She has done it! Robin has successfully completed her comps and can now be officially called a “PhD candidate”! Congratulations!
Anole exercise
Hey lab (and world)! Check out this article:
Experimentally assessing the relative importance of predation and competition as agents of selection
Another one of these crazy whole-island experiments. Upscaling from our mesocosms ;-). I loved the evolution-ecology connection. And the idea of letting anoles run on a treadmill as a measure of reptile fitness. Did they also measure their body mass index? People do weird things in the name of science.
A small green gesture
I’ve just added a “Carbon Neutral” sticker to our blog’s sidebar. Did you know that Internet use produces a measurable carbon footprint via the operation of large mainframe computers? While its probably premature to expect that we will be getting the kind of traffic that actually generates a problem, the gesture costs nothing and at the very least raises awareness.
Is YOUR blog carbon neutral?
Mesocosm diversity
Srivastava lab madrecita Jana would like to welcome our new lab members!!!
Hi Martin, Angie, Virginia, Edd! We are glad you joined the lab! This makes at least 13 of us now. Up from 2 at the same time last year! Exponential population growth? You bet! And crazy increase in diversity. We come from 9 countries, right? i.e. our Shannon-Wiener is 2.13! And the majority of us speak Spanish in some way. I am proud of this global mesocosm!