Monthly Archives: August 2013

BEACON Congress 2013: A social media summary

Posted on August 28, 2013 by Danielle Whittaker

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Scientific Tweetability

Posted on August 26, 2013 by Danielle Whittaker

Here at BEACON, we recently held our annual Congress, a conference where members from all five of our institutions come together to present research, network with each other, and brainstorm new ideas. One of the highlights of this year’s Congress … Continue reading →

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Meet BEACON's 2013 Distinguished Postdoctoral Fellow, Annat Haber

Posted on August 19, 2013 by Danielle Whittaker

Annat grew up in Israel, where she got both her B.Sc. and M.Sc. degrees. Her interest in vertebrate paleontology and macroevolution propelled her to move to the US for her PhD, which she received from the University of Chicago in … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Males have no taste… at least if you are a Heliconius butterfly

Posted on August 12, 2013 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by BEACON Faculty Affiliate Adriana Briscoe, from University of California, Irvine. Males have no taste… at least if you are a Heliconius butterfly Unlike their male counterparts, female Heliconius butterflies have taste … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Bioinformatics tools

Posted on August 5, 2013 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by University of Idaho graduate student Ilya Zhbannikov. I graduated from the Moscow Aviation Institute (National Research University, Russia) with a Masters Degree in Information Systems in 2009. After a year … Continue reading →

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