While a student at CU-Boulder, Brandon Stell joined discussions of published, peer-reviewed research. He noted a high frequency of errors or other problems in the work, and he thought it was a shame that such feedback could not be shared widely. Eventually, this experience helped him hatch the idea for what became PubPeer. Photo courtesy of Brandon Stell.

Alum is architect of influential science-watchdog site

Dec. 3, 2015

The mastermind behind a formerly anonymously run website that serves as a crowd-sourced watchdog of peer-reviewed scientific journal articles turns out to be Brandon Stell, a 1997 graduate of the University of Colorado Boulder.

CU research IDs new strategy to fight species extinction

CU research IDs new strategy to fight species extinction

Dec. 3, 2015

The go-to-strategy for rescuing threatened species has long been to set aside tracts of healthy land to spread out in, and migration corridors that allow them to mix with other populations, gaining resilience via a broadened gene pool. Because habitat preservation isn’t always viable, introducing genetic diversity might keep threatened species viable, scientists find.

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Warming trends, increasing precipitation signal biocrust decline

Dec. 3, 2015

The potential effects of climate change are just as bad as human trampling for biological soil crust communities, two CU-Boulder alumni have found.

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