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Summer 2016 REU at UH

Posted on 10 February 2016 by bob — No Comments ↓

There is a brand new research program for undergraduates starting this summer at UH. Get in touch with the program coordinators, or faculty sponsors with questions! The quick advertisement follows, but see the project website here for more detail. Participants in…

Posted in lab, outreach, UH

Spring Lab Meeting Schedule

Posted on 20 January 2016 by bob — No Comments ↓

20 January – Organize 27 January – Mojave Stuff 3 February – Anthony 10 February – Anthony 17 February – Amber 24 February – Kristen 2 March – Emilie Bob 9 March – Bob Emilie 16 March – Rachel Robyn 23…

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September Herp Night

Posted on 21 September 2015 by bob — No Comments ↓

Exploring species diversity in Southeast Asian Sun Skinks Anthony Barley Thursday September 24, 2015. 3rd Floor Edmondson Hall. Herp night this month will take place 6pm Thursday on the 3rd floor of Edmondson Hall. Anthony Barley will be talking…

Posted in genomics, herps, Natural History, phylogenetics, travel, UH

Fall Lab Meeting Schedule

Posted on 1 September 2015 by bob — No Comments ↓

Sept 7 – No meeting – Labor Day Sept 14 – No meeting – Several of us in Baton Rouge Sept. 21 – Amber Sept. 28 – Sam Oct. 5 – open Oct. 12 – Adrián Oct. 19 – Robyn…

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August Herp Night

Posted on 20 August 2015 by bob — No Comments ↓

Detangling 40 million years on a life raft; the biogeography of the Fijian Island herpetofauna Robert Fisher I am very happy to welcome Robert Fisher from the San Diego USGS field station as our first herp night speaker of…

Posted in conservation, herps, Natural History, travel, UH

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…

Posted in herps, lab, outreach, UH

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

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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