Research and Mentoring for Postbaccalaureates
We are very excited to be kicking off an NSF-funded RaMP program to train a cohort of 10 recent college graduates in genomic, evolutionary and computational biology. Graduating and not sure what to do next? Apply to join our RaMP program and give research a test drive!
Program benefits:
✓ Engage in authentic research about genomic novelty
✓ Stipend of $32,500 suppports each participant
✓ Form relationships with multiple mentors
✓ Networking and professional development
✓ Gain in-demand skills
✓ Preparation for a STEM career or graduate school
Program dates: Aug. 1, 2023-July 31, 2024.
Application deadline: March 31, 2023
Click here to learn more about this exciting opportunity!Opportunities
- Osprey Project Field Technicians: Illinois March 18, 2024
- Hiring Summer 2024 Field Assistants – UW Madison March 15, 2024
- CT DEEP Water Monitoring Program – 2024 Seasonal Positions! March 15, 2024
- Internship & Volunteer Opportunities March 15, 2024
- SMITHSONIAN MICROCLIMATE & BIODIVERSITY TECHNICIAN March 5, 2024
- Entry-level jobs on Handshake March 5, 2024
- marine internships February 9, 2024
- Fish Ecophysiology MS position- Auburn University February 9, 2024
Reporters: book a 15-min Zoom interview with cicada expert Dr. Chris Simon (@uconneeb) to discuss how the two emerging broods may interact, climate change threats to cicadas, & more. https://bit.ly/3IfbpYv @CicadaScience
@UConn_Bioinfo is offering virtual #RadSeq #ddRAD analysis training March 18th-21st - Join us online (real instructors) - Training in #Stacks, #Freebayes, @rstatstweet - best practices in #variant detection and basic population assessments @UConnResearch
https://bioinformatics.uconn.edu/cbc-workshops/
It's the final countdown! Today is the day 🎉 Be sure to get your @UConn RaMP applications in TONIGHT by 11:59pm. Conduct independent research🥼, participate in professional development activities, attend scientific conferences and more!
RaMP Website: https://genome-postbac.biology.clas.uconn.edu/
The #Biodiversity and #Conservation Genomics training program is accepting a new cohort of @UConn undergraduates starting this Summer! Integrated research with @UConnMCB @uconneeb - sequencing @IUCNRedList species with @nanopore - apply by March 11th! @UConnResearch @UConnCLAS
Upcoming Seminars
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Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Georgia Hernández Corrales 1:00pm
3/21
Doctoral Dissertation Oral Defense of Georgia Hernández Corrales
Thursday, March 21st, 2024
01:00 PM
Gant West Building
Patterns and processes of tropical plant responses to warming: Implications for global warming
Webex Link: https://uconn-cmr.webex.com/meet/ggh18002
Advisors: Dr. Carlos García-Robledo & Dr. Jeffrey Seemann
Associate Advisor: Martijn Slot
Associate Advisor: Carl Schlichting
Associate Advisor: Erin Kuprewicz -
Teale Lecture: Maya K. Van Rossum (Green Amendments for the Generations) 4:00pm
3/21
Teale Lecture: Maya K. Van Rossum (Green Amendments for the Generations)
Thursday, March 21st, 2024
04:00 PM
The Dodd Center for Human Rights
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EEB Seminar: Frank Muzio (UConn EEB) 3:30pm
3/28
EEB Seminar: Frank Muzio (UConn EEB)
Thursday, March 28th, 2024
03:30 PM
Biology/Physics Building
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EEB Seminar: Leonie Moyle (Indiana Univ.) 3:30pm
4/4
EEB Seminar: Leonie Moyle (Indiana Univ.)
Thursday, April 4th, 2024
03:30 PM
Biology/Physics Building
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Special Teale Event (film) 4:00pm
4/11
Special Teale Event (film)
Thursday, April 11th, 2024
04:00 PM
The Dodd Center for Human Rights
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EEB Seminar: Fay-Wei Li (Cornell Univ.) 3:30pm
4/18
EEB Seminar: Fay-Wei Li (Cornell Univ.)
Thursday, April 18th, 2024
03:30 PM
Biology/Physics Building
EEB-related Events
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Mar
28
AVS Art Gallery- Abiding River: Connecticut River Views & Stories 5:30pm
AVS Art Gallery- Abiding River: Connecticut River Views & Stories
Thursday, March 28th, 2024
05:30 PM
Alexey von Schlippe Gallery of Art (Avery Point)
Abiding River: Connecticut River Views & Stories
Repeat Photography: Pond of Contemplation
March 28-April 28, 2024
Opening Reception: March 28, 5:30-7:30 pm
In Abiding River: Connecticut River Views & Stories Janet L. Pritchard photographically traces our changing relationship with a wild and harnessed river’s rise, decline, and tenuous revival. Using a photographic method guided by archival research, Pritchard’s project addresses two framing questions: How does the Connecticut River influence life in its watershed, and how do people impact the river? Tracing the river’s flow from its source near the Canadian border 410 miles south to the Long Island Sound, these photographs reveal a landscape of many uses.
Writers have described the Connecticut River (CR) as the life artery of New England, or its cultural cradle, a region distinct in topography, history, culture, and ecological challenges—climate modeling predicts dramatic temperature increases and unprecedented flooding. Before European colonization, Native peoples thrived here, relying on the river for sustenance, transportation, and trade. It later became a settlement route for Europeans from the coast to the interior and a place of technological innovation so significant it is called the Silicon Valley of the 19th century. The CR Valley was a flourishing center of water-powered manufacturing and home to the now disappearing geographically indicated crop Connecticut Shade Tobacco. However, when an economy built on waterpower collapsed, mills moved south, and industry followed, leaving the river to rot. Katherine Hepburn described the river as “the world’s most beautifully landscaped cesspool” in a 1965 documentary. The Clean Water Act of 1972 helped effect change, and pollutants decreased. The river’s history is deeply intertwined with the local cultures, and understanding these connections is crucial to appreciating its more considerable significance and the challenges it faces.
In Abiding River: Connecticut River Views & Stories, Pritchard’s photographs reflect her scholarly research and the beauty of the Connecticut River, a system influenced by nature, culture, and history with a future yet to be written.
The exhibition will include specimens of aquatic and marsh plants of the Connecticut River and its watershed, on loan from the George Safford Torrey Herbarium, in the Biodiversity Research Collections of the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at UConn.
In Repeat Photography: Pond of Contemplation, Pritchard’s subtly varied images of a singular landscape taken over the course of a year, present a meditative reflection on nature, permanence, and change.