2020
April and May 2020
Sara Schaal received a Dean's Award for Graduate Student Excellence in Teaching
Alan submitted his manuscript "Ocean acidification induces subtle shifts in gene expression and DNA methylation in the tissue of calcification" for peer review
Áki's manuscript "The importance of genetic redundancy in evolution" is published in TREE
Ffion:
presented her poster "Within- and among-species variation in tolerance of thermal extremes by Littorina spp. marine snails" at RISE based on her Littorina experiment
presented her co-op research "Factors underlying the evolution of phenotypic plasticity" at the MSC Undergraduate Research Symposium
Was selected for the Huntington 100!
Molly was the scientist for an “Ask the Scientist” series at the Asheville Museum of Science
Katie survived moving her course online
Ffion's title slide from her presentation.
March 2020 highlights
Áki, Sara, and Alan attend the Oikos conference in Iceland, along with Ben Haller from the Messer Lab at Cornell (See below)
We move to online teaching, working from home, canceling travel plans, and social distancing to help slow the spread of COVID-19
Lotterhos lab donates lab supplies (left) to help local hospitals
Sara, Alan, Ben, and Áki
Áki presents our evaluation of Gradient Forests, from our "Test the Tests" project
Sara presents her research on Atlantic cod ecotypes in the Gulf of Maine and Iceland
Alan talks about effects of ocean acidification on biomineralization and DNA methylation
February 2020
Alan, along with Ries lab members Elise Begin and Louise Cameron, attend the Ocean Sciences Conference and present data from our NSF-funded research studying the effects of ocean acidification on oysters
January 2020
In mid-January, Alan and Áki attended the SliM workshop at Cornell, and brought back lots of great tips and tricks for simulating genomes
Essex Tech High school student Ellie Clark joins the lab
Alan talked about lionfish at the Science Cafe in Salem (right)
Katie and Thais volunteered to help the Stellwagon Bank National Marine Sanctuary present their giant walk-through life-size replica of a humpback whale named Salt at the Johnson School, in collaboration with Friends of Lynn and Nahant Beach and Girls Inc. of Lynn!
Happy New Year! Lab awards for 2019
Áki and Molly - Awards for Conceptually Challenging Project
Alan - "Not going to be responsible for publication bias" Award
Sara - Award for Biggest Sequencing Project
Thais - Best Technical Editing Award
Ffion - Award for Most Samples Analyzed
Jason - Weekend Warrior Award