Evolution, Ecology, and Population Biology program at Washington University.
University of Haifa – Academic Excellence with a Personal Touch
The Institute of Evolution, Haifa
Seminars
Follow up discussion on teaching about race:
Software for Evolutionary and Population Biology:
GeoDis softwarew for phylgeographic analysis – https://en.bio-soft.net/tree/GEODIS.html
BlocBuster (Sharlee Climer, Washington University)
SmartScan for Microbiome associations: https://dsgweb.wustl.edu/qunyuan/software/smartscan/
News Reports on Research for the General Public:
Collared Lizard, Saved by Fire – ABC News
The secret lives of the wild asses of the Negev – Featured, Horse Breeds, News – Horsetalk.co.nz
The Swiss Army knife of salamanders | Newsroom | Washington University in St. Louis
A blog by Joan Strassmann on a grasshopper trip in the Ozarks: https://sociobiology.wordpress.com/2011/09/04/hidden-nature-3-hunting-grasshoppers-in-ozark-glades/
Distilling-Science | WUSTL Magazine | Washington University in St. Louis
Frost flowers will bloom soon | Newsroom | Washington University in St. Louis
▶ Frost Flowers: A Holiday Greeting – YouTube
Frost flowers, St. Louis Post Dispatch, Nov. 2019 – https://www.stltoday.com/news/local/metro/missouri-s-ephemeral-ice-flowers-emerge-this-time-of-year/article_5cbf6def-c0c7-5a9b-ae2d-74efa9f388e6.html
Interview with “People Behind the Science” – http://www.peoplebehindthescience.com/dr-alan-templeton/
Two-headed Salamander, Jerusalem Post: http://www.jpost.com/Not-Just-News/For-Israeli-salamander-two-heads-are-better-than-one-383976 Feeding video: http://youtu.be/tOs0aYBD0Ak
Work on STEM program in Hawaii: http://www.hawaii.edu/news/2013/03/12/palolo-pipeline-program-gains-national-recognition/
Discovery of the largest yin-yang haplotype pair in the human genome: https://news.wustl.edu/news/Pages/big-data-genetic-clues.aspx
Interview about human races: https://soundcloud.com/science-vs/science-vs-race
Work on transcriptomics of endangered Salamandra: https://methodsblog.wordpress.com/2016/05/23/ecological-transcriptomics/
RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT: Genetic restoration in the eastern collared lizard under prescribed woodland burning https://static1.squarespace.com/static/552bfa74e4b0dcf927eb50b8/t/59f797948e7b0fa62a1abceb/1509398450044/October+2017__Newsletter_final__.pdf
Has human evolution stopped?: https://www.medicalnewstoday.com/articles/321942.php
Research on the genetics of autism: https://www.ornl.gov/news/genetic-markers-autism-hiding-plain-sight and https://www.psychologytoday.com/us/blog/the-future-brain/202212/genomics-and-ai-spot-genetic-marker-autism
Research on COVID: https://source.wustl.edu/2023/04/covid-19-patients-blood-plasma-shows-who-is-most-likely-to-become-severely-ill/