The lab attends SMBE 2024 in Puerto Vallarta
The lab attended the Annual Meeting of the Society of Molecular Biology and Evolution in Puerto Vallarta, Mexico this July. Joanna, Sam, and Tina presented research, and Ellie co-organized a symposium on sex chromosomes. Check out some photos from the conference!
Tina accepted to NSF-Sponsored Polar Genomics Workshop at University of Florida
Tina was accepted to attend the NSF-Sponsored workshop “Detecting adaptive evolutionary events in genomes of polar species” at the Whitney Laboratory for Marine Bioscience, St. Augustine, Florida. This workshop will cover methods for analyzing positive selection in diverse organisms and provide opportunities to network with other polar biologists.
Congratulations Tina!
Itzel presents undergraduate research at the Cultivamos Excelencia research symposium
Itzel recently presented at the Cultivamos Excelencia Research Symposium for transfer students at UC Santa Cruz. She presented on work studying genetic mechanisms underlying mammalian hibernation. Congratulations on a great presentation Itzel!
Anne presents at The Wildlife Society Annual Meeting 2024 in Coeur D’Alene
Anne gave a talk at The Wildlife Society’s Annual Meeting in Coeur D’Alene, Idaho this week! Anne presented findings from her rotation project on comparative transcriptomics of hibernation in mammals in the Genomics Special Session.
Congratulations Anne!
Abby and Grace present undergraduate research at WSU SURCA
Undergraduate researchers Abby and Grace presented research posters at the 2024 Showcase for Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities (SURCA) at Washington State University!
Abby presented work on sex-specific gene expression in hibernating bears and Grace presented work on mitochondrial genomes and population genomics of brown bears.
Congratulations to Abby and Grace!
Tait wins Best Graduate Talk award at WSN Conference!
Tait was awarded the Best Graduate Talk in Population and Organismal Biology at the Western Society of Naturalists annual meeting in Monterey, CA! She presented on her thesis project looking at the regulatory underpinnings of seasonal run-time variation in Chinook salmon.
Congratulations Tait!
The Kelley Lab welcomes Tina Cai!
The Kelley Lab is excited to welcome Tina Cai to the lab! Tina will be pursuing her PhD in the lab studying adaptation in polar fishes!
Pumpkin carving with the lab!
The Kelley and Cornejo Labs enjoyed a festive evening of pumpkin carving this past Tuesday. We were joined by Evan, Tina, Sam, MC, Joanna, Omar as well as partners and family for dinner before transforming pumpkins into cats, unicorns, nucleotides, and more!
The Kelley Lab is up and running at UCSC
This week, MC, Isabel, and Kara performed the first DNA extraction in the new Kelley Lab space at UC Santa Cruz!
Thanks to everyone for working to get our new space up and running!