Monthly Archives: February 2012

BEACON Researchers at Work: What Makes an Attenuated Virus?

Posted on February 27, 2012 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU graduate student Evin Hildebrandt. While people are often all too familiar with those nasty virulent viruses that cause disease, attenuated viruses do not seem to be as well known … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Investigating the dynamics of diversification in chipmunks

Posted on February 20, 2012 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by University of Idaho graduate student Brice Sarver. Speciation, the set of processes through which new species arise, is one of the central areas of biological study.  It is easy, relatively speaking, … Continue reading →

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Third graders take action to save the striped hyena

Posted on February 15, 2012 by Danielle Whittaker

Recently, MSU postdoc and BEACONite Aaron Wagner received a call from a group of third graders at Riverside Elementary School in Oneonta, New York, asking to talk with him about how to save the striped hyena. Their teacher, Mr. Ken … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Nutrition limitation’s role in phytoplankton evolution

Posted on February 13, 2012 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU graduate student Megan Larsen. We all know that the world is more complex than the simplified systems and questions we use in laboratories. And yet, as scientists we have … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: If Sticklebacks Could Talk…

Posted on February 6, 2012 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU postdoc Liliana Lettieri. “My what a red throat you have, and such a blue belly!  You’ve got some impressive dance moves, and you’ve built a nice nest.” If stickleback … Continue reading →

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