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BEACON Researchers at Work: How to Grow an Animal
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU graduate student Rewatee Gokhale. Meet Sal* the Salamander. Sal, like all of his kind, has a unique gift. He can regenerate his limbs, if you cut one off! This … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: Understanding how males and females grow apart
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU graduate student Nick Testa. Biology: really, it’s all about sex. In this case though, I’m talking about the actual sexes, males and females, and how they are different. Most … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: The Evolution of Regeneration in the Deuterostomes
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by University of Washington graduate student Shawn Luttrell. Regeneration has captured the interest and imagination of people for centuries. Popularized in myths, science fiction, and even horror movies, regeneration of missing … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: The more things change, the more they stay the same
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work post is by Michigan State University graduate student Austin Dreyer. Variation is one of the most obvious themes in biology. From variation between taxonomic groups, morphological traits, behavioral responses, habitats, and so on, we … Continue reading
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Sun, Sand Dollars, and the Huts: My Summer at Friday Harbor Labs
This piece is reposted from the Friday Harbor Laboratories newsletter. by Ceri Weber Expected B.S. in Biology at the University of Washington, June 2013 Undergraduate researcher in the Swalla lab 2012 FHL BEACON/BLINKS/NSF REU Intern I had the wonderful opportunity … Continue reading
BEACON Researchers at Work: Phenotypic Plasticity and Evolution
This week’s BEACON Researchers at Work blog post is by MSU postdoc Shampa M. Ghosh. It has been four decades since Thedosius Dobzhansky wrote “Nothing in biology makes sense except in the light of evolution.” It soon became a favorite … Continue reading