School of Biology and Ecology
School of Biology and Ecology
7 events found.
Week of Events
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SBE Seminar Series: Dr. Jessie Williamson, Cornell University
SBE Seminar Series: Dr. Jessie Williamson, Cornell University
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 about how these movements affect ecology, evolution, and physiology. She will focus on her recent work with giant hummingbirds (Patagona spp.) in Peru and Chile, […]
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UMaine Institute of Medicine: Dr. Zhao Xuan
UMaine Institute of Medicine: Dr. Zhao Xuan
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 Maine, specializing in cellular and molecular biology of neurons, synapse development, and invertebrate genetics. She earned her Ph.D. from Icahn School of Medicine at Mount […]
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SBE Seminar Series: Dr. Melissa Aikens, University of New Hampshire
SBE Seminar Series: Dr. Melissa Aikens, University of New Hampshire
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 how to interpret and construct graphs, apply statistical analyses to data, and understand how to use and interpret mathematical models of biological phenomena. However, learning […]