Announcements
Organismal Biology Day was held on Monday, April 28. Dr. Jan Komdeur delivered the seminar followed by lunch for all and a graduate student research poster session. View photos here!

We are saddened to announce the sudden passing of Dr. Bob Denno on Saturday, March 22, while conducting fieldwork in Georgia. More information can be found on through Entomology and the Diamondback. A memorial service will be held on Friday, May 9, at 4:00 pm in Bioscience Research Building 1101 (lecture hall). The program, to last approximately an hour, will consist of a series of short recollections and reflections by Dr. Denno’s colleagues, students, friends and family.

The 2008 Student Seminar Series is in progress! Click here for the schedule and more information. The seminar series will continue into the summer and fall. Stay tuned for the schedule.

Application Deadline
Fall 2008 admissions is now complete. Fall 2009 application deadline is December 10, 2008.

Training in Paleobiology
The BEES program and the Smithsonian Institution now offer joint training with fellowship opportunities for qualified candidates in the area of Paleobiolgy within the BEES training mission. Please see the faculty lists for participating faculty and their research interests.

BEES Seminar Series
BEES seminars are held Mondays at noon in room 1103 of the Bioscience Research Building. Click here for the schedule.

Graduate student accolades
-Katie Schneider was awarded the Hockmeyer Fellowship from the College of Chemical and Life Sciences for the academic year 2008-2009.

-Jennifer Siani and Laura Craig were awarded Wylie Dissertation Fellowships for 2008-2009.

-Congratulations to Andreanna Welch who received a Smithsonian Predoctoral Fellowship for her research titled "Temporal and Spatial Variation in the Genetic Diversity of the Hawaiian Petrel (Pterodroma sandwichensis)."

-Two BEES students received Smithsonian Postdoctoral Fellowships!
   -Silvana Marten-Rodriguez "Floral variation in Caribbean Heliconia: the role of geographic mosaics and pollination             systems"
   -Eric Lind "Cascading effects of white-tail deer herbivory on insect biodiversity"

-Sheila Reynolds won First Place in her category at the UM Graduate Research Interaction Day on April 17 for her poster titled "Male aggression drives spatial association of kin in satin bowerbirds."

-Kelly O'Quin recently received research awards from Sigma Xi and the Cosmos Club Foundation for his research on vision in cichlid fishes. Congrats, Kelly!

-Congrats to Emily Amitin, Julie Byrd, Silvana Marten-Rodriguez and Holly Martinson who were awarded
NSF Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grants!
       - Emily Amitin (Wilkinson Lab) - "Postcopulatory sexual selection and gametic isolation in stalk-eyed flies"
       - Julie Byrd (Hawthorne Lab)   - "The effects of hybridization in hollies on genetic differentiation in native host races                                                      of the holly leafminer"
       - Silvana Marten-Rodriguez (Fenster Lab) - "Quantifying pollen limitation and reproductive assurance mechanisms                                                      in Gesnariae species with contrasting pollination systems"
       - Holly Martinson (Denno/Fagan Labs) - "Food webs in stable isotope space: How patch size and connectivity alter                                                      food web structure, functional redundancy, and trophic position"

-Tagide deCarvalho was awarded the Dr. Mabel S. Spencer Fellowship for Excellence in Graduate Achievement.