The Blois lab and friends went up to the Yosemite Field Station last weekend for the first annual lab retreat! We spent two nights up there, eating good food, playing games, and hiking around Yosemite. The first night, we got to test out the new game Go Extinct! The whole lab loved it! This game…
We are excited to welcome Hillary Young to UC Merced today. Dr. Young is speaking in the Quantitative and Systems Biology seminar today on her work linking biodiversity to zoonotic pathogens. Information about Dr. Young and her talk: Cascading Effects of Biodiversity Loss Across Spatial Scales Friday, 9/19 1:30-2:45pm COB 267 Abstract: Biodiversity loss is…
Today marks the transition from summer to fall (in terms of the school year, at least) and wow, it’s been a busy summer. Jessica was involved in a variety of projects- working to get papers off her desk and into review, working up in Yosemite with an awesome REU intern, and at the end of summer,…
The Blois Paleoecology Lab is recruiting a postdoc to help develop ancient DNA and phylogenetics projects focusing on understanding the dynamic population genetic changes that happened within mammals (particularly small mammals) through the late Quaternary. The postdoc will be responsible for developing original research projects in addition to contributing to the development and maintenance of…
We had a lab party on Sunday, with all lab members and their families. We had much to celebrate: Eric finished his first year at UC Merced, Kaitlin got settled into the lab (and it was her birthday!), Juliane finished her B.S. in Human Ecology, and Zara, Joceline, Stefanie, and Tyonia joined the lab this past…