Science on Tap MHK is rebooting
With the help of an Engagement Incentive Grants from the K-State Center for Engagement and Community Development and support from Sunset Zoo, we are able to continue Science on Tap in...
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Swimming in polluted waters
Andrew Whitehead’s lab at UC Davis recently published an excellent paper about the genomic basis of adaptation to polluted waters in Atlantic killifish (Fundulus heteroclitus). We were abole to provide...
Mechanisms of assortative mating and ecological speciation
Spencer Ingley and Gil Rosenthal wrote a nice digest entitled “Mechanisms of assortative mating and ecological speciation” on Ryan Greenway’s recent paper in Evolution.
Nick Barts receives travel support to attend SICB meeting
Nick Barts received grants through the Charlotte Mangum Student Support Program as well as K-State’s Graduate Council to attend the Annual Meeting of the Society of Integrative and Comparative Biology....
Science on Tap: “One fish, two fish, trash fish, gar fish”
In a recent Science on Tap, Bryan Frenette, doctoral student in our lab, talked about the biology and conservation of North America’s most misunderstood fishes, the gars. Gars are common...
Developing Capacities in Science Communication and Community Engagement
In collaboration with Jared Bixby and Nicole Wade from Sunset Zoo, our lab received a Engagement Incentive Grant from the Center for Engagement and Community Development at Kansas State University....
Congratulations to Dr. Passow
Courtney Passow successfully defended her dissertation investigating physiological and transcriptomic aspects of adaptation in Poecilia mexicana. Congratulations! Courtney is continuing her career at the University of Minnesota, where she is...
DURIP sponsors infrastructure development for hydrogen sulfide research
The US Army Research Office has funded an infrastructure project through the Defense University Research Instrumentation Program (DURIP). The $127,000 grant will provide the resources for the establishment of an...
American Livebearer Association supports two projects
The American Livebearer Association supported two projects in our lab. Ryan Greenway received a Vern Parish Award to investigate repeated ecological speciation in poeciliid fishes occurring along the same environmental...
Ryan Greenway selected as FOSZ Conservation Scholar
Ryan Greenway was selected as the 2016 Conservation Scholar by the Friends of Sunset Zoo (FOSZ). This annual scholarship supports the next generation of conservation-minded professionals. The scholarship covers an active college...