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BEACON Researchers at Work: Listening to the hyenas

Posted on April 20, 2015 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU graduate student Kenna Lehmann. Have you ever seen a group of hyenas take down a zebra? Or fight off a pride of lions? Ok, probably not, so you’ll have … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Evolution in Action Exhibit at MSU Museum

Posted on April 13, 2015 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU Museum Education Specialist Julie Fick. Intro Museums mean different things to different people. For me, the MSU Museum was a place where as a child I explored the halls … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Soft robots

Posted on April 6, 2015 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU graduate student Thassyo Pinto.  During my childhood, my favorite toys were the ones that I could create using scrap parts. When that was not fun enough, I used to … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: The Original Social Gaming

Posted on March 30, 2015 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by University of Texas at Austin postdoc Tessa Solomon-Lane. I can trace the beginning of my fascination with social behavior to the summer I was ten. That summer, I started volunteering … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Same behavior, same genes?

Posted on March 23, 2015 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by University of Texas at Austin research associate Rebecca Young.  From an early age I spent my time outside – chasing lizards, riding horses, and begging to go to a zoo. … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: Long-Term Ecological Research Sites as Evolutionary Experiments

Posted on March 16, 2015 by Danielle Whittaker
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BEACON Researchers at Work: Evolutionary Optimization and the Open Source Community

Posted on March 9, 2015 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU graduate student Brian Goldman. I teach computers to be better at guess, check, and revise. At least, that is the short version of my research. More precisely, I develop optimization algorithms … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: How the chicken crossed the sea

Posted on March 3, 2015 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU postdoc Eben Gering. Biotic invasions (the Disney version) Some ecologists have likened invasive species to the army of enchanted brooms in Disney’s Fantasia. In the movie, Mickey Mouse portrays … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: The KBS GK-12 program: Graduate training in science communication through K-12 classroom engagement

Posted on February 23, 2015 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU postdoc Sarah Bodbyl. It is 6 AM on a Wednesday. Graduate student Di Liang is preparing to head in to the lab to collect data on a set of … Continue reading →

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BEACON Researchers at Work: A Developing Science Teacher – Research, Theory, and Application

Posted on February 16, 2015 by Danielle Whittaker

This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU undergraduate Lazarius Miller. Teaching has been a dream of mine since I was a small child. I am a native of Detroit Michigan as well as a proud alumnus … Continue reading →

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