University of Michigan Museum of Zoology

Three liquid nitrogen freezers chill at UMMZ
Three large capacity freezers for tissue storage have been added to the museum's facilities. Funded by Priscilla Tucker's $178,000 Collections Improvement Grant from the National Science Foundation, the freezers will be used to store tissue samples. An open house will be held during Friday coffee hour on Dec. 9 (more)

We are moving into a new collections facility!
At left Doug Nelson & Taehwan Lee are inspecting the assembly of the new ethanol collection shelving in the Varsity Drive facility. The move will commence in December 2011.

Environment Report tours Museum of Zoology fish collection
Listen in as Professor and Curator Bill Fink leads a guided tour through the Museum of Zoology’s fish collection on Michigan Radio’s “The Environment Report.” (more)

The Invisible World of Mites
A new display featuring the research of U-M Biologist and Curator Barry OConnor is now showing at the Exhibit Museum of Natural History. It will be open through April 2012. (more)

Congratulations to Lacey Knowles for receiving an NSF grant to help resolve the history of species diversification
Professor L. Lacey Knowles was awarded a National Science Foundation grant of just over $330,000 called “Identifying the utility of species-tree approaches for deep radiations.” (more)

We are saddened to announce the passing of Reeve Bailey. Curator of fishes and professor emeritus of biology, Reeve passed away on July 2. Reeve was a former U-M alumnus and swam on the 1933 Big Ten championship swim team. His 100th birthday was celebrated earlier this spring at the Eric Namesnik Michigan Grand Prix swim meet. Reeve will be remembered fondly by all of us.

Peregrin Falcon hatchlings at the University of Michigan
Finally Success !

As reported by U-M's Record Update "The first known peregrine falcon chicks to hatch at U-M are growing in a nest box that was set up last summer on a roof at University Hospital." (more)

On the U-M Gateway: mass extinction victim survives! Snail long thought extinct, isn't
Using century-old reference specimens, Professor Diarmaid ÓFoighil, John Burch, professor emeritus; Jingchun Li, graduate student; and Taehwan Lee; collection coordinator, were able to confirm the identity of a freshwater limpet last seen more than 60 years ago and presumed extinct.