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This scientist's not-so-secret life
Most of you know me by the name Danielle Whittaker. I am the managing director of BEACON, and also an animal behavior researcher. I’ve blogged about my research a couple of times: Deciphering avian aromas and The sweet smell of (reproductive) success. You may … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: Evolution and Software Engineering
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU graduate student Erik Fredericks. I spent several years in the automotive industry as both a software developer and project manager, developing advanced systems that assisted in preventing accidents. These … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: Students Become the Teachers – Teaching Evolution in the Classroom
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by University of Texas postdoc Gwen Stovall. The Student Connection So, maybe the students didn’t have a good idea of “evolution” in the beginning. As far as they knew, they were unable … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: Poisons and Microbes
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU graduate student Patric Vaelli. Few animals can strut around the woodlands of the Pacific Northwest with as much poise and confidence as the rough-skinned newt (Taricha granulosa). While opportunistic … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: Evolving Bio-Inspired Robots
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by Michigan State University graduate student Jared Moore(@j_redmmoore). If you had asked me during my undergrad years what a computer scientist did, I’m not sure I would’ve been able to give you … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: Ecology and evolution of scent production in PNW Sasquatch
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by University of Washington students Sarah Hammarlund and Katie Dickinson. The existence of the Sasquatch (also referred to as Bigfoot) has been debated for centuries. Alleged witnesses have described the forest-dwelling … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: Evolving Virtual Creatures
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by University of Texas graduate student Dan Lessin and Nicole Lessin. As an undergraduate in the 1990s, I was studying studio art, animation, and computer graphics at Harvard when I first came … Continue reading
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What's in a (mutation's) name?
Cross-posted from UT postdoc Art Covert’s blog, Covert Science(ish) Names are generally very arbitrary things. In the words of The Bard: “A rose by any other name would smell as sweet.” This may be true for roses, but for mutations, … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: Effective Science Outreach
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by University of Texas at Austin graduate student Eben Gering. What if, after years of work in the field or laboratory, every scientist had a chance to invite the public to dinner, … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: Males have no taste… at least if you are a Heliconius butterfly
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