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At the top of our blog, you’ll notice 5 tabs. The first is our Home tab, where all our blog posts live. Next is the DEB Resources and Links tab. This includes great information related to funding opportunities and other programs that may be of interest to the DEB community. Next and newest is the Office Hours tab. Here you’ll find information on how to register for upcoming virtual office hours as well as recaps of previous ones. Next is the About tab, which tells you about the Division of Environmental Biology (DEB) and who writes these posts. And finally, the Blog Policies tab includes all the rules and policies associated with our blog so that we all know what to expect of each other.

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