22 December 2008
Rosetta Mui is awarded a Ph.D. at Cardiff and postdoctoral position at University of Hong Kong
Rosetta
Mui — the Lab's very first independent study student in 2002, then honor's student and research assistant in
2003, then EEB Outstanding Senior in 2004, who still holds the record
of the fastest ever completion of undergraduate degree at the College
of Science in University of Arizona — successfully defended her
doctoral dissertation "Evaluation of a Theory of Imitation" at Cardiff University. Dr. Mui will
continue her research as a postdoctoral fellow at the Laboratory of
Neuropsychology of University of Hong Kong developing the links between
neuroscience and behavioral evolution.
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August-December 2008
No news is good news...
...as the LabNews
goes on a well-deserved sabbatical leave. The agonizing choice between
a year-long sabbatical fellowship at IAS, a state-of-the art research
facility in UMN, and a middle-of-nowhere primitive cabin in The Last Best Place
is resolutely decided towards the latter. In 2009, the lab will be significantly expanded. Stay tuned. |
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August 2008
Tobias Uller is awarded a Fulbright Fellowship and joins the Lab
Dr. Tobias Uller
is awarded an international Fulbright Fellowship to conduct
postdoctoral research in the lab. The fellowship follows a long list of
international distinctions of research excellence, including a
prestigious Wenner-Gren Fellowship. Tobias's current research at Oxford University focuses on the evolution of parental effects and sex allocation. |
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July 2008
Two papers, three covers
The cover photo of August's TRENDS in Ecology & Evolution highlights a review on the evolution of parental effects by Dr. Tobias Uller - the lab's upcoming Fulbright Fellow, now at Oxford University. The cover of August's Evolution features the lab's integrative project on the evolution of form, function, and development in finch bills, while National Wildlife highlights our article on the effect of climate change on developmental biology of shrews in the north.
|Original photo for TREE | Original photo for Evolution | Original photo for National Wildlife |
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June 2008
Kevin Oh receives three grants to present at meetings; Maja Udovcic accepts a medical school offer
Kevin
will use the GPSC and two society grants to present his research at the
Evolution conference, ISBE Congress, and the North American
Ornithological Conference over the summer. Maja
graduated with B.S. in Physiology and minor in Chemistry and, after
nearly three years in the lab, has accepted UA Medical School offer.
She will start in July. |
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June 2008
"BearPlay" added
A gallery
showing once-in-a-lifetime-witnessed behavior of grizzly bear siblings
photographed in April at one of our newly established house finch study
sites in the mountains of northern Montana is added to the Feature category of TenBestPhotos.com. Early morning checks of finch sunflower feeders and traps had never been so interesting...
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June 2008
Laura
Stein wins fellowship to conduct research in Namibia
Laura is awarded the Study Abroad Fellowship from the University of Arizona to work on biology research projects in Namibia. |
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May 2008
Christina Esposito is elected the 2008 Science Ambassador for the
College of Science
Tina is awarded EEB Ambassador of Science distinction and will serve in this capacity until May 2009. |
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May 2008
John Putz to start graduate school at Indiana University
John,
who just received Honorable Mention for his National Science
Foundation's Graduate Research Fellowship, has accepted graduate school
offer from Indiana University in Bloomington and will start his Ph.D. work there in Fall 2008. |
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April 2008
Rebecca Young is awarded a Ph.D. and postdoctoral position at Yale
On April 8th, Becca successfully defended her dissertation "Evolution and development of diversity: an example in foraging morphology of shrews". Dr. Rebecca Young will continue her research as a postdoctoral fellow at the Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology at Yale University. |
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April 2008
Rachael Delaney wins the Honors College research grant
Rachael is awarded a $1,330 research grant to conduct her research project "What
are generalists? An empirical comparison of phenotypic, functional, and ecological variation in generalist and specialist populations". The award will be presented at The University Research Grants Ceremony.
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March 2008
Rebecca Young receives The 2008 Scholar Award
In a fitting recognition of her accomplishments while at the University of Arizona, Becca is awarded The 2008 Scholar Prize — established by the University to recognize "exceptional achievements in science and academia by a graduate student". Becca is the first recipient of this most prestigious research award. |
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March 2008
Laura
Stein presents her work at the Honors College Research Conference
Laura presented her work — "Male provisioning of incubating females in passerine birds: An overlooked component of fitness?" — at the Research Conference, focusing on life history consequences of sexual selection, particularly in desert systems.
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February 2008
Christina Esposito joins the Lab
Tina
brings with her an interest in biomedical sciences and evolutionary
ecology. Her work in the lab focuses on dissection, preparation, and
measurement of muscle tissues of shrews as a part of a comparative
study of morphology, ecology, and biomechanics. The overall goal of this work is to understand the origin and evolution of complex traits with substantial environmental sensitivities.
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February 2008
Two papers, Two covers
Lab's research is on two covers of major scientific journals this month. Not being able to choose just one, Philosophical Transactions of the Roayl Society puts all four of our photos on its cover to accompany our paper, while our "finches on the moon" photo, which was featured in Nature in 2006, highlights our paper as the current cover of Journal of Evolutionary Biology.
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February 2008
Rachael Delaney joins the Lab
In the lab, Rachael works on preparation of tissue samples for RNA extraction and rtPCR to study patterns of gene expression in skeletal tissues of Socirid shrews. The overall goal of this work is to understand the origin and evolution of complex traits with substantial environmental sensitivities.
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January 2008
"BirdSnakes" added
A gallery showing the unique and never before photographed behavior of bird-hunting Western diamond-backed snakes is added to the Feature category of TenBestPhotos.com.
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January 2008
Anne Storey joins the Lab for a sabbatical stay
Dr. Anne Storey,
Professor and Chair of Cognitive and Behavioural Ecology Program at
Memorial University in Newfoundland is the Lab's sabbatical visitor for
2008. Anne's work
is at the interface of animal physiology and life history, with
specific focus on the significance of corticosterone and prolactin
variation across ecological and social contexts.
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