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  • GRAD Alumni Research Award 2017 Recipient: Keith J. Fritschie, EEES

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    In mid-October, among a parade of fallen leaves, I snorkeled the reach of the Dead Diamond River where Second College Grant historian Jack Noon ’68 thought I might find spawning fish. Dorsal vermiculation and yellow spots on a green background helped brook trout hide among the gravels, woody debris, and dappling sunlight that patterned the riverbed. Thankfully, after 20 minutes of searching, the white fins and blaze orange bellies of male brook trout revealed their spawning location.

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  • GRAD Alumni Research Award 2017 Recipient: Braden Elliott, EEES

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    Perhaps you have found yourself in a grassy opening in the woods and wondered why the forest has not taken it over. If so, you are in good company—ecologists have been studying the factors regulating grassland-woodland dynamics since the discipline was formalized in the late 19th century. One “field” of study (pun intended) attempts to understand why meadows persist in mountainous forests at temperate latitudes.

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  • 3rd Annual CBRaD Event: Registration Open

    CBRAD 2016 Poster Session

    The third annual Celebration of Biomedical Research at Dartmouth (CBRaD) is being held Thursday, October 26 from 5:30pm to 8:30pm on the second floor of the Life Sciences Center. CBRaD is an event that brings together scientific research from all graduate programs at Dartmouth and creates a unique environment of diversity that aims to support collaborative research efforts.

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  • GRAD Alumni Research Award 2014 Recipient: Beth Reinke, EEES

    Beth Reinke holds a snapping turutle showing the caretenoids coloring on the underside

    Carotenoids are a diverse group of pigments that are readily produced by plants and algae but must be obtained by animals through dietary means. They are used by many taxonomic groups including lizards, birds, fish, mollusks, and insects for myriad functions including visual pigmentation, photoprotection, antioxidation, and signaling.

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