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Remember after election: Stress can be good for you
Submitted by rhkayen on Tue, 11/15/2016 - 08:23This election was particularly stressful. More than 50 percent of Americans reported that it was a significant source of stress, and this was true for supporters of both parties. The surprising result certainly stressed many. So, what do we do now?
The stress response is actually crucial for survival. When we get down to the biology of it, we understand that without it an organism will die when it encounters the first challenge in its environment.
Research proposes repellent/insecticide combination to fight malaria
Submitted by rhkayen on Wed, 11/02/2016 - 08:13After 15 years of research findings on efforts to fight malaria, a researcher has proposed a combination of insect repellents and insecticides to combat malaria scourge.
Michael Boots, a University of California, Berkeley, professor of integrative biology, who worked with his colleagues at Exeter University in the United Kingdom on the project, disclosed this on Monday in San Francisco, United States of America.
Welcome New IB Graduate Students!
Submitted by rhkayen on Wed, 08/24/2016 - 10:16Nicolas Alexandre, Sarah Banker, Debora Brandt, Jackie Childers, Kelsey Crutchfield-Peters, Kyle DeMarr, Rosa Jimenez, Benjamin Karin, Emily King, Isaac Marck, Jesus Martinez-Gomez, Shannon O'Brien, Timothy O'Connor, Julianne Pelaez, Aaron Pomerantz, Michael Song, Andre Szejner Sigal, Kirsten Verster, Elisa Visher and Daniel Wait.
Changes in primate teeth linked to rise of monkeys
Submitted by rhkayen on Mon, 07/11/2016 - 13:57UC Berkeley paleontologists have identified distinctive features of primate teeth that allow them to track the evolution of our ape and monkey ancestors, shedding light on a mysterious increase in monkey species that occurred during a period of climate change 8 million years ago.
2016-17 Peder Sather Grant Program Award
Submitted by rhkayen on Thu, 06/23/2016 - 07:16Congratulations Seth Finnegan and Lee Hsiang Liow on receiving the the 2016-17 Peder Sather Grant Program Award: Dissecting The Timing, Ecological Signature, And Environmental Context Of The Largest Biodiversification In Earth History.
Congratulations 2016 IB Graduates!
Submitted by rhkayen on Thu, 05/19/2016 - 11:08Link to the 2016 Integrative Biology Graduation photo album!
The album will be updated as more photos come in.
Happy Graduation!
Undergraduate Research: Shaping Future Biologists
Submitted by rhkayen on Wed, 05/18/2016 - 08:46Recently accepted Integrative Biology Graduate student Jesus Martinez-Gomez found his passion for science in his undergraduate career at The University of Washington. Due to their head start program the UW empowered students like Jesus Martinez-Gomez to do original science and research as undergraduates.
IB Grad Student Featured by Graduate Division
Submitted by khansen on Mon, 04/18/2016 - 16:14IB graduate student Tesla Monson from the Hlusko Lab, host and producer of The Graduates, a science radio talk show, is featured in an article on the Graduate Division website.
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Tune in to The Graduates to hear about Oceanic plants in Hawaii!
Submitted by rhkayen on Mon, 04/11/2016 - 09:21Missing spring break? Tune in to The Graduates to hear about oceanic plants in Hawaii! On Tuesday, April 12th @ 9AM, your host Tesla Monson speaks with ecologist and evolutionary biologist Jun Ying Lim from the Department of Integrative Biology at UC Berkeley. -