Where in the world is the Specht Lab?
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 ...
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Adriana in the field
Armed with liquid nitrogen, dry ice, camera, notebook, and various hypotheses about variation in floral form and function, Adriana hit the coastal ranges of California in search of Calochortus. Thanks to generous funding by ...
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Jesús passes his qualifying exams; Advances to candidacy.
HUGE CONGRATULATIONS!! are in order to Jesús Martinez Gomez who passed his qualifying exams today and is now a PhD Candidate. This is a particularly impressive accomplishment in that his exams advance him to ...
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Joyce Chery awarded Dissertation Year Fellowship
Congratulations to Joyce Chery, 4th year Graduate Student at UC Berkeley, who was awarded a 2018-2019 Dissertation Year Fellowship. The University of California Dissertation-Year Fellowship is given each year to select, outstanding doctoral students who demonstrate ...
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Adriana to attend Comparative Phylogenetics workshop in Mexico City
One of the best things about grad school is the opportunity to expand your expertise, learn new skills, and meet other students and faculty working in your area of interest. Adriana will be doing ...
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Jesús and Adriana honored with fellowships (NSF to Jesús) and grants (Schmittau-Novak to Adrie)!!!!
This morning at around 2AM I received an email from Jesús Martinez-Gomez…. forwarding me the notice that he is the recipient of a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship (GRFP)!! Its one of those ...
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Incoming student Clarice Guan awarded PLSF
“The Presidential Life Science Fellowship (PLSF) promotes broad and integrative inquiry by providing a novel platform for first year graduate students to launch an integrated system for research and education that brings together the fields ...
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Diversity Preview Weekend 2018
This coming weekend, diverse students from across the country who are interested in Ecology & Evolutionary Biology, Entomology and Plant Sciences will be coming to Cornell to learn about our graduate programs and be ...
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Awesome research video
I’ve been participating in a workshop called Knowledge Matters where we are learning about tools to make our impact more visible, whether its our research impact or the impact of other initiatives we may ...
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2017 Premio Nacional de las Ciencias — Elena Alvarez Buylla
Former Sabbatical Visitor to the Specht Lab, Dra. María Elena Alvarez-Buylla Roces, was awarded the Mexican National Prize in Science and Arts for her research on genetically modified corn and spread of genes to ...
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