Blog Archives

More on microRNAs

Posted on 19 August 2014 by bob

Casey Dunn has new commentary up at PNAS on our recently published microRNA paper. Check it out here. Dunn, CW (2014) Reconsidering the phylogenetic utility of miRNA in animals. PNAS.doi:10.1073/pnas.1413545111.

Posted in genomics, informatics, phylogenetics

microRNAs in Phylogenetics

Posted on 28 July 2014 by bob

Our paper on the use of microRNAs for phylogenetic inference is out today in the early edition at PNAS. A news story on the paper is also up at Nature, along with a news highlight at PNAS. Fun fact: The turtle…

Posted in genomics, phylogenetics

Pond Turtles

Posted on 9 June 2014 by bob

KCET has a nice story on our recent paper proposing new species boundaries for the western pond turtle.

Posted in conservation, genomics, herps, phylogenetics

Mud and Musk Turtles

Posted on 15 May 2014 by bob

There’s a nice blog post at scientific american on mud and musk turtles that discusses some of our ongoing work. It’s a nice popular review of a really interesting group of turtles.

Posted in herps, lab, phylogenetics

TreeThinkers blog

Posted on 6 April 2013 by bob

Several colleagues and I recently launched a blog associated with the Bodega Phylogenetics Workshop. Our goal is that it will serve as a forum for informal discussion of topics relating to phylogenetics and comparative methods. We aim to cover new methods, pedagogy,…

Posted in phylogenetics, teaching

Turtle Genome Released!

Posted on 28 March 2013 by bob

The first paper on the Chrysemys picta genome came out today in Genome Biology. The paper is only the tip of the iceberg in terms of interesting questions that are currently being explored using these data, but it’s satisfying to…

Posted in genomics, herps, informatics, phylogenetics

HIMB Pauley Program June 2013

Posted on 15 March 2013 by bob

This June, Zac Forsman, Ingrid Knapp, and Rob Toonen will host an immersive and innovative workshop at the Hawaii Institute for Marine Biology Advancing tools for biodiversity studies: Genomics and bioinformatics of cnidarians with a focus on corals Should be a great…

Posted in conservation, informatics, phylogenetics, teaching, travel

Bodega Workshop Photos

Posted on 10 March 2013 by bob

Posted in herps, phylogenetics, travel

Bodega Student Talks

Posted on 9 March 2013 by bob

Caroline, Áki, and Mike gave great talks at this year’s Bodega Workshop.

Posted in phylogenetics, travel

Trees in motion

Posted on 7 March 2013 by bob

I received a request the other day for one of my old figures that interactively displays the data from my 2010 BMC Biology paper on the growth of phylogenetic knowledge. It was still sitting on my old server space at…

Posted in informatics, phylogenetics