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A Passion for Biology

Shane Campbell-Staton, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow

University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana

Making the most of your passion

Four Things to Consider:

Inspiration

Innovation Application

Integration

Inspiration

What Sparks Your Personal Fire?

Life  in  Cold  Blood,  BBC

Green  Anole  (Anolis  carolinensis)

Innovation

How can you push the boundaries of knowledge?

Integration

What tools can you combine to give you the clearest answer to your questions?

Environment

Environment

Climate LayersNiche Modeling

Environment

Environment

Phenotype

Climate LayersNiche Modeling

MorphologyPhysiologyBehavior

Environment

Phenotype

Climate LayersNiche Modeling

Field & Experimental

Biology

MorphologyPhysiologyBehavior

Climate LayersNiche Modeling

Environment

MorphologyPhysiologyBehavior

Environment

Phenotype

Climate LayersNiche Modeling

Field & Experimental

Biology

Genetics

Gene ExpressionPopulation Differentiation

Allele Frequecy

MorphologyPhysiologyBehavior

Climate LayersNiche Modeling

Environment

Gene ExpressionPopulation Differentiation

Allele Frequency

MorphologyPhysiologyBehavior

Environment

Phenotype

Climate LayersNiche Modeling

Field & Experimental

Biology

Genetics

Functional GenomicsQuantitative Genetics

Gene ExpressionPopulation Differentiation

Allele Frequency

MorphologyPhysiologyBehavior

Climate LayersNiche Modeling

Environment

Gene ExpressionPopulation Differentiation

Allele Frequency

MorphologyPhysiologyBehavior

Environment

Phenotype

Climate LayersNiche Modeling

Field & Experimental

Biology

Genetics

Functional GenomicsQuantitative Genetics

Phylogeography&

Landscape Genetics

Gene ExpressionPopulation Differentiation

Allele Frequency

MorphologyPhysiologyBehavior

Climate LayersNiche Modeling

Environment

Application

Are there timely questions or problems you can address?

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0.45

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1950-1960 1960-1970 1970-1980 1980-1990 1990-2000 2000-2010

Frequency Intensity

Increased  Winter  Storms  at  Mid-­‐La8tudes

Decade

Modified  from:  Na8onal  Climate  Assessment  2014

North  Pole

North  Pole

Brownsville,  TX

−5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30

Thermal Limit

Temperature

Prop

or8o

n  of  Days

Winter  Temperatures

Thermal  Limit

−5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30−5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30

Thermal Limit

Temperature

Prop

or8o

n  of  Days

Winter  Temperatures

Thermal  Limit

010

2030

40

−5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30−5 0 5 10 15 20 25 30

#  Days  Below  Thermal  Limit

Temperature

Prop

or8o

n  of  Days

Winter  Temperatures

Thermal  Limit

Polar  Vortex

8

11

10

9

Summer  2013

Func8o

nal  Lim

it

Polar  Vortex

8

11

10

9

Summer  2013 Spring  2014

Func8o

nal  Lim

it

Polar  Vortex

8

11

10

9

Summer  2013 Spring  2014 Summer  2014

Func8o

nal  Lim

it

Making the most of your passion

Four Things to Consider:

Inspiration

Innovation Application

Integration

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