Tiare Hoegerman

June 6, 2013

Farewell from Opinion: L & T Sign Off

By Tiare Hoegerman, Liv Cvitanic

  When I first took my graduation gown out of its packaging, I nearly cried. I am not wearing that. No way. No. Never. ‘If you put that thing on,’ my inner voice-over warned, ‘the bubble will finally burst. Co...

February 27, 2013

Redefining “Publishable”: In Defense of the Position of the Week

By Tiare Hoegerman, Liv Cvitanic

A candy heart-covered nipple doesn’t hold the same sweet appeal to all who cross its path, according to a recent (mildly outraged) letter to the editor entitled “Gaucho Porn?” in the Santa Barbara Sentinel. Last we...

May 17, 2011

UC Briefs

By Nader Heidari, Tiare Hoegerman

Scientists Find New Treatment for Kidney Disease   Two researchers at UCSB, associate professor Thomas Weimbs and graduate student Jeffery Talbot, recently published a study in the Proceedings of the National Academ...

April 25, 2011

Mollusk Sees World Through Mineral Eyes

By Tiare Hoegerman

A recent study co-authored by Daniel Speiser, a postdoctoral fellow at UCSB’s Dept. of Ecology Evolution and Marine Biology, provides strong evidence that the chiton, a simple mollusk, has developed eyes essentially ma...

April 19, 2011

Species Variance Helps Remove Water Pollutants

By Tiare Hoegerman

A study completed and authored by former UCSB biologist Bradley J. Cardinale confirms biodiversity as the driver of nutrient uptake in streams — a process which acts as the ecosystem’s natural cleaning system. Perfor...

April 12, 2011

UC Science Briefs

By Tiare Hoegerman

Researchers Help Henhouses By Fighting Pests With Pests Researchers from UC Riverside have found that when it comes to parasites found on chickens, two wrongs just may make a right. According to the researchers, another ...

March 29, 2011

Biocontrol Beetle Beats Back Problematic Plant Species

By Tiare Hoegerman

According to a recent study, in which two UCSB scientists were collaborating authors, the troublesome invasion of the tamarisk — a non-native tree which has overrun rivers in the western U.S. — can be controlled thro...

February 1, 2011

Glacial Impurities Delay Ice’s Destruction

By Tiare Hoegerman

A study co-written by UCSB scientists demonstrates a link between debris on some Himalayan glaciers and the cessation of glacial melting. Debris layers of two or more centimeters found on certain Himalayan glaciers have ...

January 13, 2011

Scientists Find Nanomaterials Accumulate in Small Predators

By Tiare Hoegerman

Researchers at UCSB have found that certain nanoparticles may have not-so-nano impacts within simple food chains. Published online in the journal Nature Nanotechnology, the study suggests that the toxic effects of protoz...