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Emma receives Institute of Marine Science research award!

Emma receives Institute of Marine Science research award!

Emma was recently awarded the Institute of Marine Science’s Student Research and Education Award! Emma received this award for her project “Uncovering the Secrets of the Deep: Genome Assembly for the Hubbs’ Beaked Whale.” Congratulations Emma!

Sad news

Sad news

While our feed is usually about lab accomplishments, we are deeply saddened to share the sudden and unexpected passing of Postdoctoral Researcher Carlos Garita-Alvarado. Carlos was a postdoctoral researcher in our lab and Eric Palkovacs’s lab. He joined us in January 2025 and brought to the labs his love of fish biology. He was interested in fish evolution and aquatic ecology, especially the selective pressures underlying morphological and behavioral diversification in freshwater fish. https://news.ucsc.edu/2025/03/in-memoriam-garita-alvarado.html

The lab attends Plant and Animal Genomes 32 in San Diego!

The lab attends Plant and Animal Genomes 32 in San Diego!

Members of the Kelley Lab attended the Plant and Animal Genomes 32 conference in San Diego last week. In total, the lab presented five posters and four talks! Talks (Kelley Lab members and alumni in bold, presenting author underlined) Ryan, K., De-Kayne, R., Arias-Rodriguez, L., Tobler, M., Kelley, J.L. (2025) Movement of Adaptive Alleles Among Locally Adapted Fish Populations. Plant and Animal Genomes 2025. San Diego, CA. Bogan, S.N., Moosman, O.W., Yee, M.C., Kline, I., Place, S.P., Kelley, J.L. (2025) Determining…

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