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SBE Seminar Series: Dr. Jess Gersony, Smith College

Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions 5710 Norman Smith Hall, Orono

TITLE: Tangled up in blue: Understanding carbon movement in trees during water stress ABSTRACT: Plants take carbon dioxide out of the atmosphere and convert it into sugars through photosynthesis. Once […]

SBE Seminar Series: Dr. Melissa Aikens, University of New Hampshire

Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions 5710 Norman Smith Hall, Orono

TITLE: Building Quantitative Skills in Biology Students ABSTRACT: Quantitative skills are an essential core competency for undergraduate life science students. As part of their undergraduate curriculum, students should be learning […]

UMaine Institute of Medicine: Dr. Zhao Xuan

Via Zoom only

Speaker: Zhao Xuan, Ph.D., Assistant professor of neurobiology, School of Biology and Ecology, UMaine About the speaker:  Dr. Zhao Xuan is an assistant professor of Neurobiology at the University of […]

SBE Seminar Series: Dr. Jessie Williamson, Cornell University

Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions 5710 Norman Smith Hall, Orono

TITLE: Avian migration, physiology, and speciation at elevational extremes ABSTRACT: Dr. Williamson will discuss her research on birds that make extreme seasonal shifts in elevation during migration, and will talk […]

SBE Seminar Series: Dr. Stephanie Miller, UMaine

Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions 5710 Norman Smith Hall, Orono

Dr. Stephanie Miller, UMaine SBE and Mitchell Center for Sustainable Solutions: Understanding Conservation through the Lens of Quantitative Ecology Growing threats to ecological systems from climate and land-use changes have […]

SBE Seminar Series: Jasmine Saros, UMaine

Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions 5710 Norman Smith Hall, Orono

Dr. Jasmine Saros, UMaine SBE and CCI: Lakes in the cryosphere: ecological consequences of melting glaciers and thawing permafrost  Accelerated glacial recession and permafrost thaw in the Arctic have substantially […]

SBE Seminar Series: Allie Gardner, UMaine

Senator George J. Mitchell Center for Sustainability Solutions 5710 Norman Smith Hall, Orono

Dr. Allison Gardner, UMaine SBE: Decision-making under risk and uncertainty at the human-environmental health nexus. In this seminar, Allie will share the highlights of her sabbatical during the 2023-2024 academic […]

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