Author Archives: Joel Slade

The evolution of academic posters: from Poster 1.0 to Better Poster 2.0 to Hybrid Poster 1.5

Posted on September 1, 2019 by Joel Slade

By: Natalie Vande Pol (PhD Candidate, Michigan State University) This week marks the start of my 6th year as a PhD student in the Microbiology and Molecular Genetics program at Michigan State University. I have been extremely fortunate to attend a … Continue reading →

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Genome Hackers – a near-peer, interdisciplinary summer program for high school girls

Posted on June 19, 2019 by Joel Slade

By: Cindy Yeh, Graduate Student, (Dunham Lab, Genome Sciences), University of Washington Only 26% of the computing professional workforce is made of women, less than 10% of whom are women of color (ncwit.org). This is in contrast to the gender … Continue reading →

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The devil in the closet

Posted on May 15, 2019 by Joel Slade

By: Dr. Wenying Shou – Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center Sometimes in science, a seemingly straightforward journey can take an enormous amount of time. Our paper in PLoS Biology (Hart et al., 2019) was one such journey. The question seemed easy … Continue reading →

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Using a course-based undergraduate research experience to increase leadership opportunities for students

Posted on May 1, 2019 by Joel Slade

By: Katie Dickinson, research scientist, Kerr Lab (Department of Biology), University of Washington Course-based Undergraduate Research Experiences (CUREs) are becoming increasingly popular, as they enable all students to gain the positive outcomes associated with undergraduate research. In a CURE, students … Continue reading →

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Fish, You are the Father!

Posted on April 23, 2019 by Joel Slade

By: Isaac Miller-Crews, PhD Candidate, University of Texas at Austin My job would be much easier if CVS sold paternity testing kits for fish instead of humans! I am interested in the evolution of the neural regulation of reproduction, which requires … Continue reading →

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200 Years of Developmental Hourglass: Using Big Data to Increase Our Understanding of Vertebrate Embryogenesis from a Trickle to a Flood

Posted on April 9, 2019 by Joel Slade

By: Megan Chan, Undergraduate Student, University of Texas – Austin When I started college at The University of Texas at Austin a couple of years ago, I enrolled as a biochemistry/pre-pharmacy major. I didn’t know anything about computational biology back then … Continue reading →

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Team yEvo goes to National Association of Biology Teachers

Posted on March 22, 2019 by Joel Slade

By: Bryce Taylor, Alexa Warwick, and Ryan Skophammer Hi BEACONites! We are Ryan Skophammer of the Westridge School for Girls, Bryce Taylor of University of Washington, and Alexa Warwick of Michigan State University. We’ve been collaborating on a BEACON-funded grant … Continue reading →

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A Fly’s View of Retinoblastoma-Family Protein Conservation

Posted on February 13, 2019 by Joel Slade

By: Dhruva Kadiyala (Undergraduate Student at Michigan State University) How do evolutionary perspectives illuminate cancer-related biochemistry? As a high school student, I was involved in a project to find targets to attack cancer cells. That project really inspired me to work … Continue reading →

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CONSTAX: a tool to simplify and improve taxonomic classification of community sequences

Posted on January 13, 2019 by Joel Slade

By: Natalie Vande Pol (PhD Candidate, Michigan State University) I am a 5th year PhD student in the Microbiology and Molecular Genetics program at Michigan State University. This is the story of a side project that has been one of the … Continue reading →

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Engineering the Tools of Genetic Engineers

Posted on November 16, 2018 by Joel Slade

By: Melody Keith, Bibiana Toro, Kim Ly, Alyssa Braddom, and Eleanor Young, University of Texas at Austin undergraduate researchers. The University of Texas at Austin’s 2018 International Genetically Engineered Machine (iGEM) team is a group of students whose aim is to … Continue reading →

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