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Everybody loves turtles

Posted on 4 July 2015 by bob — No Comments ↓

We were happy to host a visit from the UH Manoa Children’s Center the other day. The class brought by their pet turtle turtle, George, and had some fun interacting with other animals that are around the lab. Two year…

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Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship for Anthony

Posted on 30 June 2015 by bob — No Comments ↓

Congratulations to Anthony who just received notification that he was selected as an Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow! This is great news and well deserved. These highly prestigious fellowships provide an independent postdoctoral salary and research money. Anthony has some…

Posted in informatics, lab, UH

Mojave Desert Fieldwork

Posted on 8 June 2015 by Van Wishingrad — 2 Comments ↓

The Mojave Desert is a great place to study reptiles. Besides being a biological hotspot of lizard diversity, it is also a beautiful place to work. Anthony, Bob, Amber Wright, and I just got back from an 11-day field expedition in…

Posted in herps, lab, Natural History, travel

Article in Kaunana

Posted on 6 June 2015 by bob — No Comments ↓

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.

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40th Annual Tester Symposium

Posted on 11 April 2015 by bob — No Comments ↓

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…

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Research Award for Bob!

Posted on 6 April 2015 by Anthony Barley — No Comments ↓

Congratulations to Bob, who just received word that he has been awarded the highest research award bestowed by the University of Hawaii to assistant professors: The Regent’s Medal for Excellence in Research. No official press release has been published yet,…

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Caroline Defends!

Posted on 26 March 2015 by bob — No Comments ↓

Congratulations to Caroline, who defended her Masters last week!

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

Thomson-Wright Lab Camping Trip

Posted on 23 February 2015 by Van Wishingrad — No Comments ↓

We just got back from the annual Thomson-Wright Lab camping trip. This year we camped at Malaekahana State Recreation Area on the North Shore of Oahu. We had nice weather, delicious food… and a great time!

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Spring Lab Meeting Schedule

Posted on 21 January 2015 by bob — No Comments ↓

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…

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On building a small cluster

Posted on 30 October 2014 by bob — No Comments ↓

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.…

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