School of Natural Sciences

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Study Shows How Plants Could Adapt to Changing Climate

Professor Jason SextonIf you want to understand how plant populations will respond as the climate changes, just examine the plants in different locations.

Pine Bacteria Getting a Closer Look From Scientists

Professor Carolin FrankProfessor Carolin Frank’s research into the nitrogen-fixing properties of bacteria inside the needles of some high-elevation pine trees is the topic of a new paper in the journal New Phytologist.

Students Part of ‘Symbiotic’ Effort to Meld Art With Science

Sabah Ul-Hasan (center) works with Manny Collazo IV (right) on the first episode of BIOTA.Graduate student Sabah Ul-Hasan translated her love of science into four separate college degrees.

New Study Shows Early Human Impacts on Biodiversity

Professor Marilyn Fogel works with a student in her recently opened stable isotope lab.Even without all the industrial and technological growth that has accelerated c

GradSLAM! Finalists Hope to Become Campus Champion

Ten UC Merced graduate students are going to the campuswide finals of the GradSLAM! competition in the hopes of becoming campus champion and competing with grad students from across the UC system.

The Graduate Division kicked off its second annual GradSLAM! with two sets of qualifying rounds on Tuesday, March 1. The top 10 competitors were selected to represent six graduate groups because they were most able to make their significant research understandable to general audiences.

Undergraduate Students Excel at Research Symposium

Five UC Merced students earned recognition and gained valuable experience at a recent UC systemwide undergraduate research symposium.

Growing Research Week Offers Events and Activities for All

The annual Research Week celebration of research kicks off Monday.The annual Research Week tabling event has more than doubled in size from last year, and that’s just one of the new and growing eve