Category Archives: ecology

Genes rolling down the river

Posted on 12 Jun, 2020 by Stacy Krueger-Hadfield

Sarah Shainker wrote this post as a part of Dr. Stacy Krueger-Hadfield’s Conservation Genetics course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Sarah completed a B.S. in Marine Biology at the College of Charleston before serving as a Peace Corps volunteer in the Philippines, … Continue reading →

Posted in bioinformatics, blogging, citizen science, Coevolution, community ecology, comparative phylogeography, DNA barcoding, ecology, evolution, fieldwork, haploid-diploid, natural history, Science Communication | Tagged Evolution, landscape genetics, Rivers, StudentSciComm | 2 Comments

The miraculous biodiversity bubbling in your sourdough starter

Posted on 1 Jun, 2020 by Jeremy Yoder

I made it through four weeks of Los Angeles’ COVID-19 shelter in place order before I climbed aboard the isolation sourdough bandwagon. It took more effort than expected just to stay on. I followed a protocol provided on the King … Continue reading →

Posted in community ecology, DNA barcoding, ecology, evolution | Tagged baking, sourdough | Leave a comment

It’s the city life for me… or maybe not.

Posted on 29 May, 2020 by Stacy Krueger-Hadfield

Michael Fitch wrote this post as part of Dr. Stacy Krueger-Hadfield’s Evolution course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He completed a B.S. in Biology from the UAB and is currently considering entering the Master’s program. Current interests… all over … Continue reading →

Posted in bioinformatics, blogging, community ecology, comparative phylogeography, conservation, ecology, evolution, genomics, mammals, population genetics, Science Communication | Tagged Blogging, cats, ecology, Evolution, genomics, GIS, scicomm, StudentSciComm | Leave a comment

Kelp connections

Posted on 22 May, 2020 by Stacy Krueger-Hadfield

Aisha O’ Connor wrote this post as part of Dr. Stacy Krueger-Hadfield’s Science Communication course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Currently a MS student in the Krueger-Hadfield lab, she is interested in algae and conservation. Aisha tweets @Aisha_MOC. We can … Continue reading →

Posted in bioinformatics, blogging, conservation, demography, ecology, evolution, haploid-diploid, Science Communication | Tagged Blogging, Kelp, scicomm, seascape, seaweed | Leave a comment

Tapping social networks to explore biological systems

Posted on 15 May, 2020 by Stacy Krueger-Hadfield

Bharat Mishra is wrote this post as part of Dr. Stacy Krueger-Hadfield’s Science Communication course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is currently pursuing his PhD in the lab of Dr. Shahid Mukhtar. He earned an undergraduate degree at … Continue reading →

Posted in association genetics, bioinformatics, blogging, ecology, evolution, Science Communication | Tagged Blogging, scicomm, social networks, student, systems biology | Leave a comment

Yeast 2-Hybrid: Discovering Protein-Protein Interactions from Yeast to West

Posted on 8 May, 2020 by Stacy Krueger-Hadfield

Thomas Detchemendy wrote this post as part of Dr. Stacy Krueger-Hadfield’s Science Communication course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. He is a PhD student under the mentorship of Dr. Shahid Mukhtar. He is currently studying plant-microbial interactions in efforts to … Continue reading →

Posted in adaptation, bioinformatics, blogging, ecology, evolution, hybridization, Science Communication | Tagged Arabidopsis, Blogging, DNA, molecular genetics, RNA, scicomm | Leave a comment

Does it pay to be parasitized?

Posted on 1 May, 2020 by Stacy Krueger-Hadfield

Raven Edwards wrote this post as a project for Dr. Stacy Krueger-Hadfield’s Evolution course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She is a Master’s student in Dr. James McClintock’s lab where she is studying the growth of variegated sea urchins. Raven completed … Continue reading →

Posted in adaptation, birds, blogging, conservation, ecology, evolution, Science Communication | Tagged Birds, Blogging, parasitism, scicomm | Leave a comment

Asteroids and Pandemics

Posted on 27 Apr, 2020 by Katharine Coykendall

For whatever reason, viral disease and pandemics have been on my mind, so it’s no surprise that a recent paper in Molecular Ecology caught my attention. It blends the existential dread of global pandemics with the increasing panic concerning the … Continue reading →

Posted in conservation, ecology, genomics, transcriptomics | Tagged genomics, marine disease, marine ecology, marine invertebrates, sea star wasting disease, thermal stress | Leave a comment

Everything About Ant Reproductive Biology is Bizarre

Posted on 24 Apr, 2020 by Stacy Krueger-Hadfield

Sam Gregory wrote this post as a project for Dr. Stacy Krueger-Hadfield’s Scientific Communication course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Sam earned a BS in biology and BFA in studio art from Birmingham-Southern College, and is currently pursuing an … Continue reading →

Posted in bioinformatics, blogging, Coevolution, ecology, evolution, insects, Science Communication | Tagged ants, Blogging, EO Wilson, scicomm, student | Leave a comment

The spirit of Antarctic invasions future?

Posted on 21 Apr, 2020 by Stacy Krueger-Hadfield

Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol during a change in how Victorian England viewed the Christmas holiday. It’s clearly not Christmas … and certainly isn’t a jolly time. But, taking some artistic liberty from how Dickens outlined the five chapters of … Continue reading →

Posted in blogging, community ecology, comparative phylogeography, conservation, DNA barcoding, ecology, evolution, mini-review, natural history, phylogeography, Science Communication | Tagged Algae, Antarctica, biodiversity, Biological Invasion, conservation, conservation genetics, Invertebrates, marine, Southern Ocean, Vector | Leave a comment