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Fall 2022 Lab Meeting Schedule

9/5 – Labor Day 9/12 – Jose 9/19 – Andy 9/26 – Stefan 10/3 – Professional Development Discussion: Career Pathways 10/10 – Spencer 10/17 – Becky 10/24 – Val 10/31 – Aubtin 11/7 – Jordan 11/14 – Carrie 11/21- Bob 11/28

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Newly minted PhDs

Congratulations to Van and Luke who both finished up their PhD work during the 2021-2022 academic year. Van has moved on to a postdoctoral position at UC Santa Cruz, while Luke is moving on to a postdoc at the University

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Spring 2021 Lab Meeting Schedule

28 Jan – Amber4 Feb – Hubert11 Feb – Robyn18 Feb – Val25 Feb – Spencer4 Mar – Jose11 Mar – Val18 Mar – Spring Break25 Mar – Jordan1 Apr – Tyler8 Apr – Riley15 Apr – Van22 Apr –

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Fall 2020 – Lab Meeting Schedule

Sept. 1 – Organization Sept. 8 – Luke Sept. 15 – McLean Sept. 22 – Robyn Sept. 29 – Spencer Oct. 6 – Jordan Oct. 13 – Val Oct. 20 – Riley Oct. 27 – Natalie Nov. 3 – Election

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Evolution 2019 talk videos

In case you missed it, check out videos of Thomson Lab talks from this year’s Evolution meeting (list will be updated as videos are available) The role of geography and climate in the global diversification of turtles Bob Thomson Part

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New paper highlighted in Molecular Ecology

Bob and I have a new paper out in the current issue of Molecular Ecology: Assessing the performance of DNA barcoding using posterior predictive simulations. In the same issue, our paper was highlighted in a great ‘Perspective’ piece written by Lucie

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New Lab Projects

This semester we have several new undergrads working in the lab. Sam Fisher is performing field surveys for snake-eyed skinks on Oahu, and Ann Marsolais is studying DNA degradation in preserved tissue samples. If you are interested in hearing more

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Herp Night

Amphibian and Reptile Diversity in the Papuan Region Allen Allison  Friday, November 6, 2015, Bernice Pauahi Bishop Museum Herp Night this month will take place at the Bishop Museum. Curator of Herpetology Allen Allison will be talking about his research

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New Graduate Course: Foundations of Evolution and Ecology

Amber Wright, Floyd Reed, and I are starting a new graduate core course next fall and spring. Course announcement below. Instructors: Floyd Reed, Amber Wright & Bob Thomson  Foundations of Evolution and Ecology is a new two-semester graduate core course

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December Herp Night

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