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Aimee Classen @aclassen.bsky.social · Aug 2

Come work at the UMich Biological Station as a Michigan Fellow (you don't have to be a biologist)! Apply today: societyoffellows.umich.edu/uncategorize...

Apply Now: Michigan Society of Fellows 2026-2029 Postdoctoral Fellowships – University of Michigan Society of Fellows, Established 1970

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Aimee Classen @aclassen.bsky.social · May 13

Join us! Explore the lives of loons, how climate change affects your health, the fascinating world of fungi, manoomin (wild rice) restoration, and harmful algal blooms in the Great Lakes on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. during the Summer Lectures at the Michigan Biological Station. Schedule: myumi.ch/E88yg

University of Michigan Biological Station Invites Public to Free Summer Lectures | U-M LSA University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS)

On Wednesdays at 7 p.m., topics include the fascinating world of fungi, how climate change affects your health, all about the Common Loon, manoomin (wild rice) restoration, and nitrogen as a driver of...

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Aimee Classen @aclassen.bsky.social · May 13

Join us! Explore the lives of loons, how climate change affects your health, the fascinating world of fungi, manoomin (wild rice) restoration, and harmful algal blooms in the Great Lakes on Wednesdays at 7 p.m. during the Summer Lectures at the Michigan Biological Station. Schedule: myumi.ch/E88yg

University of Michigan Biological Station Invites Public to Free Summer Lectures | U-M LSA University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS)

On Wednesdays at 7 p.m., topics include the fascinating world of fungi, how climate change affects your health, all about the Common Loon, manoomin (wild rice) restoration, and nitrogen as a driver of...

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Aimee Classen @aclassen.bsky.social · May 13

UMBS Stewards have been busy this spring! The volunteers worked to clear the Gorge, a beautiful hiking trail at the field research station, and also collected 237 pounds of trash along 3.8 miles of Riggsville Road — 62 lbs. per mile. Meet the Stewards: myumi.ch/r8E6M

UMBS Stewards Ensure Public Can Safely Access Trails, Connect with Nature | U-M LSA University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS)

For more than 20 years, a volunteer corps of friends and neighbors to the University of Michigan Biological Station has helped with property management projects. UMBS leaders plan to expand the Stewar...

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Aimee Classen @aclassen.bsky.social · May 9

We still have slots in summer courses. Science AND humanities courses. Come join our incredible community.

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Aimee Classen @aclassen.bsky.social · May 6

Such a fun visit! Incredible science, people and place. Thank you.

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Aimee Classen @aclassen.bsky.social · May 5

ALLIES IN THE WILD: Undergraduates in the Insights From Trees class at the UMBS are co-authors on a Webber lab pub on mite domatia! Students to join her July 1 – 31 in northern Michigan for her four-week course. Ap deadline is May 30. Apply for her 2025 course: myumi.ch/z9XX2

Undergraduate Students at U-M Biological Station Co-Author Mite-y Research Paper in Scientific Journal | U-M LSA University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS)

The journal Ecology and Evolution published a research paper co-authored by all students in the 2024 Insights From Trees class at the University of Michigan Biological Station evaluating the abundance...

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Aimee Classen @aclassen.bsky.social · May 5

The University of Michigan Biological Station stewards had a successful roadside cleanup for Earth week-10 people collected 237 lbs of trash along 3.8 miles of Riggsville Road in northern Michigan.

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Aimee Classen @aclassen.bsky.social · May 5

LSA/SEAS senior wants to make environmental science accessible to all -- how cool is that? Go Jake!

Aimee Classen @aclassen.bsky.social · May 5

Congrats to Jake Downey and all of the Biological Station
alumni who graduate this weekend from UMich! Read Jake’s student success profile in the University Record, which highlights the summer he spent at the campus in northern Michigan. myumi.ch/2r3ew

LSA/SEAS senior wants to make environmental science accessible to all | The University Record

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Aimee Classen @aclassen.bsky.social · May 5

Read the Michigan Biological Station newsletter to hear of all the research, education and fun happening in Northern MI. We'd love you to join our thriving community: mailchi.mp/umich/umbs-n...

UMBS News: Allies in the Wild

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Aimee Classen @aclassen.bsky.social · May 5

More research from the Michigan Biological Station by Gil Borer (Ohio State University & MI UMBS researcher): Tree Hydrology Model Measures Drought Sensitivity of Different Tree Species lsa.umich.edu/umbs/news-ev...

Tree Hydrology Model Measures Drought Sensitivity of Different Tree Species | U-M LSA University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS)

Researchers used long-term sap flow data and eddy covariance observations from a forest at the University of Michigan Biological Station to develop a model, called FETCH4, for simulating the movement ...

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Aimee Classen @aclassen.bsky.social · May 5

The UMich EEB class of 2025 had a lot of wonderful things to say about their time at the Michigan Biological Station. lsa.umich.edu/eeb/news-eve...

