Blog Archives

Article in Kaunana

Posted on 6 June 2015 by bob

The University’s research publication, Kanauna, has an article up covering the regent’s medal ceremony from a few weeks ago. Check it out here.

Posted in lab, UH

Tide Walks

Posted on 16 April 2015 by bob

We participated in the annual Tide Walks, which is a partnership between Mililani-Mauka Elementary and EECB at UH. We had a blast leading the kids and their parents on an exploration of tide pools and the creatures within. It was a piece…

Posted in outreach

40th Annual Tester Symposium

Posted on 11 April 2015 by bob

Last night marked the end of the Department of Biology’s 40th annual graduate student research symposium named in honor of Albert Tester: three days of student talks, keynote lectures from this year’s guest speaker Jeremy Jackson, culminating in a banquet…

Posted in lab, UH

Barley et al (2015) on the Molecular Ecology cover

Posted on 8 April 2015 by bob

Anthony (and co-authors) new paper on Sun Skink landscape genetics is out today on the cover of Molecular Ecology. Way to go Anthony!

Posted in genomics, herps, informatics, Natural History

Caroline Defends!

Posted on 26 March 2015 by bob

Congratulations to Caroline, who defended her Masters last week!

Posted in conservation, herps, lab, Natural History, phylogenetics, UH

Talk Science at the Bishop Museum

Posted on 15 March 2015 by bob

We had a great time at Bishop Museum’s Science Alive Family Sunday! As part of the “Talk Science” event, we shared and discussed evolution and invasive herpetofauna in Hawaii with kids and their families. The kids were especially enthusiastic about our…

Posted in herps, outreach

Service learning at UH West Oahu

Posted on 11 February 2015 by bob

I wanted to highlight some great outreach work going on over at UH West Oahu. Friend of the Thomson Lab, Laci Gerhart-Barley, has a new post up over at her blog outlining the work they’re doing with undergraduates on restoration…

Posted in conservation, Natural History, teaching, UH

Spring Lab Meeting Schedule

Posted on 21 January 2015 by bob

Jan. 27 – Melissa Feb. 3 – Meg Feb. 10 – Caroline Amber Feb. 17 – Amber Caroline Feb. 24 – Van March 3 – Emilie March 10 – No meeting (Bob out of town) March 17 – Caroline March…

Posted in lab

2015 Bodega Bay Workshop in Applied Phylogenetics

Posted on 5 December 2014 by bob

Applications for the 2015 Bodega Bay Phylogenetics course are now being accepted (deadline is January 10th). The course provides an in-depth and hands on introduction to statistical phylogenetic and comparative methods. Topics include model selection and inference for phylogeny, divergence…

Posted in phylogenetics, teaching

On building a small cluster

Posted on 30 October 2014 by bob

Upon request from a reader, I just put up a quick post over at treethinkers.org that discusses our lab’s cluster, some general thoughts and pros and cons of doing a self build, versus buying, versus just sticking with shared resources.…

Posted in informatics, lab, phylogenetics