Bates Biology Department Blog
Welcome to the Biology Department’s Blog!
This blog is open to contributions from faculty, staff, and biology majors. Submissions should be sent to Greg Anderson (ganderso-at-bates.edu). Please limit photo submissions to a maximum of two per post.
Latest Updates
- Winter Semester Biology Seminar Series
Winter Semester Biology Seminar Series Announced For more information: Seminar and Events Jan 28, 2016 – Benjamin Wolfe, PhD – Tufts University Feb 11, 2016 – Jushua Halman, PhD – Vermont Department of Forests, Parks… - 2015 Pomeroy Scholarship Recipients Announced
The Harriet M. and Fred E. Pomeroy Fund Scholarship recipients for 2015 are Kristina Tobin ’12 and Whitney Thomas ’08. Several $5000 scholarships are awarded each year to alumni enrolled in health-related professional schools or… - A Fond Farewell to Four Friends and ColleaguesAs the academic year closes, the Biology Department will be losing four very excellent colleagues whose presence and contributions have enriched life both within the department and for our students. We will miss all of…
- Biology Seminar Series
The Bates College Biology Department Invites the College Community to a Talk by Dr. Laura Ekstrom Wheaton College “Walking Stingrays and Hand-standing Frogs: Using Unusual Locomotor Systems to Probe Musculoskeletal Form and Function” Thursday, March… - Biology Seminar Series
The College Community is Invited to a Talk by Dr. Joe Roman University of Vermont “Harboring Diversity: Genetic Variation, Propagule Pressure, and the Establishment and Spread of the Green Crab in North America” Thursday, MARCH12… - Biology Seminar Series
The College Community is Invited to a talk by Benjamin King Mt. Desert Island Biological Laboratory “Conserved Gene Regulatory Circuits During Appendage Regeneration” March 5th, 2015 4:10 pm – Room 204 Carnegie Science Refreshments beforehand… - Biology Seminar SeriesThe College Community is Invited to a Talk by Dr. Joe Roman University of Vermont “Harboring Diversity: Genetic Variation, Propagule Pressure, and the Establishment and Spread of the Green Crab in North America” Thursday, MARCH12…
- Marine Organism of the Week
Sea Star-Associated Densovirus (SSaDV) Marine viruses play a huge role in regulating phytoplankton blooms and recycling nutrients in the ocean, but it is far less common for them to cause dramatic shifts in rocky… - Marine Organism of the Week
Hawaiian Bobtail Squid, Euprymna scolopes The Hawaiian Bobtail Squid is a very small squid (only about an inch long as adults), and because squid do not have shells like most other mollusks, it is vulnerable… - Scanning Electron Microscope Demonstration
Open house features SEM/EDS demonstration for Parent’s and Families Weekend The College’s new JSM-7100 field emission scanning electron microscope will be demonstrated during an open house in the Laboratory for Scanning Electron Microscopy and X-ray…