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News and updates on the Dept of Animal Biology at UIUC. life.illinois.edu/animalbiology/ University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Joined September 2014-
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Graduating senior Annelise Dunsmore made this for me. She is a biology major-art minor. Ichthyologywas her favorite class. #arapaima #ichthyology
Congrats to lab undergrads Jackie Piekos and Kun Yun who have been awarded "Distinction" for their theses! @iBioIllinois @UIUCAnimalBio
Free and accessible to the public . . . and a topic of interest to all!
Lab member Dan Urban's image of an opossum head section (edited by artists) is featured in this year's @IGBIllinois Art of Science Exhibit!
Please join me in congratulating @DrStrangeAnt for successfully defending his Master's today!
PI Sears is giving a public talk for "Darwin Day" at Murray State University today. Feel free to stop by if you are in the neighborhood!
March 16th at 12:00 pm in 101 ISB, Dr. Andy Suarez will present on why New World ants are so successful @UIUCAnimalBio @LASillinois
@IGBIllinois MOOC on "Genomics: Decoding the Language of Life" is now online at coursera.org/learn/genomics…. PI Sears is a featured scientist!
Lab paper on mammal middle ear evodevo is out in @NatureEcoEvo!Thanks to @NAnthwal for his hard work on the project. nature.com/articles/s4155…
A day of books, bassoons, and bats! bit.ly/2mqz9QR @UrbanaFree @Sears_Lab
AB members Alec Luro and Mark Hauber have published a new paper on avian brood parasitism! To check it out, go to: link.springer.com/article/10.100…
Important read: Gender diversity leads to better science @PNASNews pnas.org/cgi/content/lo… #WomenInScience #STEMwomen
Exciting @Sears_Lab study led by IGB Fellow Dan Urban! Opossum devo reveals possible path of middle ear evolution: bit.ly/2kTB2E2
It's recruitment weekend for the Department of Animal Biology. Welcome potential graduate students!
Visual teaser for our paper with @NAnthwal, Abbie Tucker, & Zhe-Xi Luo that was published today in PRSB. For more: rspb.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/284/18…
A little treat before flying back for Erophylla @Sears_Lab #nightintheforest
Limb development: a paradigm of gene regulation go.nature.com/2leMTtK #review
The next OEB Seminar Thursday, Feb 9 with Karen Sears @Sears_Lab 4pm Bio Labs Lecture Hall oeb.harvard.edu/event/oeb-semi…
The evolution, genetics and development of vertebrate limbs - new review in @NatureRevGenet nature.com/nrg/journal/va…

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