Check out the March 29, 2022 edition of The Conversation on HPR to hear Becky Chong and Megan Porter discuss their work on Hawaiian lava tube biodiversity. Listen here.
Related post (3/20/22): NSF award to study lava tube biodiversity on Hawaiʻi Island
Congrats to PhD Candidate Jordan Gossett for passing her Qualifying Exam! Let the science continue!
The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded a four-year, $1.29-million grant to Assistant Professor Rebecca Chong (PI) and Associate Professor Megan Porter (Co-PI), and collaborator Professor Annette Engel (Co-PI) at the University of Tennessee Knoxville, to study of how island cave communities are formed and how subterranean ecosystems are maintained through time in Hawaiʻi. Find out more at NSF-DEB-2204670
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Related post (3/30/22): Becky Chong and Megan Porter featured on Hawaii Public Radio
Features Becky Chong for high impact teaching practices in SEA-PHAGES II Bioinformatics. Read more about the showcase.
Congrats to Jordan for obtaining funding to support her research project. No fieldwork, but excited for the lab work to begin!
Welcoming Mahealani Daniels and Kristi Masuhara to the lab, our newest undergraduate researcher!
Congrats to undergraduate researchers Mikaelah Johnson-Griggs and Elissa Ota for graduating with a B.S. in Biology! Seemingly unfazed by a global pandemic, Elissa and Mikaelah finished strong and did amazing science along the way. Now off to bigger and better things!
A large collaborative paper looking at mitochondrial genome evolution across 100 cicadas in out in Journal of Heredity – see publications
Congrats to undergraduate researcher Mikaelah Johnson-Griggs for obtaining an Undergraduate Research Opportunity award to support her research project. Excited for the lab work to begin!
A warm welcome to Jordan Gossett who is starting her Ph.D. Fall 2019!