Sarah receives a DDIG for her work on the comparative genetics of sex-specific color patterns in different Drosophila species. This grant will help her test whether similar phenotypes can evolve through changes in different genes.
Author: akopp
Gavin receives an NSF pre-doctoral grant for his work on the evolution of doublesex cis-regulatory elements. His work will help us understand the molecular mechanisms responsible for the origin and diversification of new sex-specific traits.
Artyom becomes Evolution and Ecology’s latest Chancellor’s Fellow in a ceremony full of pomp and circumstance and red wine.
The ascent of Castle Peak from the west ridge was the centerpiece of this year’s snowshoe trip. The weather was windy but mostly fine.
Our annual snowshoeing trip in March 2011. The snow was 15 feet deep, but fortunately we remembered the showshoes this year!
Lab trip to the Vacaville ice ring.
As usual, the lab went to Salt Point State Park for the annual mushroom hunt. Several species of wild fungi were gathered and later consumed in a variety of gourmet dishes. The evening’s menu featured porcini soup, sauteed yellowfeet, hedgehog mushroom risotto, pasta with black trumpet sauce, and candy cap cookies.
We had great coastal weather on the lab hike to Tomales Point in the Point Reyes National Seashore. Blewit mushroom picked along the way were delicious.
End of the road - no more land till Japan