New paper (my first as 'senior author'): High-latitude ocean habitats are a crucible of fish body shape diversification with Sarah Friedman, PhD Katherine Corn, PhD (and others not on here) academic.oup.com/evlett/advance…

Closed out #2024SFS and had a great time seeing old and new friends! What a fantastic week with my lab representing The University of Alabama UA Dept. of BSC freshwater research! Stephen Plont Jonathan Lopez Chelsea Smith Irene Sanchez Taylor Kelley lauren morris

Congrats to Bryan MacNeill (McKain Lab) for successfully defending his PhD disseration, "Floral Diversity and Pollination syndromes in Agave subgenus Manfreda"!

Congrats to Karolina Willicott for successfully defending her PhD dissertation titled "The intersection of neurodegeneration and mitochondrial stress in Caenorhabditis elegans models of Parkinson's disease"! 🎉

Congratulations Dr. Yap-Chiongco!! 👏👏👏 UA Dept. of BSC Alabama Water Institute DigInverts

Congrats to Meghan Yap-Chiongco for successfully defending her PhD dissertation titled "Utilizing the Shell-less Aplacophorans to Uncover the Ancetral Molluscan Biomineralization Toolkit"! 🎉

Congrats to Sontosh Deb for successfully defending his PhD dissertation titled "Genomics of polyploidization in palms and grasses"! 🎉

✨One more throwback to 12th World Biomaterials Congress (WBC 2024) The presentation of the 2024 Acta Biomaterialia Silver Medal to Natalie Artzi! Also a remote lecture by the Gold Medalist P. Couvreur. Guest lectures by Nicholas A. Peppas & Ravi Kumar. THANK YOU for joining us! Anseth Group Elsevier Materials Science UA Dept. of BSC Université Paris-Saclay

Tired: Phylogenetic Trees Wired: Phylogenetic Vines I spotted this on my way to the UA Dept. of BSC office this week. inaturalist.org/observations/2…

#FieldworkFriday with the #BamaEcoHydro floodpulse team!!! Ashleigh Kirker Jasmine Morejon UA Dept. of BSC

Congrats to Ebenezer Fatusin for successfully defending his MS thesis titled "Disentangling the Contributions of Ecological and Environmental Conditions on Biomass in Longleaf Pine Forests"! 🎉

BGSA save the dates! 🐘 Lead GTA applications due 7/26 at 5pm 🐘 Peer support group sign-ups near the end of July/beginning of August 🐘 Mandatory GTA workshop 8/20 🐘 Welcome back social in September

Remember to apply to be a lead GTA! Learn more: app.box.com/s/4yvditqgwkbz…

BIG congratulations to the 17th doctoral graduate of The Guy Caldwelll, DR. Karolina Willicott!! Nothing is sweeter than seeing her reach this milestone, alongside our NEXT PhD, her loving partner Corey Willicott and their F1, Nastia! A little #dopamine goes a long way! UA Dept. of BSC

📢The BGSA GTA workshop is fast approaching! As a reminder, all incoming teaching assistants are required to attend. Returning GTAs, faculty, and staff are more than welcome as well! We look forward to seeing everyone next Tuesday, 8/20, at 9am.

‼️ Reminder that the BGSA TA workshop will be held tomorrow, 8/20 starting at 9am! All new TAs are required to attend, so make sure to add this event to your calendar‼️

The BGSA GTA workshop starts in one hour. We can't wait to see you there!

Congrats to Sameekshya Mainali of the Chtarbanova lab for winning a competitive travel award to present her research at the European Drosophila Neurobiology Conference in the UK this fall! 🎉

Don't forget to add our fall event dates to your calendar! The welcome back social is this Friday, featuring potluck-style food and a silent auction!

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