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The chloroplast, where all photosynthesis occurs in plants, is derived from ancient, free-living algae. Over the past 900 million years, however, it has lived inside of plant cells and their green algal ancestors, evolving to be an integral part of

Dr. Noah Fierer, working in conjuction with researchers from North Carolina State University, has produced the first atlas of airborne microbes across the continental United States.The researchers collected outdoor dust samples from roughly 1,200

Dr. Noah Fierer, an associate professor in the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology, and a fellow at the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, was inspired to study the levels of fungi and airbourne mold present in

Helen McCreery, a graduate student with the Breed lab, was selected to receive the 2015 Graduate Summer Fellowship Award from the Graduate School.  Graduate Summer Fellowship Awards are competitive awards sponsored by the Graduate

Kika Tarsi, a graduate student in the Davies lab, and Miranda Redmond, who is part of the Barger lab, were selected for the 2015 - 2016 Graduate School Dissertation Completion Fellowship.  The Dean’s Graduate Student Research

Professor Alex Cruz just found out that his contributions to undergraduate training have been recognized by his receiving an "Outstanding Undergraduate Research Mentor" award sponsored by the Special Undergraduate Enrichment Programs. You can read

This year, three EBIO professors have been awarded a BFA Excellence Award. This award is a longstanding tradition on the 91PORN campus, and is one of the most prestigious teaching awards that can be bestowed upon a University of Colorado

Carrie Havrilla, a graduate student with the Barger lab, has been awarded an NSF Pre-doctoral Research Fellowship to pursue her research on biological crusts.  Congratulations Carrie!!  Please see below for a brief synopsis of Carrie'

We're pleased to announce that several members of the EBIO department have won Campus Sustainability Awards.  Professor Becca Safran was awarded a Green Faculty Award for her film course.  Carol Kearns and Diane Oliveras were

Seventy percent of forested lands remaining in the world are within a half mile of the forest edge, where encroaching urban, suburban or agricultural influences can cause any number of harmful effects, according to a new study involving EBIO