Sentences with phrase «of ecology research»

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«We found that instead of recent wolves being closest to domestic dogs, ancient European wolves were directly related to them,» said Robert Wayne, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology in UCLA's College of Letters and Science and senior author of the research.

She studied agriculture and ecology in Peru and New Zealand, and has several years of academic research experience in plant nutrition.

The Murray - Darling Freshwater Research Centre is supported through a partnership between La Trobe University, CSIRO and the Murray - Darling Basin Authority, and has over 25 years of expertise and knowledge of Basin ecology.

Other research areas of interest include the biology and ecology of thrips, and forestry and horticulture research, particularly in South East Asia.

She has been researching infant sleep for the past 20 years, concentrating on the sleep ecology of infants, young children and their parents.

The Sloan fellowship provides $ 120,000 in support of outstanding postdoctoral research on some aspect of indoor microbial ecology.

(2) to take the lead in supporting independently reviewed research, including by collecting evidence from different parts of the world, in order to get a better understanding of the ecology, taxonomy, virulence and other characteristics of E. sakazakii, in line with the recommendations of the FAO / WHO Expert Meeting on E. Sakazakii and other Microorganisms in Powdered Infant Formula, and to explore means of reducing its level in reconstituted powdered infant formula;

He was also a visiting research fellow at the University of São Paulo in Brazil, visiting in 1998 to study pollinator ecology, which included different species of bees and hoverflies, and again in 2003 to study wild bee ecology.

Her research focuses on global change ecology and climate adaptation; she was among the first to propose and study ways to reduce the impact of climate change through new techniques in conservation management.

The essays represent a wide range of scientific topics: neuroscience, biology, «Big Data», forensic anthropology, science policy, STEM education, wildlife ecology, environmental sustainability, sociology, medicine, global health, science ethics, stem cell research, materials engineering, crowd - sourcing, computer science, biotechnology, genetics, agricultural sciences, climate change, and information technology.

The team found that the microbes lurking on the forearm, palm, index finger, back of the knee and sole of the foot were often more diverse than those in the gut, «traditionally considered to be very diverse», says David Relman, who researches human microbial ecology at Stanford University in California but was not involved in the research.

Global change research encompasses a wide variety of study areas, including atmospheric sciences, ecology, global carbon cycles, climatology, and terrestrial processes.

The research is part of a National Science Foundation project to examine the hydrology, ecology and pastoral societies in the Sahel.

Barry Sinervo, a reptile and ecology expert at the University of California, Santa Cruz, who was not involved with the recent study, pointed to some of his own research, such as a study published in Science in May 2010 that examined extinction rates in lizards alongside changing climatic conditions.

Yet nagging doubts remain, stoked by two persistent skeptics: David Pimentel, a professor of ecology and agricultural sciences at Cornell University, and Tad Patzek, a professor of geoengineering from the University of California at Berkeley who started the UC Oil Consortium, an industry - sponsored research group.

Dave Norton's research, which is funded by the University of Alaska's Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research, examines the impact of chemical pollutants on the human ecology of four arctic marine commresearch, which is funded by the University of Alaska's Cooperative Institute for Arctic Research, examines the impact of chemical pollutants on the human ecology of four arctic marine commResearch, examines the impact of chemical pollutants on the human ecology of four arctic marine communities.

He led a new research effort that took a deep look at the ecology and genetics of chickpea plants.

Those doing research in physiological aspects of ecology or in plant physiology often needed to take postdoctoral positions before they could find tenure - track faculty positions.

The initiative is designed to stimulate collaborative research at the interface of computing and the sciences, including biology, chemistry, physics, neuroscience, materials science, immunology, and ecology.

Our program also includes an extensive undergraduate component, an outreach component that provides short - term opportunities for biologists to enhance their quantitative training, and opportunities for graduate students to do collaborative research with full - time staff and postdoctoral researchers at UT in computational ecology, or with a variety of researchers at Oak Ridge National Lab and private firms.

Peter Newbery of the RSPB says: «It's an interesting situation, but the ecology is very complicated and we need more research.»

The results may not seem surprising, but they shed light on how the avoidance of parasites can shape an entire ecosystem through what some call an «ecology of fear,» says Vanessa Ezenwa, a disease ecologist at the University of Georgia in Athens who was not involved in the research.

Indeed, I still try not to become too distant from the world of real scientific discovery, and since starting at SBS, I have contributed in very minor ways to ongoing research projects and have written an undergraduate textbook about ecology.

«Wolves rely on large prey to survive,» said Benson, assistant professor of vertebrate ecology who conducted the research as a doctoral student at Trent University.

Like many young scientists these days, after embarking on a research career, I realised that although I was fascinated by all aspects of science — especially my own field of ecology — I did not want to spend the next 30 years writing grant proposals, carrying out experiments, and publishing technical articles.

