School of Biology and Ecology

Dill interviewed for BDN about tick boom in article about extreme tick control methods

Annis interviewed by BDN about infection-causing fungus

SBE’s Len Kass, Kate Ruskin, Elissa Ballman, Greg LeClair, Brittany Schappach, and Rafa Tasnim among the winners: https://nsfa.umaine.edu/blog/2022/04/20/college-of-natural-sciences-forestry-and-agriculture-announces-outstanding-students-faculty-and-staff/

New round of RRF grants support collaborations and student research learning across the state

Nineteen students, staff, and faculty joined forces on Maine Day to create a Maine Rare Plants Garden in the Murray Hall Courtyard and around the building. This is a joint project of the Biology Club and Horticulture Club, made possible with generous support from the Alton ’38 and Adelaide Hamm Campus Activity Fund and the […]

Spectrum News speaks to Dill about the lengthening tick season

Gill speaks to Axios about Musk’s acquisition of Twitter

Hamley and Gill recognized by ESA for Falkland Islands Research

From UMaine News: WMTW (Channel 8 in Portland) interviewed Griffin Dill, University of Maine Tick Lab coordinator, after the Maine CDC confirmed a Waldo County resident died after contracting Powassan virus. “It is an exceptionally serious tick-borne illness. Fortunately, it’s also an exceptionally rare illness. Historically, studies in Maine show that (there are) fairly low […]

LeClair wins 2022 Brookie Award from the Natural Resources Council of Maine 

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Jared Talbot: Sharing zebrafish of every stripe

AP interviews Gill for article about climate change ‘doomers’

Mech speaks to WGME about browntail moth outbreak in Maine

The second edition of the book “Insect Pests of Potato: Biology and Management” edited by Andrei Alyokhin, Silvia Rondon, and Yulin Gao, has been recently published by Academic Press. The book was written by a large team of experts, including the book’s editors, with extensive experience working in all major potato-growing areas of the world. […]

Kit Hamley is working toward a Ph.D. in Ecology and Environmental Sciences, advised by Associate Professor of Paleoecology & Plant Ecology Jacquelyn Gill. How did the warrah cross the ocean to the Falkland Islands?

Talk – The Maine Forest Tick Survey: Cross-disciplinary and community-engaged science for public health

Listen to the episode of “Maine Calling” on Maine Public Radio, featuring Greg LeClair discussing the project “Maine Big Night.”  

UMaine MARINE Initiative seed grant awardees announced