Tag Archives: Systematics

Students spend the summer researching

Posted on September 5, 2013 by Amber

As originally posted in “The Optimist” on September 5, 2013: By Maggie Marshall Posted on September 5, 2013 Over 50 students from at least 12 departments conducted research across the country this summer. Research was supported in part by grants … Continue reading →

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SNP Haplotyping

Posted on August 3, 2013 by Tina Johnson

For the majority of the summer (save for my two week adventure), I have been continuing my research with M. monoensis in the lab. Much of our prior research focused on identifying a DNA barcode, a region that can be … Continue reading →

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A Continued Experience of a Lifetime

Posted on July 17, 2013 by Tina Johnson

Part Two: Fieldwork (With Some Additional Adventures)  So, back to our adventure! After leaving the Evolution Conference on Tuesday evening, we returned to our campsite to prepare for the proceeding days. Accordingly, the next morning we said goodbye to Snowbird … Continue reading →

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Mentzelia monoensis

Posted on March 7, 2013 by Tina Johnson

Over the past several weeks, I have gradually been immersed into a whole new world: research. Often, it was intimidating; I found myself in positions of uncertainty and insecurity. I messed up a lot, which was humbling. But more importantly, … Continue reading →

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Thomasomys Phylogeny Continued

Posted on November 8, 2012 by Michael Maeker

In early October we received our sequence data back from the Yale DNA Analysis Facility. The sequence data gave us both the forward and reverse strands that we copied using PCR for each of our rodent species. We had two … Continue reading →

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Rodent Phylogeny Research

Posted on August 31, 2012 by Michael Maeker

Hello fellow biology enthusiast, my name is Michael Maeker and this blog post is the first blog entry on the Phylogeny of Thomasomys research project. The goal of this research is to determine the structure of a phylogeny for a … Continue reading →

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Biology Students Conduct Groundbreaking Summer Research

Posted on August 30, 2012 by Amber

See this latest story about our research program here.

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At the Nature Conservancy’s Tallgrass Prairie Preserve

Posted on August 7, 2012 by Samantha

This summer Dr. Brokaw and I took a trip to the Nature Conservancy’s Tall Grass Prairie Preserve to collect new data for our bioremediation research.  I enjoyed getting the experience in field research. The first few days were spent collecting … Continue reading →

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