Where Does Cooperation Come From?
The evolution of mutualism has long been one of life’s big mysteries. Will Harcombe’s lab may have cracked the code.
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The department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior conducts a broad range of research spanning molecules to ecosystems from chimpanzee behavior to bacterial evolution, predator interactions on the Serengeti Plains to the impact of nutrients on grasslands. You are now viewing a collection of news, features and opportunities for and about EEB.
Highly Cited: Turning Thoughts on Aging and Mortality on End
Evolutionary biologist James Curtsinger’s finding about mortality rates continues to influence research on mortality and population heterogeneity.
Editor’s note: In this new series we’ll showcase highly cited research by College of Biological Sciences faculty.
Sleep can wait - and wait - with some fish
Suzanne McGaugh and colleagues embarked on an NIH-funded study to search for genes that regulate sleep and feeding in blind cave fish.
Sleeping and eating are linked in many species and often there’s a tradeoff between the two activities.
Travisano Named McKnight
Ecology, Evolution and Behavior faculty member Michael Travisano named a McKnight Distinguished University Professor.
Cotner Named ASLO Sustaining Fellow
James Cotner honored by Association for the Sciences of Limnology and Oceanography.
Biology Undergraduate Research Symposium
Date: April 30, 3:30 - 5:00 p.m.
Location: Cargill 105 and Cargill Atrium
The Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior and the Department of Plant and Microbial Biology invite you to attend the Biology Undergraduate Research Symposium on Monday, April 30. The event will feature student lightning talks (five minutes each) as well as a poster session.
Blekhman Named McKnight Land-Grant Professor
The CBS faculty member receives accolades for his work studying the impact the microbiome has on human health.
A Decade of Connecting
Ten years in, what could be the world’s most extensive research collaboration looks to the next big questions.
“What we have done with NutNet is to empower scientists by putting a new tool in the toolbox used to study planetary-scale problems.”
It all started with a group of ecologists trying to understand the effects of nutrients
Ecology, Evolution and Behavior 50th Anniversary Lightning Talks
The Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior invites you to an evening of fast-paced “lightning talks” that explore the influence of classic research by noted researchers from the University of Minnesota. Current faculty will trace lines between research by Ecology, Evolution and Behavior greats Raymond Lindeman, Margaret Davis, Eville Gorham and others that has since led to exciting or unanticipated applications, policies and insights.
Winter Is Salting Our Lakes
Study finds freshwater lakes in North America become less “fresh” due to inputs of road salts.
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