Department News
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January 17, 2013EEB and the Center for Environmental Biology seek to fill a tenure-track Assistant Professor position. We seek candidates who bring ecological or evolutionary perspectives to issues of global change, conservation and sustainability and will complement our existing strengths. Possible areas of specialization for the position include (but are not limited to) physiological ecology, population ecology/genomics, conservation genetics, community ecology, restoration ecology, ecosystem ecology, ecohydrology, biogeography, macroecology and global change biology of terrestrial, aquatic, or marine systems. We are interested in candidates who may utilize either experimental, synthetic or computational techniques. Successful candidates will be expected to contribute to the undergraduate and graduate curriculum in ecology and evolutionary biology.
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Review of applications will begin on March 1, 2013 and continue until the position is filled. Applicants should submit a curriculum vitae, a research description, and a statement of teaching philosophy. In addition, applicants should arrange for three letters from references to be submitted. Applicants should use the following on-line recruitment URL: https://recruit.ap.uci.edu/apply/JPF01885.
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Applications due by: 03/15/13
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November 29, 2012EEB Professor Ann Sakai was named a Fellow of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the world's largest general scientific society.A total of 702 AAAS members are being honored this year for their efforts to advance science or its applications. New fellows will receive an official certificate and a gold and blue rosette pin on Feb. 16, 2013, at the organization's annual meeting in Boston.
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November 5, 2012Kwasi Connor, received the prestigious UC President's Postdoctoral Fellowship to work with Donovan German and Jim Hicks in EEB. This year's only UCI recipient, Dr. Connor will study the physiological adaptations of mussels (Mytilus californianus) to an ever-changing intertidal environment. The UCPPF is awarded to excellent scholars who increase the diversity of the UC system.
Interview of Kwasi.
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September 19, 2012
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EEB Professor Brandon Gaut was elected President of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution. This is the premier society for evolutionary biology and evolutionary genetics. The society publishes the journals Molecular Biology and Evolution and Genome Biology and Evolution. Brandon takes the position formerly held by EEB Professors Walter Fitch, a cofounder of the journal and the society, John Avise, and Mike Clegg.
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September 17, 2012
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EEB Professor and Associate Vice Chancellor for Research Jim Hicks received an honorary doctorate from Aarhus University in Denmark on Sept. 14. Jim has long collaborated with scientists at the Danish school, which is one of Europe's top centers for biological study. He has spent significant time at Aarhus conducting seminars and helping faculty evaluate dissertation oral arguments, among other efforts. Highlighting the ceremony was an appearance by Queen Margrethe II of Denmark
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Clegg elected to the American Philosophical Society
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May 22, 2012
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EEB Donald Bren Professor Michael Clegg was elected to the American Philosophical Society. The APS was founded by Ben Franklin in 1743 and is our country's first learned Society. The APS promotes knowledge in the sciences and humanities through excellence in scholarly research, professional meetings, publications, library resources, and community outreach. The Society has about 1000 members in total, and Michael is one of about 35 members elected this year. Election to APS is an achievement of unusual distinction. Congratulations to Mike for this wonderful honor!
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May 22, 2012
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EEB Professors Adriana Briscoe and Bob Reed were a integral part of an international consortium of researchers that discovered how different species of the Heliconius butterfly are crossbreeding to more quickly acquire superior wing colors. Nature
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April 30, 2012
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EEB Professor Steve Frank has been elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. AAAS is a body found in 1780 that boasts members such as George Washington, Ben Franklin, Albert Einstein and Winston Churchill. The American Academy of Arts and Sciences is an independent policy research center that conducts multidisciplinary studies of complex and emerging problems. The Academy's elected members are leaders in the academic disciplines, the arts, business, and public affairs.
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March 23, 2012
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EEB grad student Jessica Pratt (Mooney Lab) won the Public Impact Fellowship for her sage scrub restoration efforts. Thius award was instituted by UCI's Graduate Division Dean Frances Leslie and offers $10,000 to support UCI students whose work has the potential to significantly benefit society.
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March 23, 2012
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In an article in the Proceeding of the Royal Society B, Susan Finkbeiner (Reed Lab) reports on her finding that aggregations of aposematic butterflies serve to protect individuals from predators. This was learned through a clever manipulation that used physical models of butterflies. Although these collections are more conspicuous, unpalatable prey appear to communicate a more effective repel signal to bird predators.
Science Magazine | Nat. Geo. | ABC Science
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Februrary 3, 2012
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A team of EEB investigators discovered that E. coli exposed to high heat over successive generations will quickly adapt at the genetic level in two markedly different ways, as reported in the current issue of the journal Science. The team included Brandon Gaut, Chair of EEB; Albert Bennett, Dean of the School of Biological Sciences; and Anthony Long, Professor of EEB. Press release | The Scientist
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January, 26 2012
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A study published in American Naturalist by EEB's Kailen Mooney and his collaborators reveals that caterpillars inhabiting trees with a rich source of nutrients are more susceptible to predation by birds. Thus these caterpillar have a choice between gaining strength through a good diet but being more vulnerable and remaining hungrier but more safe. Science Daily
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November 23, 2011
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The Editors of The Journal of Experimental Biology (the top journal in the field of comparative physiology) awarded Dr Cassondra Williams (Hicks Lab) the 2011 Outstanding Paper Prize. This prize recognises the junior author who made the most significant contribution of the year in an outstanding paper.
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September 29, 2011
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EEB Professor Francisco J. Ayala will donate $10 million to the School of Biological Sciences over the next decade. This gift, the largest ever by a UCI faculty member, comes just one year after Ayala donated the proceeds of the $1.5 million Templeton Prize to fund the Ayala Fellowships for graduate students in the biological sciences. The donation will establish an endowed dean's chair, four endowed professorships and it will double the endowment for the Ayala Fellowships.
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September 29, 2011
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EEB Assistant Professor Manny Azizi has been named the 2012 winner of the George A Bartholomew award. This prestigious prize is given to a young investigator for distinguished contributions to comparative physiology and biochemistry or to related fields of functional and integrative biology. The award is given by the Society for Comparative and Integrative Biology (SICB).
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July 25, 2011
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EEB Assitant Professor Bob Reed and his collaborators reported their findings on a single gene that controls mimetic wing pattern evolution in Heliconius butterflies in an article recently published in Science. This study makes a major contribution to understanding the genes that underlie the evolution of mimetic phenotypes and the extent to which genes drive convergent evolution. Mapping, gene expression, and population genetic work were used to identify a single gene, optix, that controls radically variable red wing patterns across multiple species of Heliconius. Their results show that a single gene can repeatedly drive the convergent evolution of complex color patterns in distantly related species, thus blurring the distinction between convergence and homology.