Extremophile Fishes: Ecology, Evolution, Conservation
Tobler Lab at the University of Missouri—St. Louis
Last week, our team had the privilege of traveling to Perry County, Missouri, to conduct fieldwork focused on the endangered grotto sculpin (Cottus specus)—a fascinating cave-adapted fish found nowhere else in the world. With headlamps lit and gear in hand,…
Our lab is leaving K-State for St. Louis! Michi will be working at the University of Missouri—St. Louis and in close collaboration with the St. Louis Zoo. We will continue our research and teaching just like before, but we will...
With the help of almost 200 volunteers, the Kansas Science Festival provided communities in northeast Kansas with opportunities to explore the intersections between science and their daily lives. Over 2,500 visitors followed the call and enjoyed family-friendly activities on a...
Libby Wilson received a Smith Award for Outstanding Graduate Student Research in Evolutionary Biology. The award underscores her continued excellence in scholarly achievements. Congratulations, Libby!
Sophia Steffensmeier, a senior at Manhattan High School, presented her work at the 5th Annual Manhattan High School University Level Research Mentorship Symposium on April 18. Since summer 2022, Sophia has worked with her mentor, Madison Nobrega, to investigate how...
Bethany Williams, currently a graduate student in Suzanne Gray’s and Lauren Pintor’s labs at Ohio State University, has received a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship in Biology (PRFB) from the National Science Foundation. Bethany’s proposal was entitled “The Evolution of Multiple Stressor...
Three students participated in the K-State Graduate Research, Arts, and Discovery (GRAD) Forum on March 9: Erik Johnson talked about “Seasonality predicts variation in life history phenotypes in the livebearing fish Priapichthys annectens” Madison Nobrega talked about “Disentangling the effects...
Happy holiday to all! We finally got together almost everybody from the lab after viruses circulated liberally amongst us in December. Turns out, better late than never!