Angel is a third year PhD student at the Department of Animal Biology in the Catchen Lab. He works on population and comparative genomics of Antarctic Icefishes.
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Angel is a third year PhD student at the Department of Animal Biology in the Catchen Lab. He works on population and comparative genomics of Antarctic Icefishes.
Continue reading “A Week in the Life – Angel G. Rivera-Colón”
Hello All,
The Annual Graduate Student Symposium will be held on Saturday, February 13th, 2016 and will run from 8:15am – 4:15pm followed by a reception/ poster session at Array Cafe from 4:15 – 6:30pm!
Presenting author and titles are listed below for both the talk and poster sessions. To see the entire program CLICK HERE
Talk Session (8:15-4:15 in B102 Chemical and Life Sciences Lab B.):
Poster Session (4:30-6:30 in the Concourse Cafe space on the first floor of IGB):
Jaime Coon: Grassland bird community response to an invasive grass and management using herbicde
Joshua Gibson: Comparative functional morphology and kinematics of miniature trap-jaw ant (Strumigenys spp.) mandible strikes
Katie Heineman: The importance of wood nutrient storage in tropical forest nutrient cycles: insights from a sapling defoliation experiment in Panama
Janice Kelly: Density dependent effects on conspecific cue use for habitat selection and reproductive success in yellow warblers (Setophaga petechia)
Nicholas LaRacuente: Timescale separation and functional response in consumer-resource dynamics
Kelsey Low: Thermal challenges of overwintering eastern box turtles (Terrapene c. carolina) in eastern Illinois
Bailey Morrison: The post-glacial species velocity of Picea glauca following the last glacial maximum in Alaska
Scott Nelson: A systematic review of the impacts of invasive plants on avian ecology
Tolulope Perrin-Stowe: The evolution and phylogeography of African elephant mitochondrial genomes
Christina Vercillo: Effects of prairie management on soil characteristics and bees
Dear GEEB community,
We had a fantastic time at the Urbana Free Library on October 10th, where, in one hour, we had 76 visitors come to see four interactive displays! A big thanks to everyone who participated and made this day special for a bunch of people.
Best wishes from your Outreach Coordinator,
Ian
Read more to see photos from the event!
On October 18th, GEEB volunteers braved the chilly weather to bring science to the Urbana Farmer’s Market! We demonstrated local mammals, birds, and reptiles that can be found right here in Illinois, and educated members of the public on their basic biology. Visitors were especially excited to see the giant groundhog and the live reptiles. We had a fantastic turnout despite the cold weather!
GEEB members took to the Urbana Free Library once again, this time to show off our diversity of wildlife and knowledge thereof. We filled the auditorium with plants, fungi, fish, insects, reptiles, birds and mammals, covering the alphabet spectrum from arabidopsis to zooplankton. Kids and parents alike were thrilled to see and learn about the variety of live and stuffed critters, many of which could be found right here in their own backyards.
Hey GEEB,
Our recent outreach events (Fruit Forensics and Backyard Ecology) at the Urbana Library have been a lot of fun. The kids in attendance have really enjoyed them, and I am grateful to all of you who volunteered.
Our next scheduled event will be the annual Leal Elementary School Science Night on April 4th. This has been a great event the past few years. Though we have been a bit cramped, as there are many groups present. This year we will have plenty of room to spread out (1/3 of the cafeteria), which means we can have even more activities.
Anyone interested in volunteering, and/or coming up with an interactive activity, please let me know so we can start planning our layout. If you have been kicking around an idea for a new kid’s activity this is a great chance to try it out. Likewise, if you already have an activity that has worked well in the past, feel free to break that out too.
Best,
Dan