Each spring, over 200 early career researchers (mostly undergraduate and graduate students) meet for the three-day Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference. Usually, the conference is held at a large university, but this year was different. ... Read More

As a microbial ecologist, I study how microscopic organisms like bacteria and fungi drive ecosystem processes at large scales.  I am particularly fascinated by the organisms that live in very dry places.  Twice a year, I spend a ... Read More

I arrived at KBS during the heat of finals season on my campus. I had just taken my in-class exams and moved my belongings out of my dorm before arriving at KBS. I was looking forward to a summer of new experiences and that is exactly what ... Read More

 I spent the summer of 2017 at the Kellogg Biological Station (KBS) studying climate change and predation among aquatic organisms. This 11-week research experience was as eventful and influential as it could’ve been. It cemented my ... Read More

How did I get here? This thought rattled through the back of my mind as I performed phosphorus readings on the spectrophotometer. Me, a paleontologist, working with microscopic algae and being reunited with the machinery that haunted ... Read More

I gained the opportunity to work at KBS because of a friend who had worked at KBS last summer and really enjoyed it. It even inspired her to change her major, and I decided to apply because of what she told me! I am a laboratory animal ... Read More

Who knew my summer in Michigan would include laying belly-flopped in a stream, yelling in frustration over the two-inch fish that had just bolted off, as my waders filled with cold water? Maybe I should back up. My name is Daniel Oliveira, ... Read More

“What research would you propose?” A few minutes into our conversation, a phone interview for the summer Research Experience for Undergraduates (REU) internship I’d applied for at Kellogg Biological Station, we’d moved past the questions I ... Read More