Category Archives: ecology

Genetics of Returning Turtles

Posted on 7 Aug, 2019 by Stacy Krueger-Hadfield

Amy Bonka wrote this post as a project for Stacy Krueger-Hadfield’s Conservation Genetics course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Amy grew up in Florida, completed a BS in Biology with a concentration in Marine Science and Chemistry as well … Continue reading →

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It's all because of the holobiont

Posted on 16 Jul, 2019 by Laetitia Wilkins

It’s conference season at the Molecular Ecologist. I went for the first time to a Gordon Research Conference (GRC). GRCs @GordonConf are well known for their efforts to foster an informal and inclusive atmosphere where frontier research in the biological, … Continue reading →

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Molecular ecologists — and molecular ecology — at Evolution 2019

Posted on 19 Jun, 2019 by Jeremy Yoder
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Luck be a Korarchaeota tonight

Posted on 8 Mar, 2019 by Kelle Freel

Some tiny microbes are making a pretty big splash, and not just in the hot springs they call home in Yellowstone National Park. Recently, there was an interesting article published in Nature Microbiology about some amazing archaea, which are generally … Continue reading →

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Is taxonomy still relevant to innovative science?

Posted on 30 Jan, 2019 by Stacy Krueger-Hadfield

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

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The (silent) thunder down under: mud volcanoes and the microbes that love them

Posted on 29 Jan, 2019 by Kelle Freel

One of the most recognized and distributed photographs ever is of the earth taken by the crew of the Apollo 17 spacecraft 28,000 miles above where you’re reading this, and was named “The Blue Marble“. As the photo implies, our … Continue reading →

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“Through endurance we conquer.”* Are humans really the only ones who can make it across Drake’s Passage?

Posted on 23 Jan, 2019 by Stacy Krueger-Hadfield

Sabrina Heiser wrote this post as a project for Stacy Krueger-Hadfield’s Conservation Genetics course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Sabrina grew up in Germany, completed a BSc (Hons) in Marine Biology at Plymouth University (UK) and then lived in … Continue reading →

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Kelp forests: the underwater woodlands

Posted on 16 Jan, 2019 by Stacy Krueger-Hadfield

Aisha O’ Connor wrote this post as a project for Stacy Krueger-Hadfield’s Conservation Genetics course at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. She sat in on lectures while she was at UAB as part of a British Phycological Society Student Bursary … Continue reading →

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A Highlight of Molecular Ecology outside of Academia

Posted on 21 Dec, 2018 by Katharine Coykendall

I’ve recently made a career change. Actually, I’m not even sure whether to call it that, or the next step of a natural, if meandering progression of a scientist not on the academic career path. Even though I see more and … Continue reading →

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ESA 2018 Recap

Posted on 23 Aug, 2018 by Kathryn Turner

Something old, something new, something borrowed, something BLUE …in which I shoe-horn a summary post of this giant meeting into a cutesy subtitle, but it mostly works.

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