Vanja Klepac - Ceraj, a microbial ecologist by training and an assistant research investigator at the Forsyth Institute in Cambridge, Massachusetts, has helped organize symposia with ecologists and biomedical researchers giving joint talks on the ecology of disease.

He has contributed opinions as an expert on vector - borne disease emergence for the European Food Safety Authority and the Global Strategic Alliances for the Coordination of Research on the Major Infectious Diseases of Animals and Zoonoses (STAR - IDAZ), is a member of the MACSUR European network on the impacts of climate change on food production via disease ecology, and is a Fellow of the Royal Entomological Society.

Winfree notes the relatively primitive state of pollination ecology: most research on bee diversity has simply counted the number of species, without tracking their fates over time.

Now a research team has used a mix of genetics, ecology, and molecular biology to ID an organism that breaks down the pollutant naphthalene in dirt.

Meghan Duffy is a disease ecologist whose research focuses on the ecology and evolution of infectious diseases, especially in aquatic ecosystems.

Andrew M. Sugden Deputy Editor, Research; International Managing Editor Education: B.A., D.Phil., University of Oxford Areas of responsibility: General inquiries about editorial procedures and policies (environmental, life, and social sciences); ecology, paleoecology, archaeology, anthropology, conservation E-Mail: [email protected]

The lead authors are Clare Marsden, a UCLA assistant project scientist in Lohmueller's research group, and Diego Ortega - Del Vecchyo, a UCLA graduate student in Lohmueller's research group; co-authors include Robert Wayne, a professor of ecology and evolutionary biology in the UCLA College.

These research experiences, which were only possible because of DACA, led to my love for ecology.

One research center that is actively recruiting foreign scientists — into biology, ecology, environmental science, and other areas — is INRA, where around 25 percent of candidates for permanent positions are foreigners.

Building on previous citizen science research by Barrows, the researchers argue that citizen science may be the key to keeping natural history relevant in the 21st century and keeping pace with the direction of modern ecology.

They add, «Ralph and colleagues» signature contribution is their nuanced discussion of what their research adds and what is possible with current and future evidence... They describe an approach to evidence, policy, and practice rooted in an «ecology of evidence» as the foundation for thinking through the next steps.

At noon on Saturday, 19 February, Live @ AAAS will host a live chat here with Tom Kunz, whose research focuses on the ecology, behavior, evolution, and conservation biology of bats.

To this end it carries out research in the fields of water resources and desert soils; animal and poultry production; ecology and dry land agriculture, as well as socioeconomic studies.

The subtext of the research, according to Goldberg, is Ebola and the ecology of disease.

«This is a remarkable case of extreme degeneration of an animal body plan,» said Paulyn Cartwright, associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology at KU and principal investigator on the research project.

The institute carries out research world - wide around four main themes: climate dynamics based on oceanographic, geological, and meteorological investigations; marine biogeochemistry; marine ecology; and the dynamics of the ocean floor.

The study of chemical ecology andcommunication is one of the center's six areas of research.

An international research team including Mark van Kleunen, ecology professor at the University of Konstanz, shows for the first time how ties to different habitats control the human - induced spread of European plant species on other continents.

A huge component of arctic research is biology — not the geographically isolated communities of life found in Antarctica, but a whole ecology, including human cultures.»

«In some of the places I work, it's virtually impossible to get a permit to do research without someone inside the country as a partner,» says Jon Sanders, a Ph.D. student in microbial ecology at Harvard University who has worked in Peru.

Professor Andrew Scott, one of the lead authors, said: «High oxygen levels in the atmosphere at this time has been proposed for some time and may be why there were giant insects and arthropods at this time but our research indicates that there was a significant impact on the prevalence and scale of wildfires across the globe and this would have affected not only the ecology of the plants and animals but also their evolution.»

The research, publishing on March 24 in the Open Access journal PLOS Biology, identifies 122 new types of RNA bacteriophages in diverse ecological niches, providing an opportunity to define their contributions to ecology, and potentially to fight bacterial infections, particularly those resistant to antibiotics.

She had recently moved to the Max Planck Institute for Marine Microbiology in Bremen, which collaborates closely with Suess's group, to learn a couple of fundamental techniques of molecular ecology she needed to complete her own research project in the Indian Ocean.

«Although there are advantages to living in cities, such as the access to food, they seem to be outweighed by the disadvantages, such as stress — at least in terms of how quickly the cells of the great tits age,» says biologist Pablo Salmón who conducts research in the field of evolutionary ecology at the Faculty of Science, Lund University.

«Humans are crazy for Facebook, but our research suggests that primates have been relying on the face to tell friends from competitors for the last 50 million years and that social pressures have guided the evolution of the enormous diversity of faces we see across the group today,» said Michael Alfaro, an associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology in the UCLA College of Letters and Science and senior author of the study.