UConn EEB Department

Our research focuses on ecology, evolution, systematics, biological diversity, conservation, and the functional biology of organisms. #uconneeb

[UCONN Bioinformatics @UConn_Bioinfo]

Join us for a Virtual Genome Assembly Workshop 7/15-18! Visit https://t.co/q6SjrDx61b to register
#genomeassembly #workshop #genomics @UConnCLAS @UConnResearch @UConnCAHNR

[UConn Research @UConnResearch]

Climate change is happening worldwide, but the Arctic provides an unusually rich and diverse environment to study its effects. Enter: the Evolving Meta-Ecosystems (EvoME) Institute. @MarkCUrban #NSFfunded
https://t.co/9KOnA77eff

[UConn Research @UConnResearch]

Remember the "anthropause" at the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, when human activity outdoors seemed to vanish? A new global study ft. @UConnEEB professor Erin Kuprewicz reveals how wildlife behavior changed during this time.
https://t.co/lk4JxK18ny

[Jimmy Bernot, PhD 🦐🔬🧬🏳️‍🌈 @JimmyBernot]

Big congrats to Javi for being awarded an NSF GRFP @uconneeb 👏👏👏

[Sarah Knutie @SarahKnutie]

🌕!OVER THE MOON!🌕

Both incoming grad students in my lab @UConnEEB Sila Inanoglu (right) and Lorraine Pérez (left) received @NSF GRFP awards this year!🏅

I could not be more honored to be part of their journeys😭

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@UConnResearch @UConnOUR @UConn @SICB_

[RaMP @ UConn @UCONNRaMP]

A HUGE congrats to the @UConn RaMP Scholars who successfully submitted their first manuscript today describing their newly sequenced and assembled scorpion genome!!! 🥳🎉🦂 #postbac #nsf #Genomics

[SciLine @RealSciLine]

Reporters: book a 15-min Zoom interview with cicada expert Dr. Chris Simon (@uconneeb) to discuss how the two emerging broods may interact, climate change threats to cicadas, & more. https://t.co/NSNuOjUWbd @CicadaScience

[RaMP @ UConn @UCONNRaMP]

It's the final countdown! Today is the day 🎉 Be sure to get your @UConn RaMP applications in TONIGHT by 11:59pm. Conduct independent research🥼, participate in professional development activities, attend scientific conferences and more!

RaMP Website: https://t.co/cMiDwira7i

[Dr. Geo (Michel Geovanni Santiago-Martínez, PhD) @GeoSantiagoM]

Apply!
@UCONNRaMP is the yearlong Research Training Program for recent graduates.
Our program offers a unique blend of structured cohort-based learning and individualized research experiences.
Submission are due March 1st, 2024.
https://t.co/dnneYjdO26

[European Journal of Taxonomy @ejtaxonomy]

[#Entomology] 🦋 A review of Mexican Stamnodes (Lepidoptera: Geometridae) with the description of 16 new species ⤵️

✒️ @MothMatson from @NMNH & @uconneeb
🔗 DOI: https://t.co/fhJIJ7jeWF
#Lepidoptera #Geometridae #Cercocarpus #Lamiaceae #Butterflies #entomologist #newspecies

[Sarah Knutie @SarahKnutie]

Check out two amazing posters at @SICB_ on Wednesday and Thursday!

Lorraine Perez 1/3 P1-88 🪰
Sila Inanoglu 1/4 P2-94 🐣

@SICB_DEDE @UConnOUR @uconneeb

[RaMP @ UConn @UCONNRaMP]

Meet our next RaMP mentor,🌟Yaowu Yuan🌟 Yaowu's lab studies flower evolution 🧬, diversification, and its impact on the production of diverse phenotypes using monkeyflowers🌺🌼 as a model system. @uconneeb 🧑‍🔬👩‍🔬

Learn more about the Yuan Lab 👉 https://t.co/8zmZXW3zx6

[RaMP @ UConn @UCONNRaMP]

🌟Meet Elizabeth Jochusch 🌟 who is a RaMP mentor and plays a major role in the leadership team. Elizabeth's lab studies patterns of phenotypic variation in a diverse array of species including salamanders and treehoppers! 🦎
Jochusch Lab: https://t.co/KxbQ8IpmRb

[UConn MARS @UconnMars]

@uconn peeps! Want to come talk to a bunch of facility scientist all at once? Plus get lunch? We're having an open house Monday in the student union. https://t.co/RGXAL6MA0k
@UConnCLAS
@UConnMCB @uconnhealth @uconneeb @UConnNursing @UCONN_Microbio

[UConn @UConn]

Ready for the start of the fall 2023 semester.

📸 Milton Levin

[Jimmy Bernot, PhD 🦐🔬🧬🏳️‍🌈 @JimmyBernot]

Very excited to share our new paper on Pancrustacean Phylogeny with a number of surprising findings! 🧵 https://t.co/1WGblI3B50

[Paul Lewis @polewis]

An awesome talk by @uconneeb grad @AnalisaMilkey on her sequential Monte Carlo approach to sampling from the multispecies coalescent model! #Evol2023

[SMBPlant @SMBPlant]

Oaxaca has a huge diversity of one of the most widely known Agavoideae: Agave!

Today's featured plenary speaker is Karolina Heyduk (@kheyduk) from @UConnEEB, who will share her results on CAM evolution in the Agavoideae. Come join us next October at #SMBPlant2023

🏜️🧬🍸