5 days! Everyone is a public land owner. When you vote you decide how public lands will be managed. WMU Biological Sciences WMU College of Arts and Sciences #BroncosBeHeard #BroncosVoteEarly #WhenWeAllVote #VoteForScience youtube.com/watch?v=8GrJrp…

New Michigan law means your clerk’s office must open for voting this weekend bit.ly/2HTlqhK

1 day to go: final words from Rep. John Lewis. "Democracy is not a state, it is an act. The vote is the most powerful non-violent change agent you have in a democratic society. You must use it because it is not guaranteed" #BroncosBeHeard #WhenWeAllVote youtube.com/watch?v=_i2DSk…

A seminar not to miss! Next Monday, join us for a talk by @biodiversifying: Tools for Promoting Diversity & Inclusivity in Biology Classrooms. Organized by Jacob Harrison and Duke Biology IDEA Committee, Nov 16, 3:30 PM, on Zoom: tinyurl.com/yyw2uefz

WMU Biological Sciences twitter may have been quiet over the pandemic year, but lots has been happening! Watch this space to learn about what BIOS faculty and students have been up to and what they have planned! WMU College of Arts and Sciences WMU Graduate College

To start us off, graduate student Ruchi Ojha will be presenting SATURDAY at the MI ASM meeting: "Characterizing the Role of Shigella flexneri Diguanylate Cyclases in Pathogenesis". mi-asm.org @BenKoestler WMU College of Arts and Sciences WMU Graduate College #shigella #microbiology

Also this Saturday, graduate student Parks M is presenting @MEEC2021 "Differential community responses to threats: using a novel soundscape approach to understand signaling changes". @birdsoundscapes WMU College of Arts and Sciences WMU Graduate College #birds #soundscapes #MEEC2021

Congratulations to graduate students Adam Austin, Parks Marion, Morgan Morin, John Quakenbush, John Rozofsky & Nicolette Sexton! All awarded Grad Student Research Grants from WMU Graduate College Thanks for supporting student research!

Congratulations also to Alana Van Huizen who was awarded a Virtual Conference from from the WMU Graduate College!

WMU Biological Sciences welcomes our new cohort of graduate students! We wish you all the best as you start your program! WMU Graduate College WMU College of Arts and Sciences

Join us for a research seminar with Dr. Glen Dolphin: Teaching the biography of the theory of the earth: Using the developmental trajectory of the theory of plate tectonics to teach about earth dynamics. The virtual seminar will be 1/21/22 at 3:30pm EST at wmich.webex.com/meet/david.rud…

This week's seminar speaker is Dr. Oné R. Pagán, Professor of Biology, West Chester University. The title of this BIOS seminar is: “A functional assay to assess planarian brain regeneration.” The virtual seminar will be Friday 1/28/22 at 3:30pm EST at wmich.webex.com/meet/tiffany.s…

Please join Dr. Leda Kobziar from the University of Idaho for this Friday's seminar. The title of the talk is "The Life of Smoke." The talk will begin on 2/4 at 3:30pm Eastern in this room: wmich.webex.com/meet/kathryn.d…

Please join us with Dr. Jen Lamb from St. Cloud State University. The title of the seminar is, “Taking another look: fluoresced and reflected color in herpetofauna” at 3:30 pm (Eastern) on Friday February 11: minnstate.zoom.us/j/99468605005 Meeting ID: 954 3701 0647 Passcode: Amphibians

Please join Dr. Yogesh Suryawanshi for a virtual seminar on Friday 2/18 at 3PM. The title of the talk is: "Balancing Safety And Efficacy: Optimizing The Outcome Of Oncolytic Mengovirus Therapy Through A Multipronged Approach". Join the seminar here: wmich.webex.com/meet/john.spit…

Please join Dr. Yu Zhang, Assistant Professor in the Department of Investigative Medicine, at WMed. The title of the talk is "The role of chromatin loop extrusion in antibody diversification.” The talk is Friday 2/25 at 3:30pm Eastern in this room: wmich.webex.com/meet/tiffany.s…

Friday's seminar is on March 18 at 3:30 PM(EST) with Dr. David Lowry, Associate Professor. The title of the talk is "The genetic and physiological basis of local adaptation in plants.” Join the virtual talk here: msu.zoom.us/j/91567752342 Meeting ID: 915 6775 2342 Passcode: 740006

Next BIOS Seminar is Friday 3/25 at 3:30 PM (EST) with Dr. Joy Alcedo, Assoc Professor in the Dept of Bio Sci, at Wayne State University. The title of the talk is: "Neural insulin signaling in development and stress recovery". Join the seminar here: wmich.webex.com/meet/tiffany.s…