Spotlights

  • Elise Gray

    In Categories Tags Elise Gray Elise Gray is a PhD candidate in the Meyer Lab at Boston College. Her research focuses on the evolution of cis-regulatory RNAs in bacteria and in her spare time she enjoys fiber arts and exploring nature. “I research regulatory RNAs in bacteria, including how these RNAs evolve and are maintained, including studying…

  • Dr. Laura Lagomarsino

    Follow Laura! Twitter: @Lagomarsino_L In Categories Tags Dr. Laura Lagomarsino Dr. Lagomarsino is an Assistant Professor of Biological Sciences and proud Director of the Shirley C. Tucker Herbarium at Louisiana State University. She is a botanist and evolutionary biologist. In this interview from October 2017 we discuss her new position, the value of collections to the…

  • John Mead Scientist Spotlight interview

    John Mead Scientist Spotlight interview Details: Creator: Heather Olins Contributor: John Mead

  • Dr. AJ Kumar scientist spotlight interview

    Dr. AJ Kumar scientist spotlight interview Details: Creator: Heather Olins

  • Scientist Spotlight Interview with Dr. Ambika Kamath

    Scientist Spotlight Interview with Dr. Ambika Kamath Dr. Kamath is a Miller post-doctoral fellow at UC Berkeley. This interview took place in August of 2019. Details: Creator: Heather Olins Contributor: Dr. Ambika Kamath

  • Scientist Spotlight interview with Dr. Shane Campbell-Staton

    Scientist Spotlight interview with Dr. Shane Campbell-Staton Dr. Campbell-Staton is an Assistant Professor of Biology at the University of California, Los Angeles. This interview took place in September of 2017 when he was a postdoc at the University of Illinois, Urbana-Champagne. Details: Creator: Heather OlinsContributor:  Shane Campbell-Staton

  • Dr. Beth Bearce

    Follow Beth! Twitter: @Carcinoginger In Categories Tags Dr. Beth Bearce Dr. Beth Bearce was a doctoral candidate in the Lowery Lab at Boston College when this interview was conducted. She has since successfully defended her dissertation. Beth studies the embryonic cells that later develop and differentiate to create almost all tissues of the face. After the first round…

  • Dr. Shane Campbell-Staton

    Follow Shane! Twitter: @SCambellstaton and @superbiopodcast In Categories Tags Dr. Shane Campbell-Staton Evolutionary biologist, interested in physiology, genomes and human-mediated adaptation. Dr. Shane Campbell-Staton is an assistant professor of biology at University of California, Los Angeles. His research combines environmental niche modeling, field biology, experimental physiology, and genomic techniques to understand how changing climates affect evolutionary history and…

  • Nicole Dobroski

    Nicole’s contact information can be found here. She is also on Linkedin. Tags Nicole Dobroski Nicole Dobroski is an Assistant Chief of the Marine Environmental Protection Division for the California State Lands Commission. She has worked for the Commission since 2006. Nicole manages the Commission’s Marine Invasive Species Program. Nicole and the Marine Invasive Species Program staff…

  • Dr. Kiana Frank

    Follow Kiana! Twitter: @labhuiofrank Instagram: @labhuiofrank In Categories Tags Dr. Kiana Frank Dr. Kiana Frank and the people in her lab at the Pacific Biosciences Research Center at the University of Hawai’i Manoa work to better understand the complex role that microorganisms play in biogeochemical cycling. They focus on describing the microbial community structure, functional capacity and rates of metabolic activity in the context of the physico-chemical environment.…