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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Kara passed her qualifying exam and presented her proposal defense this week! Congratulations and great job Kara!

Joanna recently visited a local elementary school to talk to students about bear biology. The students even had the opportunity to get up close and personal with real examples of bear fur and bones!

Tina presented a poster at the 2024 XXIII Bay Area Population Genetics Conference (BAPG) in Berkeley titled “DNA Methylation Underlies Responses to Heat Stress in the California Mussel.” Congratulations Tina!  

Joanna was recently interviewed live at KTVU about her recent NSF award to study bear DNA! Check out the interview here! Mike Peña wrote the a UCSC News article on this project, which you can find here. Nice job Joanna!

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 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!

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!