September 01, 2023
We used isogenic lineages of Drosophila to measure sexual size dimorphism for 196 genotypes. We demonstrate extensive genetic variation for sexual size dimorphism, primarily driven by higher levels of genetic variation for body size among females than among males. Most of the variation in sexual…
June 01, 2023
Lab alum Sophia earned her PhD in the Scott lab on Molecular interactions and signaling mechanisms of the oncogenic fusion protein DNAJ-PKAc in fibrolamellar carcinoma, or something like that. She’s currently a postdoctoral research fellow in the Lampe lab at Fred Hutchinson Cancer Center in…
May 06, 2023
This paper describes genetic variation in the slopes of various morphological scaling relationships for various traits. We found, surprisingly, that this variation in the nutritionally-induced relative size plasticity of the wing, leg, and body is caused primarily results from variation in…
April 13, 2023
Catherine killed it at her poster presentation at undergraduate research day about her SURF Project; the chef’s kiss capping a long year of work. Also, Frankino was in the book.
April 11, 2023
Seun got invited by all the pharmacy programs, and has elected to go to UT, Go Seun !
September 01, 2022
The National Science Foundation has supported our (Frankino and Dr. Wynne Chin) application to support the participation of students with financial need in our Galapago! Research-based Learning Abroad Program. The grant will cover full cost of the program (~$5,500 - airfare/housing/etc), course…
July 01, 2022
Jenus has taken a position as a language service specialist for Afghan refugees in the Houston area; her work will be largely focused on facilitating the effective delivery medical care to them. Moreover, she will be studying to become a physician assistant next year. Go Jenus !
June 15, 2022
Labbie Jose Vasquez work on a photo trap internship built in part around looking at the efficacy of the wildlife land bridge in Memorial Park. He presented this work at the Gulf Coast Undergraduate Research Consortium. The clip is old - he says he wants to go to grad school … he leaves soon…
May 23, 2022
Frankino was honored with two awards this year: The UH Excellence in Undergraduate Mentorship Award and the College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics Faculty Award for Excellence in Service. The photos show me receiving the mentorship award from Provost Short (the Lynchian photo with the red…
May 12, 2022
Jose has been accepted to pursue his PhD in the lab of Dr. Mingzi Xu at the University of Minnesota. Starting this fall, he will be studying the genetics and evolution of female preference functions using crickets as a model system. Way to go Jose !