We are really moving this summer. From left to right, and back again… here’s an account of where we are and whats going on.
Adriana: Most Mobile Element
- May – June: Collecting Calochortus in CA
- June: Morphology workshop at Arnold Arboretum (Cambridge Mass)
- June – July: Comparative phylogenetics workshop, UNAM (Mexico City)
- July: Rochester MN for Botany (?? i think??)
- Back to Ithaca to being 2nd year grad school in August.
Clarice:
- Clarice moved from Berkeley to Ithaca starting June 1, and is actively setting up the lab to begin DNA extractions and library building for NGS. She is working with undergrads Jason Rose and Rosy Glos. (note the rose theme…). Clarice will start her first year grad school in August.
Jesus:
- Jesus will be moving from Berkeley to Ithaca in mid-July and starting as a 3rd year graduate student in August. His allium bulbs have already arrived!!
- July: Rochester MN for Botany.
Chelsea:
- June: OTS Tropical Plant Systematics course in Costa Rica
- June: Galway, Ireland for Euro Evo Devo meetings & symposium on boundaries
- July: Colombia with Dr. Paul J.M and Hiltje Maas — collecting Costus!!!
- July: Rochester MN for Botany
Margaret:
- It looks like we’ll be having a new lab manager and research technician coming August! Stay tuned for a formal introduction of Margaret Royall, newest member-to-be of the Specht Lab.
By August we will all be back and the lab will be humming with activity. Come visit at 502/506 Mann Library!!