EEB Class of 2025: Meet our graduating seniors! | U-M LSA Ecology and Evolutionary Biology (EEB)

EEB's graduating seniors share their plans for next year, their favorite EEB moment, and give some great advice for incoming undergrads!

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Aimee Classen @aclassen.bsky.social · May 5

There are a lot of cool courses this spring and summer. Sign up now! Don't miss this opportunity: lsa.umich.edu/umbs/news-ev...

Aimee Classen @aclassen.bsky.social · May 5

Read all about it! Mite-y research by one of the UMBS classes taught by Dr. Marjorie Webber. Interested in publishing? There are still spots in her UMBS class this July. lsa.umich.edu/umbs/news-ev...

Undergraduate Students at U-M Biological Station Co-Author Mite-y Research Paper in Scientific Journal | U-M LSA University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS)

The journal Ecology and Evolution published a research paper co-authored by all students in the 2024 Insights From Trees class at the University of Michigan Biological Station evaluating the abundance...

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Aimee Classen @aclassen.bsky.social · May 5

Passing though Northern MI this summer? Check out the spectacular lineup of speakers at UMBS on W nights. Lots of time for science discussion & snacks after. Don't miss the discussion (please share). lsa.umich.edu/umbs/news-ev...

University of Michigan Biological Station Invites Public to Free Summer Lectures | U-M LSA University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS)

On Wednesdays at 7 p.m., topics include the fascinating world of fungi, how climate change affects your health, all about the Common Loon, manoomin (wild rice) restoration, and nitrogen as a driver of...

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Aimee Classen @aclassen.bsky.social · Apr 12

Sibling Success in Law and Medicine: ‘The Bio Station Shaped Our Values’. lsa.umich.edu/umbs/news-ev...

Sibling Success in Law and Medicine: ‘The Bio Station Shaped Our Values’ | U-M LSA University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS)

Seeta Goyal is an assistant attorney general in the environmental bureau of the Illinois Attorney General’s Office. Her brother Dr. Kiran Goyal is a third-year medical resident in vascular surgery at ...

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Aimee Classen @aclassen.bsky.social · Apr 12

Tree Hydrology Model Measures Drought Sensitivity of Different Tree Species at the University of Michigan Biological Station lsa.umich.edu/umbs/news-ev...

Tree Hydrology Model Measures Drought Sensitivity of Different Tree Species | U-M LSA University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS)

Researchers used long-term sap flow data and eddy covariance observations from a forest at the University of Michigan Biological Station to develop a model, called FETCH4, for simulating the movement ...

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Aimee Classen @aclassen.bsky.social · Mar 19

This #GivingBlueday, there’s a lot to love about UMBS. One of senior Kailey Koshorek’s favorite experiences at UMBS was Mud Lake Bog: “It’s wild.” Donate (www.givecampus.com/schools/Univ...) before midnight to help support science & discovery. www.youtube.com/watch?v=17nY...

Sights and Sounds of Mud Lake Bog

YouTube video by U-M Biological Station

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Aimee Classen @aclassen.bsky.social · Mar 19

Friends and alumni of the University of Michigan Biological Station are invited to return to the shores of Douglas Lake with their families in August 2025 for Alumni Weekend. The registration deadline is June 1. lsa.umich.edu/umbs/news-ev...

UMBS to Host Alumni Weekend Aug. 8-10 | U-M LSA University of Michigan Biological Station (UMBS)

Friends and alumni of the University of Michigan Biological Station are invited to return to the shores of Douglas Lake with their families in August 2025 for Alumni Weekend. Advance registration and ...

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Aimee Classen @aclassen.bsky.social · Mar 19

Please help support Science. Thanks to an anonymous donor, the first $6,000 in gifts tp hashtag#UMBS will be matched 1:1 TODAY providing double the support. No gift is too small for this match. lnkd.in/e_fYdFMu

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Aimee Classen @aclassen.bsky.social · Mar 5

Our University of Michigan Biological Station disease & ecosystems crew got together at UT to discuss our 2024 data (mouse diet, microbiome & parasite load) & to plan 2025 work. Amanda Koltz (UT), Jessica Light (TAM), Ann Cress (UT), Vanessa Ezenwa (Yale, not pictured) and me. Stay tuned

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Aimee Classen @aclassen.bsky.social · Mar 5

We love science at the University of Michigan Biological station: mailchi.mp/umich/umbs-n...

UMBS News: A Love Letter to Science

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Ciska Veen @ciskaveen.bsky.social · Feb 20

We are hiring! We have a vacancy for a 2-year postdoc in our department @niooknaw.bsky.social to work on plant and soil community dynamics in long-term experiments in natural grasslands. More info can be found here: nioo.knaw.nl/en/vacancies.... Please spread the word!

One of the long-term research sites of our department at the Veluwe in the Netherlands

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