Monthly Archives: July 2015

BEACON Researchers at Work: Carnivore Skull Evolution

Posted on July 27, 2015 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU graduate student Nikki Cavalieri. Why? Why do tree frogs stick to glass but toads don’t? Why are baby skinks tail’s blue but adult’s not? Why are puppies and kittens … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Tools for mapping rare mutations

Posted on July 20, 2015 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by University of Texas at Austin postdoc Daniel Deatherage. My doctoral work focused on epigenetic changes in ovarian cancer in the lab of Dr. Tim Huang at The Ohio State University. … Continue reading →

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BEACON's NSF grant renewed for another 5 years

Posted on July 17, 2015 by Danielle Whittaker

From the press release at MSU Today Michigan State University has been awarded $22.5 million by the National Science Foundation to continue the research, education and outreach activities of the BEACON Center for the Study of Evolution in Action. Since … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Combining Evolution and Engineering in Aquatic Robots

Posted on July 13, 2015 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU Visiting Scholar René Draschwandtner. Guten Tag, god dag, and good day to all readers. I am René Draschwandtner, a visiting scholar from Salzburg, Austria, although I came to Michigan State … Continue reading →

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