Eastern CT Arachnology Lab

We are a research lab at Eastern Connecticut State University devoted to the study of arachnid diversity, evolution, and biogeography, especially in deserts.

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@marshalhedin @WayneMaddison Great/incredible stuff, but more habitat photos!

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We have a new article out on genetic patterns in large sand scorpions from Central Asian Deserts. This one was co-authored by Eastern alumnus Ron Kaiser (circled), Edward Myers, and Victor Fet. Check it out online in… https://t.co/Bvp4NyM9w8

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Join us tomorrow if you can for a talk by the most awesome postdoctoral researcher ever, Dr. Carlos Santibáñez-López. The venom/arachnid/genomics world better watch out... this guy is going places!

Friday,… https://t.co/R8O7zOq4Ey

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More attention for recent Eastern graduate Michelina Pinto. Our note on improved pitfall trapping methods for camel spiders was just published in the Journal of Arachnology... her first paper! We, along with… https://t.co/e68J50zw40

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What a symposium! Great talks, people, and food, swanky lodging, and a must-see setting at the Geronimo Event Center. Many thanks the organizers and sponsors for a flawless scorpion meeting.

#scorpions… https://t.co/6h4X55IrtT

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Eastern postdoc Carlos Santibanez-Lopez and UC Denver graduate student Ryan Jones (Paula Cushing’s lab) walked 2 weeks of camping and collecting equipment across the San Ysidro pedestrian bridge into Tijuana last… https://t.co/VDPgZUMmkP

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The Eremocosta have arrived...

#arachnology #radseq #camelspider #phylogeography https://t.co/Q3Dyl9KPt0

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Two talks in a week. Thank you so much behendrixson for the amazing photos, and both joshuaidjadi and Douglas Merkler for the stunning drone footage!!

#easternconnecticutstateuniversity #arachnology #biogeography… https://t.co/UScaVEa6R3

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Some of our display animals are getting ready for a trip to UConn tomorrow... the stars of the show!
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#easternconnecticutstateuniversity #arachnology #uconn #scorpion #tarantula https://t.co/EPhkagMKA0

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@marshalhedin I suspect the same thing for Hadrurus obscurus! Super cool find 👍🏻

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Yours truly will be giving a talk at the University of Connecticut (UConn) next week. Join us if you can for a discussion on arachnid biogeography in the American West... replete with… https://t.co/o3Qr6IU4ez

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Sometimes you’ve just got cut your losses. Here’s a figure from our manuscript on Central Asian scorpions that, while nice to look at, didn’t provide much useful information... so out to… https://t.co/pvoOE0Imjz

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Dr. Santibáñez-López showing us how this nextgen stuff is done with his new lightening-fast computer... and yellow pants. Go Carlos go!

#nextgenerationsequencing #bioinformatics… https://t.co/qCDXylZqXf

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Congratulations to Alexsis Powell, Lauren Atkinson, and all the other students that gave most excellent talks this morning at Eastern’s CREATE… https://t.co/LoXecWgRF1

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Our students and desert biology course were just featured in Eastern’s latest News Flash! Link in bio.

#easternconnecticutstateuniversity #deathvalley #mojavedesert #biology #newsflash… https://t.co/hDP7gOB4oW

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A cold day at the rocky intertidal beats a warm classroom...

#easternconnecticutstateuniversity #intertidal #invertebrates #averypoint https://t.co/qXpBWIBAb6

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Our new lab member has arrived! A female banana 100% het piebald ball python from Douglas Matuszak at Boa Basement. Doug has been great and I would definitely buy from him again.

What… https://t.co/tsp5QCbdVA

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No, the Southwest isn’t having extreme weather... this is quick screen grab of a species distribution model (also called an ecological niche models) for our tarantula project with Dr.… https://t.co/ovs5WSGd25

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No, the Southwest isn’t having extreme weather... this is quick screen grab of a species distribution model (also called an ecological niche models) for our tarantula project with Dr.… https://t.co/yCEo5gTDDD

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Follow link in bio for full video documenting the final leg of our desert expedition last week.
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Video courtesy of Dr. Joshua Idjadi

#desertbiology #mojavedesert #sonoran… https://t.co/QtwHzLBP4j