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BEACON Researchers at Work: A Tyrannosaurus and a virus walk into a bar…
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by MSU graduate student Alita Burmeister. … the scientist asks “Hey, what do you two have in common?” This summer I met Sue the T. rex. Her fossil remains are the largest, … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: Going Viral
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by University of Washington graduate student Sonia Singhal. As a junior in college, I fell in love with viruses. That September, I joined Dr. Paul Turner’s virus evolution lab. I had … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: The tale of the tail-less sea squirt
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by University of Washington graduate student Max Maliska. I have found my work as a PhD. candidate in Billie Swalla’s lab at University of Washington in Seattle to be highly integrative; spanning … Continue reading
Big horns trump smooth pickup lines every time
From our latest press release: Elk and rhinoceros beetles aren’t diabetic, but to grow big horns and attract mates it appears that the males are insulin-dependent. Ian Dworkin, Michigan State University zoologist, was part of a team that for the … Continue reading
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BEACON Researchers at Work: Does sociality influence disease resistance?
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU graduate student Katy Califf. I’m generally interested in how genetic diversity and behavior influence each other in wild populations of mammals, particularly in the realm of disease ecology. More … Continue reading
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BEACON Researchers at Work: Speciation and genetic incompatibilities in digital organisms
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by MSU graduate student Carlos Anderson. This blog post is a follow up to one I wrote last year about my research on speciation with digital organisms. One of my projects tested … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: Brainy birds and fish
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by MSU postdoc Jason Keagy. Like many BEACONites, I am involved in several projects. Liliana Lettieri has already written an excellent post about the project I spend most of my time on. … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: The evolution of simplicity and the Black Queen Hypothesis
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by Michigan State University postdoc Jeff Morris. We could probably agree that humans are a lot more complicated than bacteria. At a first glance, we have more moving parts, lots of … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: A computer scientist, but also a biologist
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU graduate student Elijah Lowe. “But wait – aren’t you getting your Ph.D. in Computer Science?” That’s a question that I have gotten used to hearing in my matriculation through … Continue reading