News Archives
New article on the genome of daddy long legs
Congrats to iBio’s Guilherme Gainnet for his new published paper! In a collaboration with the Smithsonian Institution in DC, Guilherme published the first harvestman (daddy long legs) genome and used gene silencing experiments to discover …
August 4, 2021Climate Change Impacts on our Earth
UW’s climate scientists including iBio professor Monica Turner study and discuss the effects of climate change in this article.
May 26, 20212021 Student Service Scholarship
iBio students Taylor Tai and Patricia Tran received 2021 Graduate Student Service Scholarship!
May 7, 20212021 L&S Mid-Career Award
Integrative Biology staff member Nazan Gillie wins 2021 L&S Mid-Career Award!
May 7, 20212021 GOLDWATER SCHOLAR AWARD
Manasa Kalluri (Neurobiology and Psychology Major) named one of three 2021 Goldwater Scholars!
April 21, 2021WILDFIRES IN THE WEST
Monica Turner speaks about the wildfires that have been effecting California and other western states.
March 2, 2021ADAPTING IN A PANDEMIC
Comparative Anatomy of Vertebrates (Zoo 430) made huge strides in adapting its structure for the pandemic.
March 2, 2021SOCIAL SINGING STARLINGS
Lauren Riter’s work on Starlings are being showcased on Psychology Today.
March 2, 2021Lineage of Learning
Wayland Evan Noland supports the College of Letters & Science to ensure that intellectual pursuit remains strong into the future
March 2, 2021Staff Award
Duane Barnes, Building Manager, Department of Integrative Biology, is a 2019 recipient of the the University Staff Award
March 2, 2021New Ecology Research
Scientists studying plant species discovered that habitat corridors improve biodiversity and reduce extinction rates
March 2, 2021Student Spotlight
For junior Camila Hernández, studying Spanish and Neurobiology are an ideal path for becoming a physician and patient advocate
March 2, 2021Faculty Award
Congrats to John Orrock for being recognized with the Vilas Faculty Mid-Career Investigator Award
March 2, 2021Zoological Museum
Museums and special collections across the College of Letters & Science enhance learning and spark curiosity
March 2, 2021Lauren Riters Featured
A celebration of the tool-users, the problem-solvers, and the songbirds.
March 2, 2021Emeritus Faculty
Retirement doesn’t end Warren Porter’s 50-plus years of research in zoology – it accelerates it
March 2, 2021Research Grant
Dr. Turner’s team receives grant for the project titled Anticipating and Envisioning Future Landscapes of Greater Yellowstone.
March 2, 2021New Findings
Carlos Santibáñez-López finds two new scorpion superfamilies in phylogenomic analysis
March 2, 2021Flamingo Project
Jan Huisken, Visiting Assistant Professor of iBio, creates portable, shareable scientific microscope
March 2, 2021UW2020 Project
Hilary Dugan receives funding for “Full Season Science in the Northwoods” project
March 2, 2021Ecology Award
Steve Carpenter, professor emeritus of the CFL, receives 2018 Ramon Margalef Prize in Ecology
March 2, 2021NatGeo Coverage
Jesús Ballesteros’ work on arachnid phylogeny is covered in a press release by National Geographic
March 2, 2021Fellowship Awardee
Emily Setton wins 2019 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program award
March 2, 2021New Discovery
Carlos Santibáñez-López, Sharma lab postdoc, untangles scorpion family tree using venom shape
March 2, 2021The Big Dig
Zoology 152 instructor Doug Rouse leads students on a quest for new antibiotics
March 2, 2021Faculty Funding
Carol Lee awarded “Make Our Planet Great Again” grant from the French government
March 2, 2021Yellowstone Research
Monica Turner is examining how the patterns of fire and forest recovery are changing
March 2, 2021Neural Imaging
Liz Haynes, Halloran lab postdoc, wins first place in Nikon Small World in Motion contest
March 2, 2021Presentation Prizes
Emily Setton & Guilherme Gainett win prizes at the 21st International Congress of Arachnology
March 2, 2021Undergraduate Research
Emily Setton, incoming PhD student in the Sharma lab, published her undergraduate work in PNAS
March 2, 2021Featured Course
Bird observing course, Zoology 521, an experience in finding passion for nature
March 2, 2021Yellowstone Research
Members of the Turner lab are examining how the patterns of fire and forest recovery are changing
March 2, 2021Student Spotlight
PhD student Carly Ziter shares how green spaces in cities help control floods, store carbon
March 2, 2021Teaching Award
Ellen Damschen has been chosen to receive the Chancellor’s Inclusive Excellence Award
March 2, 2021Staff Award
Carlos Peralta, Zoology 151/152 coordinator, receives McBurney Forward in Access Award
March 2, 2021Student Spotlight
PhD student Jeremy Spool spent a spring living among loons to make a fascinating discovery
March 2, 2021Student Spotlight
Nick Davenport, former CMB student, receives MBoC Paper of the Year Award
March 2, 2021Remembering Ian
Ian Santino, a landscape architecture student and Zoology 151/152 TA, has passed away
March 2, 2021Emeritus Faculty
‘Free-range scientist’ Steve Carpenter remains inspired, inspiring — even in retirement
March 2, 2021Raging Wildfire
Monica Turner shares findings from Yellowstone research in The New York Times
March 2, 2021Faculty Focus
Hilary Dugan will join the department and the CFL in January as an Assistant Professor
March 2, 2021Lake Health
Emily Stanley shares findings from climate change research in The New York Times
March 2, 2021Model Lake
Steve Carpenter sounds a warning for Lake Mendota on the cover of Isthmus Magazine
March 2, 2021Tropical Research
Ecologist Jacob Usinowicz discovers coexistence is path to diversity in tropical trees
March 2, 2021Yellowstone Research
Monica Turner shares insights from research in Yellowstone National Park
March 2, 2021Plentiful Planarians
Phil Newmark studies the regenerative properties of these small, nondescript flatworms
March 2, 2021Cool Science Images 2020
iBio’s graduate student Guilherme Gainett and Assistant Professor Prashant P. Sharma are winners!
March 2, 2021Brain Trust
Tony Stretton has been featured in On Wisconsin Magazine for his dedication to UW-Madison
March 2, 2021Research Publication
Postdocs Jesús Ballesteros and Carlos Santibáñez López publish the first genome-scale phylogeny of arachnids that samples all orders
March 2, 2021Cannibal Insects
John Orrock examines how plants under attack can turn hungry caterpillars into cannibals
March 2, 2021Sea spiders are tougher and older than you might think!
iBio’s Jesús Ballesteros, Carlos Santibáñez López, Emily Setton, and Prashant Sharma co-authored a paper on sea spider evolution.
March 2, 2021Sunny Seminars
Emily Stanley hosts her Limnology seminar outside at a different park every week.
March 2, 2021