Announcements
The College of Chemical and Life Science's Bioscience Research and Technology Review Day will be held on Wednesday, November 12, in the Stamp Student Union. The theme this year emphasizes evolution, and the keynote address will be given by distinguished scholar and naturalist E.O. Wilson. Follow the link above for the day's agenda and more information on poster submission guidelines.

The Organismal Biology Day seminar will be delivered by National Academy of Sciences member
Rich Lenski on Thursday, April 23, 2009. The program for the day includes the seminar at 4:00 followed by dinner and a poster session open to all. Stay tuned for details! Organismal Biology Day is jointly hosted by the BEES Program, The Smithsonian Institution, the UM Entomology and Biology Departments, and The College of Chemical and Life Sciences.

Application Deadline
The Fall 2009 application deadline is December 10, 2008. See a list of faculty accepting student here.

Training in Paleobiology
The BEES program and the Smithsonian Institution now offer joint training with fellowship opportunities for qualified candidates in the area of Paleobiolgy within the BEES training mission. Please see the faculty lists for participating faculty and their research interests.

BEES Seminar Series
BEES seminars are held Mondays at noon in room 1103 of the Bioscience Research Building. Click here for the schedule.

Graduate student accolades
-Ed Zattara was a recipient of a Summer Research Fellowship from the Graduate School. Congrats, Ed!

-Congrats to Julie Byrd and Katie Schneider for receiving Goldhaber Travel Awards.

-Katie Schneider was awarded the Hockmeyer Fellowship from the College of Chemical and Life Sciences for the academic year 2008-2009.

-Jennifer Siani and Laura Craig were awarded Wylie Dissertation Fellowships for 2008-2009.

-Congratulations to Andreanna Welch who received a Smithsonian Predoctoral Fellowship for her research titled "Temporal and Spatial Variation in the Genetic Diversity of the Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis)."

-Two BEES students received Smithsonian Postdoctoral Fellowships!
   -Silvana Marten-Rodriguez "Floral variation in Caribbean Heliconia: the role of geographic mosaics and pollination             systems"
   -Eric Lind "Cascading effects of white-tail deer herbivory on insect biodiversity"

-Sheila Reynolds won First Place in her category at the UM Graduate Research Interaction Day on April 17 for her poster titled "Male aggression drives spatial association of kin in satin bowerbirds."

-Kelly O'Quin recently received research awards from Sigma Xi and the Cosmos Club Foundation for his research on vision in cichlid fishes. Congrats, Kelly!

-Recent NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants:
       - Emily Amitin (Wilkinson Lab) - "Postcopulatory sexual selection and gametic isolation in stalk-eyed flies"
       - Julie Byrd (Hawthorne Lab)   - "The effects of hybridization in hollies on genetic differentiation in native host races                                                      of the holly leafminer"
       - Silvana Marten-Rodriguez (Fenster Lab) - "Quantifying pollen limitation and reproductive assurance mechanisms                                                      in Gesnariae species with contrasting pollination systems"
       - Holly Martinson (Fagan Lab) - "Food webs in stable isotope space: How patch size and connectivity alter                                                      food web structure, functional redundancy, and trophic position"