School of Biology and Ecology

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  

                      This course provides students with a theoretical and practical understanding of insect diversity and classification. Lectures will discuss systematics, use of identification tools, nomenclature, history of insect classification, and biology and evolutionary history of hexapod orders. Labs will cover the key taxonomic characteristics of […]

Study of algae in Acadia National Park lakes shows recovery from acidification

Rachel Fowler: “In our latest article using paleolimnology techniques to compare recovery from acid deposition in Jordan Pond and Seal Cove Pond, we suggest that light plays an important role in driving algal biomass in Jordan Pond, especially deeper in the water column where there are often greater concentrations of nutrients.”             […]

Aldous Hofmann, a senior undergraduate in the Botany BS program, has been named an Ambassador by the American Society of Plant Biologists.  ASPB ambassadors engage in outreach and education to both aspiring plant scientists and the general public.  There are only 20 ASPB ambassadors nationwide.  Aldous is an accomplished plant physiology researcher already with three […]

UMaine researchers connect a warming climate to worsening browntail moth infestations  

Research shows importance of proper soil moisture for wild blueberries  

Local radio stations highlight UMaine browntail moth research effort

Yu-Ying Chen, Pratima Pahadi, Lily Calderwood (School of Food and Agriculture), Seanna Annis, Francis Drummond, and Yong-Jiang Zhang published “Will Climate Warming Alter Biotic Stresses in Wild Lowbush Blueberries?” in the February 2022 issue of the journal Agronomy. Abstract: As global temperatures rise, a growing need exists for understanding the impacts of warming on crop […]