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Category Archives: ecology
Yeast 2-Hybrid: Discovering Protein-Protein Interactions from Yeast to West
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
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Does it pay to be parasitized?
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
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Asteroids and Pandemics
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
Everything About Ant Reproductive Biology is Bizarre
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
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Bobbing for Bobcats
Catherine Sirgo wrote this post as a part Dr. Stacy Krueger-Hadfield’s Science Communication course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Catherine is a Master’s Candidate within Dr. Thane Wibbels’ lab researching conservation for the Mississippi Diamondback Terrapin in Alabama. Catherine earned … Continue reading
Posted in bioinformatics, conservation, demography, ecology, evolution, Science Communication
Tagged Blogging, cats, conservation, scicomm
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A bloom by any other name
Once a year during the spring, when conditions are juuuuust right, phytoplankton are terrible at social distancing. This annual bloom that takes place in the spring from 35º North in the North Atlantic and reaches all the way to the … Continue reading
Posted in community ecology, ecology, microbiology
Tagged microbial communities, phytoplankton
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Digging for Knowledge … and Nematodes
Hannah Oswalt wrote this post as a part Dr. Stacy Krueger-Hadfield’s Science Communication course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Hannah is working towards her PhD in Dr. Chuck Amsler’s lab where she is investigating the effects of ocean acidification on macroalgae … Continue reading
Posted in adaptation, bioinformatics, Coevolution, community, ecology, evolution, Science Communication
Tagged Blogging, Evolution, nematodes, scicomm
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#StudentSciComm
I just submitted my four year review and in so doing listed out the students that had published blogs on The Molecular Ecologist. Seventeen students have not only received course credit, but also have a non-peer reviewed publication on their … Continue reading
Posted in blogging, career, chat, community, ecology, evolution, howto, methods, Molecular Ecology, the journal, Science Communication, science publishing
Tagged Blogging, ecology, Evolution, scicomm, student, StudentSciComm
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