Department of Biological Sciences
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澳门六合彩资料 associate professor and population ecologist Christie Bahlai, Ph.D., offers tips to help our little bioluminescent buddies to thrive.
![Online map depicting decomposition rates in rivers on a global scale 鈥 These maps are hosted on a server at 澳门六合彩资料. Online map depicting decomposition rates in rivers on a global scale 鈥 These maps are hosted on a server at 澳门六合彩资料.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/CELLDEXscreenshot.jpg?VersionId=9z2BiS3XiQHG_5NZpBHrIicWRqu7JaGV&h=72e553a7&itok=ONSxIZE1)
![Research ship in the Arctic](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/article/allyson%20tessin%20story.jpg?VersionId=vMprEIxlNjPRqnhEEre5dKGK.tOcANcJ&h=1c9b88c9&itok=7-tmlRm4)
![ESDRI fellows meeting](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/fellows%20meeting.jpg?VersionId=fo0r4N87BMA19lUwCw9sKk7JOnFhy5Dq&itok=Gh1Npmxh)
![Spring Plant Sale Spring Plant Sale](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Screenshot%202024-04-26%20at%2010.55.29%E2%80%AFAM.png?VersionId=NMVf.LEdIjzDXGWoPpKgTAiHsr8hCxDs&itok=1vIXMCzO)
The annual Spring Plant Sale at the Herrick Conservatory offers a chance for Flashes to add more green into their gardens and homes. Students help grow the plants and paint rain barrels. The event helps raise funds for several biology-focused student organizations.
![(from left to right) Reid Coffman, Katherine Manning, and Christie Bahlai (from left to right) Reid Coffman, Katherine Manning, and Christie Bahlai](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/Coffman-Manning-Bahlai.jpg?VersionId=ayX99dFi2YHwuYyPATBMiLHx0Tm.3kU.&itok=Do8OQUTF)
![Turtle Bay Wetland Turtle Bay Wetland](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/2024-01/Screenshot%202024-01-24%20at%202.23.14%E2%80%AFPM.png?VersionId=PCxorlBw5kkSwYfv7Le4RNf.Oyau0Gbp&h=8da21835&itok=owh49sMo)
澳门六合彩资料 researchers are studying how the presence of waterfowl contributes to the health of wetland ecosystems.
![Chimney Swifts appear on tiles on structure in Downtown Kent.](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/skilton_swifts_9.png?VersionId=CxweVF0ATMWLq7ts3y4qupwS1lgP.ruH&itok=V9ND-uZT)
Since she was a child, Caitlyn Skilton, a recent graduate of the zoology program at 澳门六合彩资料, has harbored a passion for ecology, with a deep love for birds of all kinds. She chose to extend this love in her undergraduate work at 澳门六合彩资料. On December 1, Skilton, who also minored in photojournalism, hosted a reception for her 鈥淔light of the Chimney Swift鈥 immersive multimedia exhibit in the Design Innovation (DI) Hub鈥檚 Blank_Lab.
![Forest photo by Robert Boyd Forest photo by Robert Boyd](https://www-s3-live.kent.edu/s3fs-root/s3fs-public/styles/1_5_2_thumbnail/public/credit%20Robert%20Boyd.jpg?VersionId=9Ms5JUD_dTNrsaFHy2A5rkuq_kDsCOae&itok=tKyIvbBd)
澳门六合彩资料 researchers are studying the ways that insects help in the recovery of forests.