Jasmine Mendez and Adam Wilson received the prestigious Hooper Undergraduate Research Award (HURA) for their project “The Selfish Sequences in Squamate Genomes: Evolutionary Dynamics of CR1 and LINE-1 non-LTR Retrotransposons.”
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NAU scientists studying how climate change is impacting caribou populations
Scientists say caribou are arguably the most important land animals in the arctic, and they’re hoping new research will help them understand how they are being impacted by climate change and human development. Through drones, satellite images, and GPS collars with video cameras, Logan Berner with Northern Arizona University is one of the experts working on the new project. The research, which will span over the next three years, includes a number of institutions and was made possible by… Read more
Decoding biological mysteries with algae: NAU team wins $3M from NSF to model microbiome
The tiny cosmos of organisms living on a streamer of algae in a river—the algal microbiome—could help scientists learn what turns an environment from healthy to toxic and back again. A multidisciplinary team led by Northern Arizona University has won $3 million from the National Science Foundation to translate the codex contained in the microbiome of common algae into computer algorithms that can predict a wide range of microbial interactions. Read more.
Three SICCS researchers among first cohort of NEON Ambassadors
Three SICCS researchers were named among the first cohort of nineteen NEON Ambassadors. NEON, the National Ecological Observatory Network, is the world’s leading continental scale ecological research infrastructure. NEON’s Ambassador Program is envisioned to empower and connect researchers and educators who are eager to engage with their communities. They will help their communities use NEON to accelerate scientific discovery, enhance educational opportunities, increase diversity and inclusion of the scientific community, and/or inform public policy. Meet… Read more
Congratulations Dr. Vigil-Hayes on receiving Best Paper Award at ACM CSCW conference
Morgan Vigil-Hayes’ ACM CSCW paper on co-designing mobile health systems to be culturally relevant to Native American youth received a Best Paper Award as well as a Recognition for Contributions to Diversity and Inclusion. The ACM Conference on Computer-Supported Cooperative Work and Social Computing is the premier venue for research in the design and use of technologies that affect groups, organizations, communities, and networks. A full list of papers that received recognitions can be found here.
This award-winning paper included… Read more
New National Greenhouse Gas Information Service proposed by NAU scientist
NAU scientist Dr. Kevin Gurney and colleague Dr. Paul Shepson (Stonybrook University) have proposed a new national greenhouse gas information service to meet the challenges of climate change and accelerate emissions reductions in the US. After highlighting the problems with the current ad hoc voluntary approach, the pair outline what a service could deliver and what the next steps are for making this a reality in the US and potentially propagating this across the planet. Especially prescient as the… Read more