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Connect with Midd alums at the Biology Field Guide. 

Presented by the Center for Careers and Internships and cosponsored by the Biology Department, this Field Guide brings alumni back to campus to share knowledge and experience related to their post-Middlebury careers and professional lives with current students. 

On Thursday alumni join us for a panel discussion. Friday morning, our alumni guests have volunteered to hold one-on-one chats with students (Sign up in Handshake) 

Alexa Duchesneau will deliver the final talk in the Anthropology J-term Speaker Series. Optimal nutrition is important to the survival and reproduction of many species, especially those requiring: a) long periods of development and b) those living in unpredictable nutritional landscapes. The white-faced capuchins (Cebus capucinus) of Costa Rica, fulfill both of these criteria and are useful models for investigating the relationships between nutrition, life history and climate change.

“Sensory systems to self-driving cars: science at the intersection of mechanism, theory, and opportunity.”

“Bioinspiration” can be defined as the development of novel materials, devices, and strategies inspired by examples found in biological systems. In this presentation, Dr. Schweikert will tell stories about the little-known sensory capabilities of marine animals, how different senses permit survival in the marine world, and what we might stand to gain from their study.

Come visit our research center and museum! Middlebury students are creating an immersive community outreach and engagement experience for Vermonters of all ages who love learning about wildlife and the world of Pokémon. Visitors can touch specimens, ask questions, and collect prizes through speaking with student experts on insects, mammals, and more. Costumes are welcome - we’ll be dressed up too!

To Build a Biofilm

This is a final poster session presenting independent research projects done by BIOL 304 students.

Biology professors who recently received their PhD’s will share their experiences in accomplishing this degree and answer questions about grad schools.

An understanding of how neurogenesis is regulated may provide clues for devising new therapeutic treatments for diseases that involve neuronal loss and show greater prevalence in women, such as Alzheimer’s disease and depression. She developed the first rodent models for perinatal depression more than 20 years ago, and her research continues to reveal novel insight into the mechanisms by which pregnancy and motherhood impact risk for psychiatric disorders in the short term and the trajectory of cognitive ageing in the long term.

Sponsored by the George B. Saul II Lectures in Biology fund

“Why sex and gender matter for understanding brain health and disease.”

“Using the past to save the present: How do we incorporate historical baselines into conservation?”

In this talk, we explore how different environmental archives, from fossils to ancient Chinese historical documents, have provided crucial new perspectives on how to conserve some of the world’s rarest species, such as the Javan rhino, cao vit gibbon, and Samoan tooth-billed pigeon.