Emily and Erica collaborated with Anna Runemark at Lund University on this survey of gene expression in hybrids. This paper was made possible by support from the University of Denver Internationalization International Partnership & Development Grant and the Swedish Foundation for International Research and Higher Education (STINT).
Runemark A, Moore EM, and EL Larson. 2024. Hybridization and gene expression: beyond differentially expressed genes. Molecular Ecology. 00:e17303. https://doi.org/10.1111/mec.17303
60 crickets in two hours!
“On September 4, 2023, the sky cleared over Nynäshamn, Sweden, and researchers from across the globe gathered for the 16th Biology of Spermatozoa (BoS) meeting. What followed was a week fuelled by tasty food (find out below about the gelato!) and beautiful weather discussing sperm, eggs, reproductive fluids, fertility, and all things reproductive evolution.”
Whittington, Emma, and M. Alund. "Sperm, eggs, pollen, and gelato, oh my!." Molecular Reproduction and Development(2023).
TJ is leading a massive field effort between the Larson and Firneno Labs! Below are a few photos from their various trips across the field cricket hybrid zone.
Erica and Emily traveled to Lund, Sweden to visit the Runemark Lab and work on a publication with Anna. They enjoyed a traditional Swedish crayfish party and a tour of Scania.
Gabrielle, Scott and Lauren went to Cricket Course, a five-day workshop at the Archbold Biological Station in Florida that provided hands-on training in identification, ecology, behavior, and bioacoustics of crickets. The Larson and Tinghitella Lab team learned taxonomy and bioacoustics, and received training in ensiferan collection, rearing, recording, song analysis, species identification, and pinning.
Camille presents her research on animal weapon evolution in rhinoceros beetles at SMBE 2023.
Camille and TJ presented their research at the ASN 2003 meeting at Asilomar.
The Larson Lab, Taylor Lab (University of Colorado Boulder), Runemark Lab (Lund University), and Velotta Lab (University of Denver) had a fall research retreat at CU’s Mountain Research Station. Everyone presented their research, cooked lots of great food and carved pumpkins.
Kelsie Hunnicutt just returned from a road trip to Montana, where she visited Jeff Good’s lab to learn mouse and hamster testes cell sorting. Kelsie collected a ton of data on her trip, and visited Yellowstone and Glacier on the way.
Congratulations to Kelsie for being admitted to the Bodega Applied Phylogenetics Workshop at the University of California Davis!
DU delegates visited the University of Western Australia. The highlight of the trip was kangaroos!
