“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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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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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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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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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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