2011

• Dr. Andrew MacDougall receives an Ontario Early Researcher Award
• Kevin Kerr, a Guelph Grad featured in atGuelph.
• Marina Neytcheva receives prestigious Vanier Canada Graduate Scholarship .
• Drs. Hanner, McCann, Smith featured in atGuelph.
• Dr. Steve Newmaster part of a team studying millet
• Dr. Todd Gillis part of team to study cardiovascular disease
• Dr. Paul Hebert featured in Globe and Mail and New York Times.
• Dr. Christina Caruso receives US Fellowship from the National Evolutionary Synthesis Centre (NESCent).
• Carly Ziter (MacDougall lab) is awarded the School of Environmental Sciences Academic Prize and the Beth Duncan Gold Medal.
• Tal Avgar awarded the Holohil Prize for an outstanding student presentation in Ecology and Evolution of Wildlife.
• Erica D. Wassink is the recipient of the Middleton Graduate Teaching Assistant Award for 2011.
• Dr. Mehrdad Hajibabaei receives Genome Canada grant.
• Dr. Andrew McAdam, Eryn McFarlane featured in atGuelph.
• Dr. Ryan Norris featured in Biology Letters.
• Nominations are now being accepted for the Middleton Graduate Teaching Assistant Award. This award is for outstanding performance as a teaching assistant.
• Troy McMullin featured in atGuelph.
• Congratulations to Dr. Brian Husband, appointed Associate Dean (Academic) for the College of Biological Science.
• Rachel Germain, Emily Drystek, Lucija Prelovec, Carly Ziter, Michael Wells, Laura Johnson, Kelsy Ervin, Stephanie Pedersen and Kyle Gillespie present at Ontario Biology Day held at Wilfrid Laurier University. Kelsey and Carly were awarded Best Poster and Best Oral Presentation respectively, in the Biodiversity, Evolution and Ecology category, and Rachel won the Canadian Botanial Association Award for Best Poster Presentation. Congratulations to all!
• Gustavo Betini featured in atGuelph.
• Dr. Anna Mosser featured in atGuelph.
• Marine Biology & Oceanography Field Course. This course is full. Applications are being accepted for a waiting list.
• Dr. Teresa Crease featured in atGuelph.
• Dr. Andrew MacDougall featured in Ecology Letters.
• Dr. John Fryxell featured in PLoS ONE

