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Teaching | The Thomson Lab

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College of Natural Sciences. Zoology 480 – Evolutionary Biology. Zoology 780/781 – Foundations of Evolution and Ecology I and II (co-taught with Floyd Reed. Botany/Zoology 670 – Scientific Teaching Tools for Active Learning (co-taught with Kasey Barton. Bodega Bay Phylogenetics Workshop. Phylogenetics Workshop for 2013 HIMB Pauley Program. Deprecated; undergoing replacement by Treethinkers. Evolution Teaching Activities for Undergraduates. New paper highlighted in Molecular Ecology. 2016 The Thomson Lab.

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Join the lab | The Thomson Lab

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College of Natural Sciences. We are looking for highly motivated, hard-working graduate students with an interest in phylogenetics and/or conservation biology. Projects in the lab focus broadly on these two areas and use approaches ranging from bioinformatics to purely field-based studies. Much of our work focuses on amphibians and reptiles, although we have growing interests centered on several clades that are native to Hawaii. If you are interested, please contact Bob. UH Department of Biology.

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People | The Thomson Lab

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College of Natural Sciences. Sabbatical Visitor: Adrián Nieto Montes de Oca. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow: Anthony Barley. Graduate Student: Emilie Richards. Graduate Student: Van Wishingrad. Volunteer Researcher: Evan Padro. Undergraduate Student: Sam Fisher. Undergraduate Student: Ann Marsolais. Undergraduate Student: Melissa Seymour. Undergraduate honors student 2013-2014. Now in masters of public health program at UC Davis. Masters in Zoology 2012-2014. New paper highlighted in Molecular Ecology.

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Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship for Anthony | The Thomson Lab

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College of Natural Sciences. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship for Anthony. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellowship for Anthony. No Comments ↓. Congratulations to Anthony who just received notification that he was selected as an Arnold O. Beckman Postdoctoral Fellow! More information about the award is available here. Leave a Reply Cancel reply. Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *. You may use these. Notify me of follow-up comments by email. Notify me of new posts by email. Post ...

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Publications | The Thomson Lab

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College of Natural Sciences. Thomson, RC, DC Plachetzki, DL Mahler, BR Moore. In press. Estimating Phylogeny from microRNA Data: A Critical Appraisal. Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA. doi: 10.1073/pnas.1407207111. Spinks, PQ, RC Thomson, HB Shaffer. 2014. The advantages of going large: genome-wide SNPs clarify the complex population history and systematics of the threatened western pond turtle. Molecular Ecology. 23: 2228-2241 doi: 10.1111/mec.12736. Spinks PQ, RC Thomson, Y Zhang, J...

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Mojave Desert Fieldwork | The Thomson Lab

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College of Natural Sciences. 2 Comments ↓. The Mojave Desert is a great place to study reptiles. Besides being a biological hotspot of lizard diversity, it is also a beautiful place to work. Anthony, Bob, Amber Wright. And I just got back from an 11-day field expedition in the Mojave, where we met up with Greg Pauly. To collect data for a number of different projects. Some of the lizard species we are working with in the Mojave include the following:. 2 comments on “ Mojave Desert Fieldwork. New paper hi...

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News | The Thomson Lab

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College of Natural Sciences. New paper highlighted in Molecular Ecology. No Comments ↓. Bob and I have a new paper out in the current issue of Molecular Ecology. Assessing the performance of DNA barcoding using posterior predictive simulations. In the same issue, our paper was highlighted in a great ‘Perspective’ piece. Written by Lucie Zinger and Hervé Philippe. Check them both out! No Comments ↓. No Comments ↓. Emilie spoke about her thesis research this year and was selected as a winner for best talk!

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Emily recently joined the Phylo Lab (Welcome Emily! She is a third-year undergraduate student majoring in biological sciences. Emily fell in love with phylogenetics as a student in BIS 2C (which shows impeccable taste), and is combining this new love with her old passion for human health by helping Jay with a project exploring "phylodynamic" models used to study viral evolution. We are also hoping to convert her to a coffee drinker. Traveler. Artist. Tea Enthusiast. Fighter, dancer, writer, musician.

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Projects | Moore Lab

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The Moore lab is primarily focused on the development and application of statistical phylogenetic methods. The major component of this research program involves developing Bayesian statistical approaches for inferring the evolutionary relationships among species (. And also entails advancing methods for making inferences regarding various evolutionary processes from phylogenetic trees (. Here is a brief description of some of the big, externally funded projects that currently underway in the Phylo Lab.