Study of Nearly 1,400 Scientists Documents Impacts on Food Security, Disease Research, and Environmental Monitoring A comprehensive survey of scientists across ecology, evolution, and marine science has revealed significant disruptions to federal research programs following executive branch actions that began January 20, 2025. The study, which gathered responses from nearly 1,400 members of scientific societies […]
About the Author Dr. Elizabeth M. Lombardi is an evolutionary ecologist and postdoc at the University of Minnesota Duluth. She works on plant-virus interactions across spatiotemporal and host genetic clines. Follow Lizzie on BlueSky @emlombardi.bsky.social or at https://elizabethlombardi.weebly.com/. This post is overdue. And, in fact, my paper as an AGA grant recipient is also quite […]
About the author Ben Wiens is a Ph.D. candidate in the Mammal Division of the Biodiversity Institute at the University of Kansas, working in Dr. Jocelyn Colella’s lab. He is broadly interested in using natural history collections and genomic data to study the process of speciation, especially when barriers to gene flow remain incomplete. His […]
About the Blog Authors Marrissa Miller, Megan Raposo, and Katherine Di Iorio are PhD candidates in the Sherratt lab at Carleton University. Marrissa studies dragonfly migration, Megan studies katydid mimicry, and Katherine studies mathematical biology. More information about them and their work can be found on the Sherratt lab website. Special Event Award: Ontario Ecology, […]
About the Blog Author Dr. Benjamin Karin is an evolutionary biologist and herpetologist working at UC Berkeley as an NSF Postdoctoral Research Fellow based in Dr. Ian Wang’s Lab. He studies the processes that generate biodiversity and the evolutionary forces and genetic basis of unique traits. Ben works on interesting evolutionary systems both in California […]
About the Blog Author Laura Céspedes Arias (she/her) is a PhD candidate in the Committee on Evolutionary Biology at the University of Chicago and a Research Associate at the Birds collection of the Field Museum, working under the supervision of Dr. John Bates. She is interested on using genomic data from natural hybrid zones to […]
About the Author Madeleine Becker (she/her) is a PhD candidate at the Smithsonian-Mason School of Conservation, George Mason University, and a graduate fellow in the Center for Conservation Genomics at the Smithsonian’s National Zoo & Conservation Biology Institute. Her research, advised by Dr. Jesús Maldonado and Dr. Cody Edwards, focuses on evolutionary and conservation genomics in […]
About the Author Cameron So (he/him) is a PhD candidate in Profs. Anna Hargreaves and Daniel Schoen’s labs in the Department of Biology at McGill University in Montréal, Québec, Canada. He is also a student member of the Québec Centre for Biodiversity Science (QCBS). His work focuses on adaptation at species’ range limits and the […]
Fourth Marine Mammal Genomics Workshop (G4) On November 9-10, 2024, researchers, students, and practitioners from around the globe gathered in Perth, Australia, for the Fourth Marine Mammal Genomics Workshop (G4) as part of the 25th Biennial Conference on the Biology of Marine Mammals. This dynamic two-day event brought together participants with a wide range of expertise and […]
Welcome to #AGA2024!! Here we will share some bits, pieces, and anecdotes from this year’s presidential symposium! Our president Beth Shapiro put together a great list of speakers and we have many excellent poster presenters. The Council of the American Genetic Association selects the Journal of Heredity Outstanding Student-Authored Paper Award each year. The 2022 […]