2010

• Nominations are now being accepted for the Middleton Graduate Teaching Assistant Award
• Dr. Andrew McAdam and graduate student Eryn McFarlane featured on CBC Radio's As it Happens
• Dr. Glen Van Der Kraak selected by the Royal Society of Canada to review and identify areas for more research. http://www.uoguelph.ca/news/2010/12/prof_contribute_1.html
• Dr. Andrew McAdam, Eryn McFarlane, Ryan Taylor and Jeff Lane featured in Biology Letters. Read More.
• Dr. Josef Ackerman featured in atGuelph.
• Study on Accelerated Wildfires by Dr. Merritt Turestsky published in Nature Geosciences.
• Dr. Ryan Norris is awarded the Bob Boutilier New Investigator Award for 2011 from the Canadian Society of Zoologists.
• Study reveals secrets of "fish out of water" by Dr. Patricia Wright, Dr. Douglas Fudge featured in Physiological and Biochemical Zoology.
• Your Invited! Integrative Biology Career Night - November 10, 2010.
• Dr. Alex Smith featured in Science magazine
• Dr. John Fryxell to be on tv.
• Dr. Bob Hanner and Dr. Alex Smith make headlines.
• Dr. Merritt Turetsky at café scientifique, October 12, 2010
• IB researchers join national research network.
• Dr. Paul Hebert to speak at official launch.
• Dr. Jim Ballantyne, Peter Smith and Marie Rush are recognized for their 25+ years of service and comittment to the University of Guelph.
• The university celebrates provincial funding for new research, including an Ontario Early Researcher Award to Dr. Fudge and ORF infrastructure support to Drs. Griswold, Laberge, and Turetsky.
• Dr. Andrew MacDougall’s outdoor research lab featured in atGuelph.
• Research on brain size in brook trout by Dr. Rob McLaughlin and Alexander Wilson published in Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology.
• Dr. Ryan Norris featured in Toronto Star.
• Research on monarch butterflies by Dr. Ryan Norris published in Biology Letters and featured on CTV news.
• Dr. Rob McLaughlin featured in Toronto Star.
• Research on hagfish by Dr. Doug Fudge featured in atGuelph.
• Dr. Ryan Gregory presents Where did you get those peepers on June 23, 2010.
• Dr. Denis Lynn Retires after 33 years.
• Study published in Nature Communications by Dr. Andrew McAdam on adoption in red squirrels.
• Dr. Ryan Gregory receives Young Scientist Award.
• Congratulations to Justin Sheehy, recipient of the Middleton Graduate Teaching Assistant Award for 2009-2010.
• Stefan Weber featured in atGuelph.
• IB faculty Fryxell and McCann publish a paper in Science on resource management and population cycles.
• Dr. Paul Hebert makes headlines.
• Congratulations to Stefan Weber in the Caruso Lab for being awarded a Scholarship in Graduate Research from the Rare Charitable Research Reserve.
• Dr. Bob Hanner - New game in town! - DNA Barcoding Proposal Up for Award.
• Congratulations to Dr. Paul Hebert and colleagues who have been awarded $4.6M by Genome Canada to support the iBOL program through July 2011. In addition, Liz Sandals announced today that the Ministry of Research and Innovation, via the Ontario Research Fund- Global Leadership Round in Genomics & Life Sciences program, has awarded the iBOL project $8.1M over for 5 years.
• Congratulations to Dr. Nick Bernier and Dr. Brian Husband who received Discovery Accelerator Supplements in this year’s NSERC Discovery grants competition. Well done.
• Dr. Doug Fudge featured in atGuelph.
• We often say that we have one of the best graduate programs in Canada and beyond, because of the quality of our students. Proof of this is the number of awards that IB graduate students received in the latest NSERC competition: 9 MSc ( J. Herr, N. Jeffery, A. Kotowska, F. Mitterboeck, J. Riley, A. Robertson, E. Wassink, T. Winegard, A. Winegardner), 3 PhD (T. Bartley, J. Klaiman, I. Ng), and two postdoctoral awards (E. Clare, A. Newman). Congratulations to all.
• Congratulations to Lauren Rae (senior honours thesis) and Greg Mitchell (PhD) for jointly winning best published student paper of 2009 from the Association of Field Ornithologists.
• Professor Robert Hanner featured on National TV.
• Congratulations to Dr. E. Boulding, Dr. M. Turetsky and Dr. J. Fryxell - recipients of NSERC strategic project grants.
• Dr. M. Hajibabaei- Beware that "worm".

2009

• Professors Laberge, Griswold, Turetsky receive CFI grants.
• "Pharmaceuticals in the Environment: Lessons Learned" is the theme of an all-day workshop planned for this month and organized by Dr. Andreas Heyland.
• Save the Date. November 11, 2009, a Careers Night for students in Biology: especially Wildlife, Ecology, Zoology and Marine/Freshwater Biology Majors.
  Invited Speakers.
• Professors Hebert and Hanner, Scientists from U of G, World in Mexico to Talk Barcoding.
• Professors Hebert and Hanner part of International ‘Genome Zoo’ Proposal.
• Dr. T. Ryan Gregory - Petri Dish Artist.
• Marine biology and oceanography field course offers ‘life-changing’ experience.
• A study on evolutionary knowledge among university students, led by Assistant Professor Ryan Gregory published in Bioscience.
• Darwin-inspired exhibition melds art and science.
• Professor Steven Newmaster was awarded the $80,000 Millennium Development Goals research grant.
• Professor Paul Hebert is featured in the Wall Street Journal.
• Congratulations Assistant Professors Merritt Turetsky and Andrew McAdam for being awarded Early Researcher Awards by the Ontario Ministry of Research and Innovation.
• Congratulations to Sarah Gutowsky for winning first place (Life Sciences Category) at the 2009 UBC Rising Stars of Research Poster Competition for her senior honours thesis (supervisor: Ryan Norris) entitled: "Concurrent declines in nestling diet quality and reproductive success in a threatened seabird over 150 years".
• Hummingbirds Powered by ‘Light’ DNA, Study Finds.
• New Journal Launched - Limnology and Oceanography: Fluids and Environments.
• U of G Scientists Help Find Plant DNA Barcode.
• Congratulations to Kevin McCann, associate professor and Canada Research Chair, for being awarded an Accelerator Award from NCERC.
• Organized by IB faculty, the Yodzis Colloquia took place on May 19-21 in celebration of Darwin’s 200th birthday and the 150th anniversary of his ‘Origins’ book. It was composed of a 1-day evolution and education colloquium with international speakers and Ontario High school teachers, and a 2-day academic colloquium with speakers from the US and Canada on the Frontiers of evolution.