Extremophile Fishes: Ecology, Evolution, Conservation
Tobler Lab at the University of Missouri—St. Louis
Danielle Alba received the Vern Perish Award from the American Livebearer Association for her work on elemental signatures of adaptation in extremophile mollies. The Vern Parish Fund was established in memory of Vern Parish, one of ALA’s early stalwart members and a great…
Ryan Greenway received – yet another – research excellence award at this years Wentz Day, at which recipients of the Wentz Research Project Awards showcase their findings and accomplishments. Congratulations, well deserved!
Michi received a Golden Torch Award from the Achafoa chapter of Mortar Board at Oklahoma State University. The award honors individuals that have made significant contributions toward the success of students, shown dedication to the ideals of Mortar Board –...
Selection by parasites on the MHC has been hypothesized to drive speciation. In Poecilia mexicana from the Cueva del Azufre system, we found that while parasites select for MHC diversity, MHC divergence among locally adapted populations is actually much lower...
Tobler lab students Reid Morehouse, Danielle Alba, and Ryan Greenway were recognized for their achievements at the annual zoology banquet at OSU: Reid Morehouse recived the Outstanding Ph.D. Student Award Danielle Alba received a Wilhm Zoology Teaching Assistantship Award Ryan...
After productive and exciting years at OSU, our lab will be moving to Kansas State University’s Division of Biology in August 2014. We are grateful for OSU’s continued support and are looking forward to a new adventure!
Several people from the lab will be attending the SICB 2014 meeting in Austin from January 3-7. Look out for presentations by Ryan Greenway (on his work on sulfide spring swordtails) and Danielle Alba (on her work on elemental variation...
Genome Web recently named our collaborator, Joanna Kelley, as one of the promising young investigators in genome biology. For this series of young investigators, Genome Web asked established principal investigators to recommend early career scientists — no more than five years...