Mission
Our mission is to discover, maintain, and transmit knowledge concerning basic plant biology and provide leadership in the biological sciences.
‘Foray’ draws scientists to Wisconsin in search of mushrooms, fellowship
Now in its 44th year, the Smith Lake States Mycological Foray gathers mushroom experts to collect samples, share mycological gossip and debate the evolution of these enigmatic organisms.
Blazes of light reveal how plants signal danger long distances
The plants produce a protein that only fluoresces around calcium, letting the researchers track its presence and concentration. Then came caterpillar bites, scissor cuts and crushing wounds.
In dangerous fungal family’s befriending of plants, a story of loss
Researchers show that gene loss — not the evolution of new genes — helped drive the fly amanita mushroom into its symbiotic relationship with plants.
Events
- January
- January 22Special Biology Colloquium: Olaf JensenFisheries as ecosystem experiments: meta-analysis of a global marine fisheries database3:30 PM, AB20, Weeks Hall for Geological Sciences
- January 24Biology Colloquium: Abigail LynchInland fish in a changing world: How do we assess, value, and adapt to an uncertain future?3:30 PM, 168 Noland Zoology Building
- January 29Special Biology Colloquium: Timothy ClineIntegrating ecological mechanisms into management to improve outcomes for ecosystems and people3:30 PM, AB20, Weeks Hall for Geological Sciences
- January 31Biology Colloquium: Petr SmykalPisum (Fabaceae) phylogeny and biogeography3:30 PM, 168 Noland Zoology Building
