Megan Dillon’s Paper on the Dog’s of Chernobyl is out – check it out & the media response!
Check out the paper LINK and the response HERE!
Population dynamics and genome‑wide selection scan for dogs in Chernobyl
Dillon MN*, Thomas R, Mousseau TA, Betz JA, Kleiman NJ, Burford Reiskind MO, Breen M (2023) Population dynamics and genome‑wide selection scan for dogs in Chernobyl. Canine Medicine and Genetics https://doi.org/10.1186/s40575-023-00124-1 Download PDF
New papers out this year from Emma Wallace & Emily Reed…
Check out two new papers published in the BR lab. First we have the delightful and wicked smart Emma Wallace, who was an undergraduate researcher in our lab and has now moved on to a PhD program a Duke! She conducted a fantastic phylogenetic analysis on rockfish in the subgenus Sebastosomus LINK HERE The second [...]
Life-history stage and the population genetics of the tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus at a fine spatial scale
Reed EMX*, Reiskind MH, Burford Reiskind MO (2022) Life-history stage and the population genetics of the tiger mosquito Aedes albopictus at a fine spatial scale. Medical and Veterinary Entomology DOI: 10.1111/mve.12618 Download PDF
Resolving the phylogenetic relationships among recently diverged members of the rockfish subgenus Sebastosomus
Wallace EN, Reed EMX, Aguilar A, Burford Reiskind MO (2022) Resolving the phylogenetic relationships among recently diverged members of the rockfish subgenus Sebastosomus, Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution DOI.org/10.1016/j.ympev.2022.107515 Download PDF
Excelling through Mentorship- An interview with Dr. Martha Burford Reiskind
Check out the interview by Women in Genomics
Bringing in 2022!
Well it's a new year, right, totally different from last year, right, maybe?!? As we dropped the kiddos off at school, hoping they can keep their masks up and avoid the Omicron tidal wave, and I enter my office for the first time in 2 weeks, I'm taking stock. For the first time in as [...]
New paper out by Dr. Andy Maurer!
Check out Andy's new paper on the effects of Atlantic Sargassum invasion on hawksbill sea turtles! LINK
The Atlantic Sargassum invasion impedes beach access for nesting sea turtles
Maurer AS, Stapleton SP, Layman CA, Burford Reiskind MO (2021) The Atlantic Sargassum invasion impedes beach access for nesting sea turtles, Climate Change Ecology https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ecochg.2021.100034 Download PDF
Gratitude
As the semester is at its end and I'm in the post-semester reflective mode, I'm thinking about gratitude. What am I thankful for after this year, what do I hope others feel about what I've done, are they thankful? One thing we fail at a bit in academics is giving credit or gratitude to those [...]