUROSCIENCE
Presents: Rishi Alluri - Doctoral Candidate Dissertation Defense

“Mechanisms of Temporal Computations in the Inferior Colliculus"
Tuesday, January 2, 2018, 3:00 pm, ASB, room 210

What will 2018 bring for you?

Enjoy the beauty of the holidays with nature creates.
- Department of Biology

https://buff.ly/2BQnTCI | Thanks for your support!

“Rufous-headed ground-roller is one of the most beautiful but also hardest-to-see endemic birds on Madagascar..."

Cagan H. Sekercioglu on Twitter “Rufous-headed ground-roller is one of the most beautiful but also hardest-to-see endemic birds on Madagascar. It is near threatened with extinction and belongs to one of six bird families only found on Madagascar, one of the world's most threatened global biodiversity hotspots.”

Enjoy your holiday!

Congratulations to Excellence in Earth & Space Science Education awardees James Ehleringer & Thure Cerling.

Global Change UU on Twitter “Congratulations to Ed Zipser, recognized by as a Fellow for his exceptional scientific contributions in the field of Atmospheric Science. Here with Excellence in Earth & Space Science Education awardees & Cerling. ”

When snow falls...

TODAY! Department of Biology - Faculty Candidate Seminar
Yi-Wei Chang, Ph.D. Biology California Institute of Technology - Monday, Dec 18, 2017 | 11:00 am-Noon | ASB Building, Room 210

"Structural biology in vivo through electron cryotomography"

Thursday: ...and with a gleam in his eye, the Grinch new finals were almost over!

Friday: Travel safely this holiday to your destinations. It's time to relax, finals are finished!
.. Fini – Acabado º – Terminado – Färdiga – 3аконченный – Gotov...

Wednesday: Students, it's hump day – finals week is almost finished!

Applications now being accepted for Utah's 2018 IsoCamp and SPATIAL stable isotope courses! http://itce.utah.edu Apply now at: https://itce.utah.edu/ before the early February deadline. Then come in June and spend time in lecture and lab courses as part of an international stable isotope community.

Some highly biological and 'insect'ual cookie decorating going on at the the Biology Departments holiday social! Thanks to April and Laurie for making this happen...