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Division Celebrates First-Ever Research Showcase 2009!
On Thursday, June 4th, 2009, the Division of Biological Sciences hosted the inaugural Research Showcase 2009. The Showcase was created as a forum for students to exhibit their talent and the exciting research that is being conducted in faculty labs all over campus. Students engaging in research via the phage genomics initiative, BISP 199, BISP 196, and the Divisional integrated master's program all participated in the event.
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Graduate Student Community Awards
Ria Del Rosario, a faculty assistant in the Division of Biological Sciences, recently won the Outstanding Graduate Student Support Staff Award given by the Graduate Student Association.
Del Rosario was recognized with the award at the association’s second annual Graduate Student Community Awards Reception May 29 at the Student Services Center.
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UCSD Division of Biological Sciences/ Salk Institute Annual Retreat
Lake Arrowhead Resort
Lake Arrowhead, CA
Date: September 20 - 22, 2009
Registration Deadline: Friday, August 14th
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Biological Sciences Seminar Program
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Invasive yellowjacket wasp sips on a native Hawaiian ohia blossomPhoto credit: Erin WilsonNew Life Histories Emerge for Invasive Wasps, Magnify Ecological Harm
A switch from annual to multiyear colonies and a willingness to feed just about any prey to their young have allowed invasive yellowjacket wasps to disrupt native populations of insects and spiders on two Hawaiian islands, a new study has found.
By analyzing the DNA from bits of prey snatched from foragers returning to nests, ecologists from the University of California, San Diego, found that introduced yellowjacket wasps kill or scavenge prey from 14 different taxonomic orders of animals, even reptiles and birds.
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National Parks in Kenya Not Insulated From Wildlife Declines
Long-term declines of elephants, giraffe, impala and other animals in Kenya are occurring at the same rates within the country’s national parks as outside of these protected areas, according to a study released this week.
“This is the first time we’ve taken a good look at a national park system in one country, relative to all of the wildlife populations across the whole country,” said David Western, an adjunct professor of biology at UC San Diego and the founding executive director of the African Conservation Center in Nairobi, who headed the study published in the July 8 issue of the journal PLoS One. “And we found that wildlife populations inside and outside of the parks are declining at much the same rate.”
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