Author Archives: Danielle Whittaker

Announcing BEACON's new Diversity Director, Judi Brown Clarke

Posted on March 7, 2011 by Danielle Whittaker

We are pleased to introduce our newest BEACON team member, Diversity Director Judi Brown Clarke. She has an extensive background in diversity, including her most recent position as Director of Multicultural Affairs and Inclusion in the College of Communication Arts … Continue reading →

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Congratulations to BEACON@NC A&T!

Posted on February 28, 2011 by Danielle Whittaker

BEACON has won the Team Research Award from North Carolina A&T State University’s Division of Research & Economic Development (DORED)! Congratulations to our partners at NC A&T! The BEACON team at North Carolina A&T includes: Marwan Bikdash, Goldie Byrd, Gerry … Continue reading →

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Part-time job opportunity in the Schmidt lab: Programmer

Posted on February 22, 2011 by Danielle Whittaker

Job posting for part-time programmer Thomas M. Schmidt laboratory In the Schmidt lab, we are managing information on bacterial isolates associated with the Human Genome Project and metagenomic and other sequence information associated with soil microbial communities. We are looking … Continue reading →

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Congratulations to BEACON's Distinguished Professors Erik Goodman and Robert Pennock

Posted on February 9, 2011 by Danielle Whittaker

Dr. Erik Goodman, BEACON’s Director and PI, and Dr. Robert T. Pennock, also a BEACON PI, both received Distinguished Faculty Awards at Michigan State University on February 8, 2011. From the MSU press release: Erik David Goodman is internationally known … Continue reading →

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Hyena research in the news

Posted on January 27, 2011 by Danielle Whittaker

BEACON’s Kay Holekamp and her recently graduated Ph.D. student Jennifer Smith are featured on the BBC website. Smith’s research revealed that “greeting” behavior in female hyenas is important in forming coalitions for potentially risky behaviors such as hunting. Read more … Continue reading →

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BEACON Scientist Chris Adami in New Scientist

Posted on January 24, 2011 by Danielle Whittaker

Chris Adami’s newest paper uses Avida to test whether you can detect life just from looking at the distribution of monomers that are used to make up the “molecules of life,” and has important implications for astrobiology and the search … Continue reading →

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Announcing BEACON's new Education Director, Louise Mead

Posted on December 7, 2010 by Danielle Whittaker

We are very pleased that Louise Mead is joining the BEACON team, in the role of Education Director.  Louise is an accomplished evolutionary biologist with a broad range of teaching and administrative experience; she has spent the past four years … Continue reading →

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BEACON's Idelle Cooper featured in Current Biology

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Danielle Whittaker

The latest edition of Current Biology has a very positive and extensive overview of Idelle Cooper’s research on the adaptive significance of a color dimorphism within female “Beautiful Hawaiian damselflies.”  The overview is available here.   It contrasts Charles Darwin’s … Continue reading →

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Digital organisms evolve synchronized communication

Posted on December 2, 2010 by Danielle Whittaker

Research by BEACON’s Dave Knoester and Phil McKinley is featured in Wired.

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Interview with BEACON's Jeff Clune and Heather Goldsby

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Danielle Whittaker

BEACON’s Jeff Clune and Heather Goldsby were interviewed for the program Exposure on Michigan State University’s student radio station, Impact 89. Listen to the podcast here: http://impact89fm.org/?p=643

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