Category Archives: blogging

Microbiomes of a small conference

Posted on 23 September, 2018 by Laetitia Wilkins

The conference season is almost over. There are still a few gems out there worth attending before school starts. I just came back from the Lake Arrowhead Microbial Genomics Conference which took place at a UCLA resort in the mountains. … Continue reading →

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A Master Manipulator: How a bacterium tells a plant what to do

Posted on 18 September, 2018 by Stacy Krueger-Hadfield

Katrina Sahawneh wrote this post as a final project for Stacy Krueger-Hadfield’s Science Communication course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Katrina is working on her MS in Biology and her MA in Education. She currently is studying ER stress … Continue reading →

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Are we restoring coral reefs for today or for tomorrow?

Posted on 11 September, 2018 by Stacy Krueger-Hadfield

Elise Keister wrote this post as a final project for Stacy Krueger-Hadfield’s Science Communication course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Elise studies the impact of climate change on coral as a PhD student in Dr. Dustin Kemp’s lab. Elise … Continue reading →

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To present data is human, to communicate data is divine

Posted on 4 September, 2018 by Stacy Krueger-Hadfield

Finding new and engaging ways to communicate science is of paramount importance. But, how many opportunities are there to practice the art of communication? That’s how I began the lead-in piece for a series of student posts over a year … Continue reading →

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La vie en rouge … l’algue rouge

Posted on 4 June, 2018 by Stacy Krueger-Hadfield

Best laid plans of a #NewPI … what happens to them? Well, they often get triaged for more urgent things that were triaged earlier for more urgent things that were also triaged even earlier for more urgent things … and … Continue reading →

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We can make academia more family friendly

Posted on 8 April, 2018 by Laetitia Wilkins

This one tickled me for too long. It became a serious itch and I feel I have to say something. Two weeks ago, Rebecca Calisi Rodríguez and a Working Group of Mothers in Science published an opinion article in the … Continue reading →

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Oh my ploidy … diploids evolve more slowly than haploids?

Posted on 29 March, 2018 by Stacy Krueger-Hadfield

It’s been an embarrassingly long time since I last sat at my keyboard in a TME capacity (#NewPI chat doesn’t really count)! One year ago today, to be exact (writing this on 28 March, for publication on 29 March). Thus, … Continue reading →

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Join the Molecular Ecologist blogging team in 2018!

Posted on 22 December, 2017 by Jeremy Yoder

Update, 22 Jan 2018: We’ve had a bunch of great applications — thanks to everyone who’s applied. Recruiting is closed for now, but keep an eye out for future opportunities. The Molecular Ecologist is seeking new regular contributors for 2018! … Continue reading →

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No, I don’t write for the Genetic Literacy Project (and I never will)

Posted on 12 July, 2017 by Jeremy Yoder

So yesterday I got a notification on Twitter that the Genetic Literacy Project had posted about my pushback on an account of scientific racism published by NPR. Well, nifty, I guess. I’d encountered the GLP before — it’s a news … Continue reading →

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#Evol2017 catch-up — or remember that time when someone stole your field gear?

Posted on 12 July, 2017 by Stacy Krueger-Hadfield

To borrow from our lead in paragraph for post-Evol2017 wrap-ups: Two weeks after the closing day of the 2017 Evolution Meetings, the Molecular Ecologists have all dispersed from Portland, though items from the Krueger-Hadfield lab didn’t make the return journey! Still, the conference … Continue reading →

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