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- Nelson et al. show that show predator-prey cycles result from juvenile-adult interactions.
- Bonier wins Young Investigator Award at International Symposium on Avian Endocrinology
- First example of regulatory monoubiquitination by Glen Uhrig (MSc) & Bill Plaxton
- Biology Station research on moth colour and predators.
- Smol wins Flavelle Medal from Royal Society of Canada
- John Casselman wins American Fisheries Society 2008 Award of Excellence
- Aarssen teaches new human ecology course.
- Aarssen shows that coauthoring with big name pays off.
- Jeziorski (PhD, Smol lab) and colleagues reveal new, insidious threat to lakes.
- Ruhland and Smol find striking changes in temperate zone lakes
- Davies (Biochem/Biology) and colleagues uncover novel mechanism for inhibition of calcium-activated protease
- Aarssen edits new open access ecology & evolution journal.
- QUBS part of long-term climate monitoring project.
- Montgomerie and colleagues show that promiscuous fish species evolve faster sperm.
- Casselman wins award from Ontario Commercial Fisheries’ Association
- Allen Keast, long-serving Queen's Biology professor, passes away.
- Hodson study shows that oil spill clean-up kills more fish than the spills themselves.
- Proceedings Series B paper by Smol and colleagues reveals varying size structure of diatom communities in different aquatic ecosystems.
- Shai Sabbah wins Vanier Scholarship
- John Smol wins prestigious 2009 Killam Prize 2009 in the field of natural sciences.
- John Smol wins Premier's Discovery Award for Life Sciences and Medicine
- Article by Laura Keating & Lonnie Aarssen shows that small is better in the competitive world of plant communities.
- Biology Grad student Vanya Rohwer co-authors a paper in PlosBiol that explains why larger birds take longer to replace their flight feathers.
- Ann McKellar (grad student, Queen's) and Andrew Hendry (McGill) find that humans vary much less than most animals in terms of body height.
- Queen's prof Bill Plaxton's work underpins Canadian Food Inspection Agency's guidelines on phosphite content in fertilizers.
- Pete Marra, Adjunct Professor at Queen's, comments on destruction wrought by free-roaming domesticated cats on wild birds.
- Study by international research team including John Smol, Neal Michelutti & Cheryl Wilson of arctic lake sediment core reveals dramatic effects of human footprint.
- Sarah Brisbin (M.Sc. Chin-Sang Lab) et al. show that antagonism between receptor & repressor genes in C. elegans influences both germline and longevity-related functions.
- Biology prof Virginia Walker is one of 5 Queen's professors nominated as best Ontario university lecturer for 2010.
- New study reveals that an Arabidopsis calcium-binding protein (CML42) plays critical role in regulating trichome branching pattern.
- Biology graduate student Vanya Rohwer and his co-authors discover dual breeding ranges for at least 5 species of North American migratory songbirds.
- Adam Jeziorski (Ph.D. candidate PEARL) wins won the 2010 Peters Award for best student scientific paper published in Canadian limnology.
- Queen’ Genetically Engineered Machine (QGEM) team recently received a bronze medal for their inventive work in synthetic biology.
- Peter Hodson (Biology & Env. Studies) and colleagues show a link between pollution in the Athabasca R. and nearby Tar Sands operations.
- PEARL students Rouillard and Griffiths win awards at International Paleolimnology Symposium.
- New research shows how migrant & resident birds use Bayesian processes for assessing predation risk.
- Climate shown to limit range of invasive purple loosestrife.
- New study lead by PEARL researchers shows transport of metals by Arctic seabirds.
- Kathryn Stewart (PhD candidate - Lougheed lab) receives a Rosemary Grant Award at the recent SSE meetings in Portland.
- Queen's - Fudan (Shanghai) - Southwest (Chongqing) Aquatic Biodiversity & Environmental Assessment with 25 participants course successfully completed.
- Katharina Bremer (Moyes lab) wins prize for oral presentation at the Society for Experimental Biology's annual meeting in Prague.
- PhD student Brendan O'Leary (Plaxton Lab) wins award for best student presentation at the "2nd Banff Conference on Plant Metabolism".
- Wayne Snedden wins the prestigious C.D. Nelson Award from the Canadian Society of Plant Physiologists.
- Global biodiversity patterns of soil bacterial communities appear fundamentally different from those of plants and animals say researchers from Queen's and the University of Colorado.
- Biology professor John Smol wins the 2010 Nature Award for Mentoring in Science.
- John Smol co-edits a revised and greatly expanded edition of book on application of diatoms to environmental issues.
- Colleen Greer (M.Sc., Biology) receives award from the Fisheries and Oceans for service to Canada's Gulf Oil Spill response.
- Vanya Rohwer (Ph.D. Biology) wins student award at Cooper Ornithological Society meeting.
- Ann McKellar (Ph.D. Biology) wins Mewaldt-King Student Research Award.
- Troy Day and Peter Taylor (Math & Stats), Bob Montgomerie (Biology), postdoc Andy Gardner and others respond to criticisms of inclusive fitness theory in journal Nature.
- Bob Montgomerie wins the prestigious Elliott Coues Award from the AOU 2011
- MSc Student Kyle Lauersen wins PhD scholarship for Bielefeld University in Germany.
- Roz Dakin (Ph.D Biology) and Bob Montgomerie publish article that clarifies the role of the peacock's amazing tail.
- Queen's-Carleton University research team finds destructive impact of storm surges caused by rising sea levels.
- Kristin Spong (supervisor: Robertson) wins Helen Battle Award at CSZ meeting.
- Celia Symons wins prestigious Canadian Northern Studies Trust Award
- Two Queen's grad students receive honours at the Plant Canada 2011 Meeting.
- Katie Griffiths (Smol lab) wins best student poster prize at 2011 Canadian Quaternary Association meeting.
- Virginia Walker wins 2011 Award for Excellence in Graduate Supervision.
- In an article in Proc Roy Soc, Jennifer Korosi (supervisor Smol) and co-authors show algal blooms caused by reduced calcium and loss of grazers.
- Jennifer Korosi (supervisor Smol) wins the 2012 Peters Award from Society of Canadian Limnologists.
- Three Queen's scientists part of a team to win the Cowles Award.
- Peter Hodson wins inaugural Biology grad teaching award.
- New study shows chimney swift decline associated with DDT usage.
- Anne McKeller wins Holohil Prize for an Outstanding Presentation in Ecology and Evolution of Wildlife at Evolution Congress
- A new study by Tara Zamin and Paul Grogan reveals how Arctic warming results in increased vegetation growth.
- Research led by Queen's biologists reveals profound impacts of drought.
- New study by Queen's Biology researchers reveals wide-ranging impacts of oil sands devopment.
- New field biology web site presents a portal to field courses and research.
- Queen's Biology is part of a new Sino-Canada Network for Environment and Sustainable Development.
Joe Nocera and Laurene Ratcliffe have published an article in Behavioural Ecology on the assessment of predation risk in birds.
In a new article in Behavioral Ecology (cover image from the paper to the left), Joe Nocera (Species at Risk Biologist with OMNR as well as Adjunct Assist Prof at Trent University and Queen's University) and Laurene Ratcliff report on research showing how both migrants and residents use social information to update their perceptions of predation risk.