Sarah Fitzpatrick, associate professor in Michigan State University’s Department of Integrative Biology and resident W.K. Kellogg Biological Station faculty member, has been selected to receive a Fulbright U.S. Scholar award for the 2024-25 ... Read More
KBS faculty, academic staff members recognized by MSU’s College of Natural Science
Two W.K. Kellogg Biological Station employees have garnered awards from Michigan State University’s College of Natural Science for excellence in their work and mentoring activities. Holly Vander Stel Holly Vander Stel is the lab manager ... Read More
KBS research identifies underused strategy for recovering endangered species
During a recent review of the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service’s recovery plans for more than 200 endangered and threatened vertebrate species in the United States, Michigan State University researchers found that two-thirds of those species ... Read More
New research: Natural selection can slow evolution, maintain similarities across generations
Natural selection is usually understood in the context of change. When organisms deviate from the norm, they may gain advantages that let their lineages outlast those of their less-adaptable relatives. But according to new research from ... Read More
Rescheduled to Tuesday, Oct. 24 | Fall Dessert with Discussion Talk
Join the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station community at 7 p.m. Tuesday, Oct. 24, for a talk on the concept of genetic rescue and how it’s being used to save imperiled species in Michigan and elsewhere. Note: This event has been rescheduled ... Read More
Don’t bank on seed banks: Study suggests they might not serve as grassland biodiversity reservoirs
As biodiversity loss wreaks havoc on grasslands worldwide, many have hoped that soil seed banks, or seeds stored in the soil waiting to sprout, would act as a biodiversity reservoir, preserving species that are disappearing ... Read More
New faces at KBS: Faculty and postdoctoral research associates
W.K. Kellogg Biological Station continues to grow, having added several new faculty members and postdoctoral research associates over the past months. Join us in welcoming them to KBS! Faculty Christopher P. Kozakiewicz joined KBS in ... Read More
In memoriam: Dr. Ken Cummins
Kenneth W. Cummins, a stream and watershed ecologist formerly based at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station, died Thursday, June 8, 2023, in San Francisco. He was 90 years old. Ken was born in Chicago, Illinois on March 28, 1933, to Mary ... Read More
Gilbert’s research recognized by the American Society of Plant Biologists’ early investigator award
Kadeem J. Gilbert, W.K. Kellogg Biological Station faculty member and assistant professor in the Michigan State University College of Natural Science’s Department of Plant Biology, has received a prestigious award that recognizes ... Read More
Expanding trait variation through artificial selection helps to better understand adaptation
A recently published article by members of the Conner Lab at the W.K. Kellogg Biological Station provides insight into how natural selection shapes flowers using a promising new approach to studying adaptation. The article, “Strong ... Read More
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