Co-update (co-op update!) 1: Helped to process 7 oyster shipments in the 7 weeks I’ve been in the Lotterhos Lab - including this big 🦪 from Texas!

I presented my first poster at the end of September at SSMPG 2022 - I got a lot of great feedback and am excited to keep working on this project!

Had a great time at ORNL yesterday seeing their aquatics lab, supercomputers, and plant phenotyping lab! So excited to be a part of #BiGGREEU

Had the absolute BEST time working with this team (Dr. Meg Staton not pictured) this summer! Loved exploring pop gen and can’t wait to learn more in the future🌲🧬 #BiGGREEU

In December, I graduated from Northeastern University and defended my undergrad thesis that I spent >1.5 years working on! I don’t look happy in the picture but I was haha

More exciting news to share!! So stoked to share that I will be starting my PhD this fall with @_ellie_cat at UCR! I can’t wait to get started on all things carnivore genetics 🧬 🦊

Had a great time this past week at an ancient DNA 🧬 workshop hosted by the American Museum of Natural History and led by some brilliant scientists from Center for Evolutionary Hologenomics! I learned so much and met some super cool people - all at one of my favorite museums!