News Archive

2013

• Congrats to Caitlin for successfully defending her master’s thesis.  Great job Caitlin!
• Lab renovation is just about done. Can’t wait to move in!
• Great job to Jessica’s Mammalogy and WFSC 302 students. Congrats on a successful semester!
• Fall 2013 semester - survived! Yippie!
• Two proposals submitted in early December. Finger’s crossed!
• Caitlin’s manuscript submitted to the Journal of Parasitology has been accepted! (pending revision)
• Caitlin and Jaime both presented at the annual Entomological Society of America meeting. Great job guys!
• A whole batch of NSF Graduate Research Fellowships were submitted early November 2013. Good luck everyone!
• Submitted Chapter 1 of Caitlin’s master’s research!
• Postdoc Justin Henningsen gives the EEB on 16 October 2013: “What you’ve got or how to use it? Signals and performance in the green anole lizard”
• Another manuscript submitted, this time to Journal of Parasitology (16 October 2013)
• Mohamed Noor visits TAMU for a EEB seminar.  Great to see you Mohamed!
• Lab renovation is loud, but awesome!
• Pocket gophers are not cooperating as of late. Boo.
• Mammal trapping continues to be insane at the collections with the mammalogy class. Next trapping session is next week....I wonder what we’ll catch?
• Successful mammal trapping in South Texas at San Antonia Viejo Ranch (East Wildlife Foundation). Much needed after very low trapping success all summer. Great job Aleyda, Oona, and Justin!
• Two manuscripts submitted to Western North American Naturalist the week of September 9th
• August mammal trapping at the collections was insane. Record breaking trapping success (> 25%)mostly due to a population increase for Sigmodon hispidus. 
• I’m way behind for updates for 2013, sorry!
• August: Welcome to the lab Adrian, Aleyda, Whitney, and Oona!  Big lab for Fall 2013, just in time for our lab renovation.