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Fall Lab Meeting Schedule

Posted on 29 August 2014 by bob

28 August – Organization 4 September – No meeting (field work) 11 September – Evan 18 September – Open 25 September – Amber 2 October – Robyn 9 October – Emilie 16 October – Eli 23 October – Bob 30…

Posted in lab, UH

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

Hawaii’s Herps

Posted on 19 August 2014 by bob

Departing briefly from their normal topics, Hawaii Business magazine published an article this month on herps in Hawaii. It’s a short trivia style article that basically points out the paucity of native reptiles and amphibians in our state and has…

Posted in herps, Natural History

Pond Turtles

Posted on 11 August 2014 by bob

(Bio)accumulation blog is doing a nice job of aggregating literature on the Western Pond turtle. A couple of new additions to the list are up, including our recent SNP paper that proposes splitting the Western Pond Turtle into two species.

Posted in conservation, genomics, herps, Natural History

Hurricanes

Posted on 7 August 2014 by bob

Running a research lab in the tropics presents some unique challenges. Over these first few years in Honolulu, this has been a process of discovery that ranges from amusing (geckos invading the office) to annoying (condensation accumulating in computers). We…

Posted in lab, UH

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

Kauai Softshells

Posted on 20 July 2014 by bob

We’ve just returned from our fieldwork in Kauai! Bob and I did a very thorough job surveying the island for suitable habitat and existing populations of P. sinensis and P. steindachneri. In fact, we put 741 miles on the rental…

Posted in herps, travel

Gone herping

Posted on 14 July 2014 by bob

Me, Caroline, and Amber Wright got to Kauai today for a week of field work. Caroline and I are trapping soft shells for one of her masters projects, and Amber is collecting data on lizard abundance and competition. We had…

Posted in herps, travel

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

Mojave Field Work

Posted on 6 June 2014 by bob

Several of us are just back from a week of fieldwork in the Mojave Desert. A few photos below.

Posted in herps, lab, travel