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Home | 2021 | July 2021

Archives for July 2021

A cluster of invasive zebra mussels sits on the sandy floor of Gull Lake.

Long-term data, ‘fortuitous’ event key to establishing link between zebra mussels and toxic algae

07.29.21

A trove of long-term data on zebra mussels and a type of blue-green algae in Gull Lake turned a mass die-off of the invasive shellfish into a research opportunity for W.K. Kellogg Biological Station researchers. Zebra mussels (Dreissena ... Read More

Ceco Maples, wearing a black T-shirt and a blue baseball cap, smiles at the camera against a background of trees and shrubs.

Digging into summer: Research and recreation at KBS

07.28.21

For Ceco Maples, summer at W.K. Kellogg Biological Station means spending as much time outdoors as possible. Ceco is a rising junior at Michigan State University, studying biology and anthropology. He is an Undergraduate Research ... Read More

Glade Dlott stands in a wooded area wearing a jacket and hat, looking at the camera and holding two dark-colored mushrooms.

KBS welcomes new postdoctoral researcher to Evans Lab

07.27.21

The W.K. Kellogg Biological Station community is excited to welcome Dr. Glade Dlott, who is joining the Evans Lab as a postdoctoral research associate. Glade Dlott Dlott, a microbial ecologist, comes to KBS from Stanford ... Read More

Katherine Egeler, wearing a black T-shirt with a Monarch butterfly image, stands against a black and yellow mural of a butterfly.

Stepping out into a new field: A summer student’s venture into ecology

07.20.21

In anticipation of spending the summer in a research lab, Katherine Egeler had some uncertainties. “I was really nervous that I would get to my lab and I would not know how to do anything,” says Katherine. “I don’t really know why I was ... Read More

An Eastern Phoebe, a brown-grey bird with a long tail, perches on a branch. Credit to Jack Bulmer.

July-September | Birds and Coffee Chats

07.15.21

Join a group of fellow bird lovers to share your sightings, ask questions and learn about featured species during monthly Birds and Coffee chats with the W.K. Kellogg Bird Sanctuary. All events begin at 10 a.m. on Zoom and are hosted by ... Read More

Joseph Savage sits in a classroom, focused on working on his computer. Equations are written on a chalkboard in the background.

Seeing what happens: A summer of coding and canoes

07.02.21

As a summer researcher in the Klausmeier Lab, Joseph Savage is spending a lot of his time coding and doing math. Joseph is a member of the Research Experiences for Undergraduates—REU—program at W.K. Kellogg Biological Station. A rising ... Read More

Isabela Borges poses with arms outstretched to show the size of the large plant next to her.

Award-winning KBS researcher earns new accolade

07.01.21

A KBS scientist who recently was recognized for her research has received another prestigious award. Isabela Borges, a Ph.D. candidate in the Fitzpatrick Lab, recently won a Student Research Award from the American Society of ... Read More

Headshot photo of Bruno Basso.

Initiative to inventory soil carbon levels earns Basso, collaborator $250K prize

07.01.21

Soils store more carbon than trees, yet forested lands are the source of far more carbon credit sales than are agricultural fields. A innovative collaboration between Michigan State University Foundation Professor Bruno Basso and Kristofer ... Read More

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