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Research shows microbes play critical role in boosting vigor of hybrid corn

Research shows microbes play critical role in boosting vigor of hybrid corn
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Research shows microbes play critical role in boosting vigor of hybrid corn

KU postdoc makes list of 1,000 inspiring Black scientists in America

Fri, 02/05/2021 LAWRENCE Rondy Malik, a postdoctoral researcher in the lab of KU Foundation Distinguished Professor Jim Bever, has been named a “Rising Star” on a list of “1,000 inspiring Black scientists in America.” The list was compiled by Cell Mentor, an online resource maintained by Cell Press, a publisher of open-access research journals on cellular biology. Malik earned a doctorate in ecology from Pennsylvania State University and came to KU in 2019 on a National Science Foundation postdoctoral fellowship. His fellowship-supported research addresses global change, specifically how enriched atmospheric CO2 impacts monarchs, milkweed and soil microbial dynamics. His past research topics have included population structure of a nonindigenous weed, microbial bioprotection of crops and wood decomposition in eastern mixed hardwood forests.

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Researchers use car collisions with deer to shed light on mysterious animal-population phenomena

Wed, 01/27/2021 LAWRENCE For at least a century, ecologists have wondered at the tendency for populations of different species to cycle up and down in steady, rhythmic patterns. “These cycles can be really exaggerated really huge booms and huge busts and quite regular,” said Daniel Reuman, professor of ecology & evolutionary biology at the University of Kansas and senior scientist at the Kansas Biological Survey. “It attracted people’s attention because it was kind of mysterious. Why would such a big thing be happening?” A second observation in animal populations might be even harder to fathom: Far-flung communities of species, sometimes separated by hundreds of miles, often fluctuate in synchrony with one another an effect known as “spatial synchrony.”

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Soberón named interim director of KU s Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum

Wed, 12/16/2020 LAWRENCE University Distinguished Professor Jorge Soberón has been named interim director of the Biodiversity Institute & Natural History Museum at the University of Kansas. “Dr. Soberón is an internationally recognized leader in biodiversity modeling. He is well known for both his scholarship and his collegiality,” said Simon Atkinson, vice chancellor for research. “I have every confidence that he will lead the Biodiversity Institute well during this time of transition.” Soberón is a professor in KU’s Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology and a senior scientist in biodiversity modeling at the Biodiversity Institute. He will step into a leadership role held for 25 years by Leonard “Kris” Krishtalka, who is retiring at the end of this year. The search for a permanent director is ongoing.

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