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Studying behavioral and morphological responses to environmental cues in poison frogs

Ask Lisa Surber her thoughts on science and the natural world and you’ll find passion and excitement practically radiate off her as she responds. For Surber, who is currently a 3rd year PhD candidate in the Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior department at University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, this interest in science and nature has been present within her ever since she was young:

Kathy Millage is an Office Administrator at the IGB.

Walking into the Carl R. Woese Institute for Genomic Biology can be intimidating. If you’re a researcher, the main building has a similar layout to most of the laboratories on campus. If you’re not, you might enter the gatehouse instead, where you will be greeted by numerous displays of Carl Woese and IGB research. Confused, and maybe a little overwhelmed, you might turn to the office, where Kathy Millage makes it a point to greet you with a smile.