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2018 World of Biology Photo Competition
Deadline for submissions: Tuesday, April 10, 2018 at 5 pm
Exhibit of Entries: 2-4 PM, April 19, 2018
284 Morrill Hall
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Ecological Society of America honors Wendy Yang
The Ecological Society of America has named Wendy H. Yang, a professor of plant biology and geology at Illinois, as an Early Career Fellow.
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Bloodsucking, disease-spreading ticks on screen at 2018 Insect Fear Film Festival
Ticks are the 2018 Insect Fear Film Festival theme, despite the fact that they are not insects but arachnids. Festival founder and entomology professor May Berenbaum chose ticks because, as global disease vectors, it is important for people to understand them.
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Gene Robinson Awarded 2018 Wolf Prize in Agriculture
IGB Director Gene Robinson has been awarded the 2018 Wolf Prize in Agriculture for “leading the genomics revolution in the organismal and population biology of the honey bee.”
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Agricultural fungicide attracts honey bees, study finds
Entomology professor May Berenbaum, left, and postdoctoral researcher Ling-Hsiu Liao found that honey bees have a slight preference for food laced with the fungicide chlorothalonil at certain concentrations.
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Jessica Conroy featured among brilliant women climate scientists in the Guardian
What does a sexist Google engineer teach us about women in science?
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Two Illinois faculty members elected AAAS Fellows
Animal biology professor Carla Caceres is a new Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science
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Genomic study explores evolution of gentle ‘killer bees’ in Puerto Rico
From left, Matthew Hudson, Arian Avalos, Gene Robinson and their colleagues found genomic signatures associated with the evolution of gentle behavior in Puerto Rico’s Africanized honey bees.
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Seeing the world like a fish
Animal biologist develops app to see fishing lures through the eyes of a bass