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A very festive event, the Fall 2019 Taylor Lab Bake-off set celebrity guest judge Dr. Erica Larson to task once again with carefully evaluating the crumb, the flavor, the creativity, and of course the bake of a very crowded table of treats.
On December 2nd, Taylor Lab Research Affiliate Ethan Linck taught a tutorial on analyzing population genomic sequence data in Python and R for a ÃÛÌÒ´«Ã½Æƽâ°æÏÂÔØ BioFrontiers Institute's Quantitative Exploration and Discussion (QED) Supergroup meeting.
Sheela is finishing up a behavioral experiment in the Iberá wetlands of Argentina to examine the traits used in species recognition by two species of capuchino seedeaters. Southern capuchino seedeaters are characterized by striking differences in
The Taylor Lab had a great time this past weekend meeting up with students and postdocs in the Wagner, Larson, and Carling labs. Lightening talks combined with professional development activities and a final evening of trivia made for an excellent
Scott and Danny recent traveled to Salisbury Maryland to take part in the annual Waterbird Society meeting. Danny presented results from his whole genome investigation of phylogeny and introgression in boobies. Scott gave a talk about pelican
A perspective article from Erik and Scott was recently published in The Auk: Ornithological Advances and highlighted as the Editor's Choice from the issue. The paper reviews some recent studies that reveal genetic associations with avian plumage
The lab had a great time hosting the 1st Annual Boulder Chickadee Study Participant Symposium on Oct 19, 2019. The event featured an hour of interactive discussion with our amazing undergraduate researchers, talks from Scott, Kathryn, and
Scott, along with Dr. Erica Larson and Dr. Robin Tinghitella from the University of Denver recently published a review in Frontiers in Ecology and Evolution exploring the potential impacts that climate change may have on insect hybridization.
Congratulations to Shay, who was recently awarded a BSI Scholar Award! With this award, Shay will be examining thermoregulatory differences between clack-capped and mountain chickadee nests collected across a 6000 foot elevation gradient
In collaboration with Dr. David Toews, Dr. Irby Lovette, Dr. Henry Streby, and Gunnar Kramer, Scott recently published a paper in PNAS exploring the genetic basis for migration differences in the Vermivora warblers. For more information on findings