Monthly Archives: November 2011

BEACON Researchers at Work: Effects of rapid environmental change on evolution

Posted on November 28, 2011 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by University of Washington postdoc Jenna Gallie. Life has existed on Earth for nearly four billion years. Given that organisms have been evolving continuously, why are they still not perfectly adapted … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Teaching Computational Evolution

Posted on November 22, 2011 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by University of Texas at Austin postdoc Art Covert. My name is Art Covert and I’m a teacher. Specifically, I teach the “Computational Evolution Stream” in the Wilke Lab as part of … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: How do geckos stick to the wall?

Posted on November 14, 2011 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by University of Idaho graduate student Travis Hagey. I am a fourth year grad student in Dr. Luke Harmon’s lab at the University of Idaho. My thesis looks at how geckos (and … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Making synthetic viruses to study evolution

Posted on November 7, 2011 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by University of Idaho postdoc Martina Ederer. After working on many different projects in a number of different labs, I always seem to come back to the study of evolution. Hence, … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Experimental co-evolution in a virus and its host

Posted on November 2, 2011 by Danielle Whittaker

A bonus Wednesday blog post! Today’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by MSU graduate student Justin Meyer. For as long as I can remember I have been fascinated by the natural world. Whether it is the chameleon with its … Continue reading →

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