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	The Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology embraces education and research on all aspects of biodiversity, including the history of life on earth, the evolutionary mechanisms that generate diversity, the ecological context in which all life has evolved, and the consequences of interactions among organisms, including humans. Faculty expertise ranges from bacteria to mastodons, from the tropics to the tundra, from the theoretical to the practical.


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		Featured research

	Mouse can do without man's most treasured genes The mouse is a stalwart stand-in for humans in medical research, thanks to genomes that are 85 percent identical. But identical genes may behave differently in mouse and man, a study by graduate student Ben-Yang Liao and Professor Jianzhi “George” Zhang reveals. Their results, which have implications for the use of mouse models in studying human disease, appear in the current issue of the journal Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). "Everyone assumes that deletion of the same gene in the mouse and in humans produces the same phenotype (an observable trait such as presence or absence of a particular disease). That's the basis of using the mouse to study human disease," said Zhang, an associate professor of ecology and evolutionary biology. "Our results show that may not always be the case." U-M News Service press release Image by Ben-Yang Liao


	News
		Johnson to teach in Texas Jeff Johnson, research scientist, has accepted a position at the University of North Texas, Department of Biological Sciences and the Institute of Applied Sciences as assistant professor of evolutionary biology. (more) Hunter awarded NSF grant The National Science Foundation has awarded Professor Mark Hunter a $650,000 grant to study the causes and consequences of variation in plant defense as related to colonization by mycorrhizal fungi. (more) Best wishes to Prof. Mindell David Mindell, professor of ecology and evolutionary biology and curator of birds in the Museum of Zoology, has accepted a newly created post as dean of science at the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. (more)


	Events
		Come to his defense 10 a.m., Monday, 5/19. Ben-Yang Liao presents "Expression evolution of mammalian genes.” Rackham West Conference Room. EEB student and faculty photo and video contest Submit photos and videos of yourselves engaging in research. (more) Admini golf photos EEB staff celebrated Administrative Professionals Day with a mini golf course through their offices. (see photos) The EEB Fall Weekend: Meet, mingle, and explore! The 22nd annual EEB Fall Weekend (formerly known as the Retreat) will be held at the U-M Biological Station from Friday evening, Sept. 5, to Sunday, Sept. 7 at noon, (the first weekend after classes start). Mark your calendars. More information to come in late August. We hope to see you there! Tuesday lunch seminars TROPIBIO seminars Thursday seminar series All resume fall term Early Career Scientists Symposium 2009 The topic for the next ECSS will be Conflicts in Ecology and Evolution. It will be held in March 2009.

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