Check out our two new papers recently out, one led by Dr. Cole Butler and one led by Dr. Jennifer Baltzegar. Press Release Here & Video Below https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j24dP44UVNQ&t=29s
Harned S*, Mankiewicz JL, Borski RJ, Godwin J, Burford Reiskind MO. (Revised & Resubmitted; Preprint 2026) The value multi-year sampling for detecting fine-scale population genetic structure in marine fishes: A case study of juvenile southern flounder. PLoS One; Preprint DOI: 10.64898/2026.04.24.720543 Ding J*, Reed EMX*, Reiskind MH, Burford Reiskind MO. (In press 2026; Preprint 2026) [...]
On Friday August 15, our graduate student, Bradley Scholten, successfully defended his PhD dissertation titled "Assessing the Spread of Antimicrobial Resistant Bacteria in Songbirds at Bird Feeders". Bradley was co-Advised by both Drs. Burford Reiskind and Kays. He did an incredible job and we are so excited to congratulate Dr. Scholten! Bradley has been [...]
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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 [...]
Check out the interview by Women in Genomics
Check out Andy's new paper on the effects of Atlantic Sargassum invasion on hawksbill sea turtles! LINK
The Burford Reiskind lab is excited to announce two new members! Megan Dillon co-advised by Dr. Matthew Breen and Bradley Scholten co-advised by Roland Kays! Both just finished the first-year training program with the GG Scholars & Here's a link to their spotlights! Make sure you check them out, we are very excited over here.
Population viability of sea turtles in the context of global warming (2021) Bioscience https://doi-org.prox.lib.ncsu.edu/10.1093/biosci/biab028 LINK