I attended my first SACNAS Conference from Oct 31-Nov 2 in Honolulu, Hawaii. SACNAS is an inclusive organization that promotes and supports the success of Chicanos/Hispanics and Native Americans in science. Our very ...
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We had quite the showing at Botany 2019 in Tucson, Arizona this year. Heather, Clarice, Rosy and Jesus presented posters (and come to 5th floor Mann to check them out!!!) while Jacob, Eugenio, Carrie, ...
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Heather Phillips first year graduate student in Plant biology officially joins the Specht lab! She did undergraduate at UC Davis followed by a Masters at the University of Bath wow! She is bringing a ...
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I attended my very first Evolution 2019! What a fantastic meeting full for super interesting topics ranging from the Macro to the micro. I got to put faces on the names of researcher from ...
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Joyce Chery, former graduate student in the Specht Lab, graduated with a PhD in Integrative Biology from UC Berkeley this past weekend (May 24, 2019). Joyce received her undergraduate from Cornell!! working with now-retired ...
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Earlier this May, Clarice and Heather teamed up with fellow first-year Plant Bio grads Pat Mendoza and Gordon Younkin, to organize an activity for the Big Red Barn’s annual Kids’ Science Day event. One ...
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Adriana Hernandez, 2nd year graduate student in Plant Biology and member of the Specht Lab, was awarded a 2019 NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. This will fund her stipend as she carries out her research ...
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Adriana, second year PhD student, is largely interested in applying genomic tools to conservation research. She has focused her research on a California endemic lily, Calochortus venustus, and studies floral diversification, evolutionary history, and ...
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Diversity Preview Weekend is a three day event that brings students interested in EEB, Entomology and SIPS to the Cornell campus, to learn about graduate school before they apply. It specifically recruits students from ...
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This post is a little late, but I attend eFlower Summer School at Oak Spring Garden in Virginia last Fall! A 10 day phylogenetic comparative methods school for botanist all around the world. The ...
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