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While i’m not a huge fan of the photo, I’m really happy with this interview, part of the “Meet the Faculty” series this fall.  I feel like many times when you start a faculty ...
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Have you ever felt that your research could be a flagship educational tool, an engaging discovery tailor-made for the cover of a high school or even elementary school biology book?  Well, thanks to the Understanding ...
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One of my favorite things about getting this site started has been to find all the most recent work of former students as I update links on this site.  I just came across Shayla ...
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A nice shout out to our work on CRISPR in non-model organisms given in the Dean’s message in periodiCALS !!   Originally, they had the link to my Faculty Page wrong, but by posting ...
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            Specht lab grad Adriana Hernandez rocked the triple challenge of (1) being a first semester first year graduate student while also (2) serving as TA extraordinare for PLBIO ...
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Joyce Chery, Carrie Tribble, and Jesús Martinez-Gomez came to visit Cornell, explore the new lab, and experience some fine Ithaca fall weather.  Carrie also celebrated her birthday, while Joyce got a paper published!  These ...
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Welcome to the newly developed Specht Lab webpage!  I’m trying to transition content from our former UC Berkeley site to Cornell, and its taking me longer than I’d like…. but its getting done.  Mostly ...
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