Category Archives: people
Congratulations to Helen!
Gallery
Helen Kurkjian earned her Ph.D. and is heading off to a postdoctoral position at Boston College! We’re wishing Helen well in her future endeavors!
Anthony Pham and Huy Ha present their results at the BSP symposium
Anthony and Huy presented the results of their independent research projects at the Biology Scholars Program symposium in April. Anthony’s research examines why some rhizobial species are common while others are rare, and Huy’s research investigates the nifH and nodC genes of rhizobial strains found in northern California. Both did a great job presenting their research!
Congratulations to Helen!
Gallery
Congratulations to Helen Kurkjian, who was just informed that her Doctoral Dissertation Improvement Grant proposal has been recommended for funding!
incoming student Briana Boaz stopped by on her way north to Alaska!
Gallery
Briana breezed through last week on her way to Alaska. She is enjoying a road trip before buckling down to graduate work. I think that this is a great idea, as it is harder to get away for long periods … Continue reading
Simms lab undergrads receive recognition at IB Commencement!
Gallery
This gallery contains 1 photo.
Simms lab members were very proud that senior thesis researchers Aastha Garde and Michael Paap both received special recognition at the IB commencement for their academic and research accomplishments.Congratulations to both! Aastha Garde was honored with a Marian Diamond Award … Continue reading
We bid a fond farewell to Marriam and Mohsin
Gallery
After six months in the lab, Marriam made great progress on her PhD thesis research (including identifying the rhizobia she isolated from peas and chickpeas using 16S DNA sequence and using thin-layer chromatography to identify the AHLs they produce). Mohsin … Continue reading
Lab group meeting
Gallery
This gallery contains 2 photos.
During this week’s lab group meeting we shared champagne and sparkling cider to celebrate Kim’s new NSF grant and Astha’s acceptance into Duke Medical School. Unfortunately, Astha was studying for midterms, so she wasn’t at the meeting.
Back to teaching! And, getting some writing done at the same time!
Gallery
Back from sabbatical and back into teaching. This year, I’m incorporating a lot of learning activities into the lecture section of my upper division course in ecological genetics. Some of this is motivated by my reading of Magdalene Lampert’s Teaching … Continue reading
Congratulations to Helen Kurkjian, who advanced to Ph. D. candidacy this month!
Gallery
Helen passed her quals and is ready to embark on her research using bacterial microcosms to explore how the spatial arrangement of subpopulations affects the resilience of metapopulations to disturbance.