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November |
David Berger reviewed Thermal Adaptation
for The Quarterly Review of Biology. Click to
here download the review.
Mike Angilletta presented the
lab's research on thermoregulation at a
conference in Alexandria, which honored
the 150th anniversary of Darwin's On the Origin of
Species.
The lab hosted a visit by Jim Lovvorn of the University of Southern Illinois, who
gave a seminar on thermoregulation
by arctic birds.
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October |
Brandon Cooper successfully defended his thesis on
the thermal acclimation of physiological performance in
Drosophila melanogaster.
Mike Angilletta visited the
National Evolutionary Synthesis Center for a
working group about mechanistic
modeling.
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September |
The lab hosted a visit by Rick
Lee of the Miami University of Ohio, who gave a
seminar on the acclimation of cold
tolerance.
Several members of the lab
coauthored a review for Frontiers in Bioscience on
the evolution of thermal physiology in endotherms.
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August |
Isaiah Jernberg and Jeff Tharp
completed the Summer Undergraduate Research Program. Isaiah
and Jeff compared the acclimation capacities of flies from
northern and southern populations of Drosophila
melanogaster.
The lab completed a 2-year field
experiment to test models of optimal thermoregulation in
patchy environments. Stay tuned for results!
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July |
Mike Angilletta and Brandon
Cooper began a long-term collaboration with Sam Yeaman of
the University of British Columbia. Sam completed a massive
selection experiment, in which thermal heterogeneity and
gene flow were manipulated in populations of Drosophila
melanogaster. The lab acquired samples from these
populations to test models of thermal adaptation.
Jason Borchert joined the lab to pursue his Ph.D. on the
topics of climate change and the evolution
of thermal physiology. Jason
recently
earned a B.S. from the University of
Washington, where he conducted independent
research in the lab of Josh Tewksbury.
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June |
Mike
Angilletta visited Poland to participate in a
workshop on physiological
adaptation to climate change.
David Atkinson reviewed Thermal Adaptation
for Trends in Ecology & Evolution. Click to
here download the review.
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May |
Skye Cameron of the University of Queensland
visited the lab to discuss her research on invasive geckos.
Monica
Stegman received an REU Fellowship from the National
Science Foundation.
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April |
Matt Schuler successfully defended his thesis on behavioral
thermoregulation in spatially explicit landscapes.
Mike Angilletta received the
Theodore Dreiser Distinguished Research &
Creativity Award.
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March |
Brandon Cooper was admitted to the doctoral
program at Indiana University in Bloomington. Congratulations,
Brandon!
Mike Angilletta joined the Physiological Ecology Section of the
Faculty of 1000.
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February |
Matt Schuler was admitted to the doctoral program at Washington
University in St. Louis. Congratulations, Matt!
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January |
Mike Angilletta's book, Thermal Adaptation, was published in
the United Kingdom by Oxford University Press. The book will be
available in the United States by early March.
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2008
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December |
Brandon Cooper and Ben Williams were
awarded research grants from the Indiana Academy of Science; these
students
study the physiological acclimation of Drosophila melanogaster
in stochastic environments.
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November |
Brandon Cooper and Mike Angilletta visited the
National Center for Ecological Analysis
and Synthesis to participate in a
working group about mechanistic modeling.
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October
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Brandon Cooper & Marcin
Czarnoleski designed a novel method for observing the
courtship behavior of fruit flies.
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September |
Dee Asbury successfully defends her
thesis on thermodynamic constraints and the evolution of performance
curves.
Brandon Cooper and Mike Angilletta orchestrate an
artificial selection experiment conducted by students of
Biology 101 (see
course website for details).
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August |
Brandon Cooper and Ben
Williams publish their first paper.
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July |
Marcin Czarnoleski received a Kosciuszko
Fellowship, extending his visit to 4 December.
The lab began research with Drosophila melanogaster, led by
Brandon Cooper.
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June |
After a year of preparation, the lab
finally started field experiments in New Mexico to test models of
optimal thermoregulation. (see
Research for details).
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May |
Nick Tacker received an REU Fellowship from the National
Science Foundation.
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April |
Joe Ehrenberger's research was featured in the spring issue
of the Sante Fe Institute Bulletin (pp.
9-11).
Mike Angilletta visited the
National Evolutionary Synthesis Center for a
working group about mechanistic
modeling.
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March |
Brandon Cooper & Ben Williams won "Best Poster" at
the ISU
Research Showcase.
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February |
Marcin Czarnoleski joined the lab as a Fulbright Fellow.
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January |
Ben Williams received a Lilly Fellowship
for
the spring semester.
The lab delivered
8 presentations at the meeting of the Society for
Integrative and Comparative Biology in San Antonio, Texas.
Click here for details.
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