Amanda Gorton’s manuscript
September 2012:
Amanda Gorton’s manuscript on QTL mapping of symbiosis traits has been accepted to G3!
Go Amanda!
Heath Lab News
Graduate Course: Amplify the Signal
August 2012: Katy and Elizabeth’s graduate course on science communication, “Amplify the Signal”, gets a running start with 21 enthusiastic and impressively-experienced graduate students! We are writing online articles, doing radio spots, and working with the Orpheum on outreach.
New MS student Christie Klinger
August 2012: New MS student Christie Klinger arrives in Champaign-Urbana. She will study rhizobium adaptation to nitrogen fertilization!
Collaborative grant funded by NSF
August 2012: Collaborative grant with Astrid Ferrer and Jim Dalling is funded by NSF Dimensions of Biodiversity. We will be dodging the crocodiles in Coiba. Not too shabby!
Two new papers are available online
August 2012: Two new papers are available online (though not yet indexed in WoS): “Variation in the nodule transcriptome” and “Coevolutionary constraints”!
New paper with Katie McGhee
June 2012: New paper with Katie McGhee on “Coevolutionary constraints” is accepted to PLoS ONE!
Katy and Elizabeth Bagley collaborate
June 2012: Katy and Elizabeth Bagley will collaborate and offer a graduate seminar focused on NSF’s Broader Impacts criterion. Outreach activities promise to be authentic and fun!
New paper with John Stinchcombe
March 2012: New paper with John Stinchcombe on “Coevolutionary genetic variation in the nodule transcriptome” is accepted to Molecular Ecology!