Biology

When Evolution is the Solution to Pollution: Repeated adaptation of mummichog (Fundulus heteroclitus) populations to extreme pollution.

“Mechanisms of preference diversity: From genes by environment to behavior “

Picking a mate is a key biological process across a wide range of species, and animals exhibit great diversity in what traits they use during the mate selection process and what they find attractive. Here, the Westerman lab uses a range of genetic, developmental, and behavioral techniques to uncover mechanisms driving mate preference diversity, using butterflies as a model system.

Vermont Academy of Science and Engineering Fall Annual Meeting
Keynote Address: Vermont State Climatologist Lesley Ann Dupigny-Giroux

The fate of mosses under a changing climate: Evolution of stress tolerance in Syntrichia’s rapid radiation

Biology Seminar Series- Class of 88 Speaker: Dr. Jessica Terrill, The National Fish and Wildlife Forensics Laboratory in Ashland, Oregon

Avian diversity changes across the past few thousand years: Evidence from fossils and genomic data

Dr. Erin Eggleston, Assistant Professor of Biology at Middlebury

 

Ecology of the Unseen: Illuminating Microbial Ecological Dynamics

 

Sophia Fatima
“Microbial Mercury Methylation in Englesby Brook and Winooski River, Vermont”.

James Flaumenhaft
“A Small Molecule to Smile About: Identifying SloR-Small Molecule Interactions As Potential Dental Caries Therapeutics”

Grady Welsh
“Moss Mission: A Comprehensive Survey of the Bryophytes of the Altona Flat Rock”

Refreshments served.
Sponsored by the Biology Department with support of Macy Fund

Sophia Giliberto
“Microbial Community Comparison of Homemade and Artisanal Fermented Foods”

Luke Van Horn
“Canids in the Lyme light: The effects of canid predators on Lyme disease ecology”

Refreshments served.
Sponsored by the Biology Department with support of Macy Fund

Elizabeth Toll
“Deicing Salt Effects on Benthic Macroinvertebrate Community Composition in Burlington, VT”

Isabella Conety
“Pseudomonas dominates maple sap microbial communities across the maple sugaring season”

A.J. Rossbach
“Flooding impacts on macroinvertebrate communities across an urban gradient in Burlington, VT”

Refreshments served.
Sponsored by the Biology Department with support of Macy Fund

Objects of Wonder
In the upcoming exhibition Objects of Wonder, students, faculty, staff, and alumni offer an intersection of research, art, history, and academia. These objects are curious snapshots-sneak peeks at the varied interests and endeavors present across this campus. Free and open to the public. Johnson Exhibition Gallery, Johnson Memorial Building room 208.