The United Nations has declared 2016 the International Year of Pulses! Pulses are legumes raised for their seed crop. They include lentils, dry beans, dry peas, chickpeas ( also known as garbanzo beans), lupini, and cowpeas, among other legume seed … Continue reading
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What I learned from D.S. Wilson’s interview with Richard Lewontin
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I really enjoyed reading the transcript of this interview of Richard Lewontin by David Sloan Wilson. They touched on the importance of humility as a scientific virtue, and in a rather indirect fashion, how the lack of it could influence … Continue reading
Update to my letter to Biological Conservation’s Book Review Editor
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After reading Stuart Pimm’s book review in Biological Conservation, in which he compared a fellow scientist to a whoring prostitute, which is a very gender-specific and woman-degrading metaphor, I wrote a letter (BiolCons 2014) to Book Review Editor Phil Cafaro, … Continue reading
We’re working on the website!
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We’re meeting tonight to update the website!
Excellent article about how to make effective figures
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This is a really nice article with examples of 10 basic rules for effective figures.
Selection for cheating in rhizobia
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Check out our new paper: Porter_Simms_2014_EcologyLetters, which reports that natural selection favors cheating in rhizobia but not host legumes.
Congratulations to Helen Kurkjian, who advanced to Ph. D. candidacy this month!
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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.
Undergraduate honors theses
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Undergraduates pursuing honors sometimes feel adrift and overwhelmed at the prospect of writing their thesis. The following links provide helpful information: UNC-Chapel Hill UC Berkeley MCB Department UC Berkeley IB Department (pdf)