Our paper describing rangewide patterns of genetic structure (or lack thereof!) in American badgers was accepted for publication in Molecular Ecology. Congrats Liz!
MEWG official!
The Molecular Ecology Working Group (MEWG) of The Wildlife Society was notified today that we have been granted official working group status, following our successful interim performance period! Find out more about the group here.
TWS Annual Conference
Emily attended the The Wildlife Society’s Annual Conference in Raleigh, NC. Lots of interesting talks and posters, catching up with colleagues and friends, and maybe a bit too much beer. The Molecular Ecology Working Group (MEWG) petitioned to become official, having met all of our criteria for consideration. Keeping our fingers crossed! MEWG also met to brainstorm ideas for workshops and symposia for next year’s meeting. Productive conference!
Genelle and Andrea join the lab!
Genelle (MS, Snowshoe hare conservation genetics) and Andrea (PhD, Genomic tools for captive population management) joined the lab! Welcome!
Mule deer genomics paper accepted
Our paper describing cross-species exon capture in mule deer was accepted for publication in Molecular Ecology Resources. It will appear in the Special Issue: Sequence Capture. Congrats John!
Rachael’s research featured
Rachael’s dissertation research on plague ecology in prairie dog colonies was featured in UWM’s College of Letters and Science In Focus newsletter, highlighting ongoing research projects in the College. Read the article here (page 2).
MEWG charter approved
The Wildlife Society’s Molecular Ecology Working Group (MEWG) approved their charter, another step toward becoming an official working group within TWS.
Emily joins IUCN Conservation Genetics Specialist Group
Emily is excited to join the IUCN’s Conservation Genetics Specialist Group. http://www.cgsg.uni-freiburg.de/
Path to PMx righteousness
Emily attended a meeting about PMx and using genetics to inform captive population management at the Brookfield Zoo. So many things to learn, and a whole world of new considerations (at least for this wild population biologist) for the management of captive populations.
BioSci research symposium
UW-Milwaukee’s Department of Biological Sciences’ annual research symposium had good representation from the Latch Lab.