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For younger researchers in the sciences and engineering and the universities in which they teach, few awards have as much impact as the National Science Foundation’s Early Career Development Award, or CAREER award, one of the most competitive and prestigious grants available to university faculty in the early stages of their careers.
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To understand local adaptation, the Bergland lab has examined changes in allele frequency in natural populations of fruit flies across latitudes and between seasons. Interestingly, they find that genetic markers of adaptation across latitudes are at least partially distinct from those of seasonal adaptation.
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Thrilled to have given a lecture on the Human Genome Project at UVa Biology! Kudos to Dr.
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Welcome back, GSPA meeting, and Events
September Newsletter
Greetings from the Biology GSPA! In this monthly newsletter, we have highlighted some of the recent accomplishments among members of the department and advertised some exciting events coming up in September.
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The Biology Department is marking several major employment milestones.
Tess Matukonis will be celebrating her one-year anniversary as the Undergraduate Coordinator. She has become the face of Biology for most of our majors and she is an extraordinary resource for our faculty advisors.
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Jay Hirsh’s photo of a tobacco hornworm decorated with the cocoons of parasitic wasps was selected by the Entomological Society of America for their 2023 calendar!
Entomological Society of America photocredit:Jay Hirsh
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Whether genetic variation in plasticity is driven by stabilizing or diversifying selection has remained unknown. Looking at antipredator modifications in the head of the water flea, Daphnia pulex, the Bergland lab has shown that plasticity in this natural population is largely driven by stabilizing selection.
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The Daily Progress
Sydney Shuler
Aug 16, 2022
For four days, 80 students from all over Virginia skipped a few grades and found themselves in college and having a BLAST.
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