Researchers from the Malmstrom Ecology Lab and the Mauck Lab UC Riverside CNAS have partnered up to learn more about non-native crop viruses that are infecting and jeopardizing the health of wild desert plants.
#PlantVirology

Read more on the collaboration: natsci.msu.edu/news/2024-03-w…

While environmental factors like #climate and #vegetation are well-known drivers of #biodiversity , a new study from MSU highlights the crucial role that isolation has played for mammals. Learn more: bit.ly/3xnR4xD

MSU Research MSU News Zipkin Lab EEB at MSU

On #TransDayOfVisibility , ESA celebrates contributions of transgender scientists to entomology and affirms our commitment to a safe, welcoming professional community. #EntoDEI Learn more in this 2023 Q&A w/ a trans entomologist in Communications Biology: nature.com/articles/s4200…

Campus lately.

A short thread on our new paper: Seed sowing shifts native–exotic richness relationships in favor of natives during restoration

esajournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ec…

#preprint
Stable transmission of seed #microbiome despite stress & across generations

by MSU MGI EEB at MSU PhD Abby Sulesky-Grieb, PhD MSU-PSM Department PhD Ari Fina Bintarti, PhD

& INRAE_International colleagues Marie Simonin, M Barret & B Marolleau

funded by NIFA, MSU Plant Resilience Institute

biorxiv.org/content/10.110…

Brighten your day by tuning in to the Spartan Peregrine Falcon nest! The camera is on 24/7 and there is already one egg in the nest! #nestwatch #falcon #MSU

The Spartan Stadium falcons have returned. You can stream and watch them live. go.msu.edu/ngC5

#EEBer Peter Williams from the Zipkin Lab and Jedediah Brodie have an exciting new publication on Nature Communications! Check it out here:

Museum collections are going digital. 📱

The collaborative #NSFfunded openVertebrate Thematic Collections Network 3D has imaged over 13,000 vertebrate specimens and has made them freely available online. bit.ly/3TFahDR

#oVertTCN

.MSU researchers found that two-thirds of the endangered and threatened vertebrate species in the U.S. could benefit from a gene-boosting diversity strategy known as genetic rescue.
natsci.msu.edu/news/2023-10-m…

Belated post, I am incredibly proud to congratulate Dr. isabela borges on a beautiful dissertation defense and talk! 🌱🐟🇧🇷 🥳 W.K. Kellogg Biological Station EEB at MSU

Exciting next chapter for her begins soon Santa Barbara Botanic Garden as their new Rare Plant Conservation Scientist

Veronica Frans Methods in Ecology and Evolution NZ EcologicalSociety EEB at MSU 📄🦭Check out @vffrans award winning paper in Methods in Ecology and Evolution
buff.ly/3UEsulS

Introducing the newest ShadeLab PhD, DR Abby Sulesky-Grieb, PhD , who proudly continued our piñata tradition!

Abby's research investigated the assembly & stress responses of the common #bean #microbiome , including seed & rhizosphere

NIFA MSU Plant Resilience Institute MSU Microbiology, Genetics, & Immunology EEB at MSU EcoMicroLyon

Sam Barnett and I are SO EXCITED to share our latest U.S. National Science Foundation #CAREER results from the #soil #microbiome responses to the ongoing #Centralia coal fire, now out in Ecology Letters
onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/el…

MSU MGI ESA Microbial Ecology EcoMicroLyon EEB at MSU CNRS Écologie & Environnement ESA Soil Ecology

Monthly birding with people from EEB at MSU

I enjoyed seeing tons of early migrants like displaying Red-winged Blackbirds, yelling Killdeer, and a soaring Turkey Vulture.

We did well with 34 species! ebird.org/checklist/S163…

Michigan State University researcher Sarah Fitzpatrick has been selected to receive a Fulbright U.S. Scholar award for the 2024-25 academic year.

Congratulations, Dr. Fitzpatrick!
Read the details: kbs.msu.edu/2024/02/fitzpa…

So proud of Cinnamon Mittan and VERY excited to continue working with her and our collaborators on Mitchell's satyr butterfly conservation genomics! Nick Haddad Midwest Climate Adaptation Science Center W.K. Kellogg Biological Station EEB at MSU