Today we piloted the mobile genetic elements activity that Rebecca has been working on with the IGB outreach and engagement staff. We will be at the National Academies building for the IGB’s upcoming World of Genomics event. We came up …

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Oct 2018 – Rebecca moves from Toronto, Canada, to take up a Postdoctoral Fellowship at the Institute for Genomic Biology (IGB). She completed her PhD at the University of Toronto, under the supervision of Megan Frederickson. She will continue to …

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Alex, who worked in the lab as an undergrad, just started his master’s degree in plant biology. Alex will be working on coevolution and population genomics in the legume-rhizobium mutualism.

To test a lab for IB 204 (genetics)  Alex, Natalie, Hanna, and Katy (not pictured) collected spit for a DNA extraction protocol.

Jennifer and Natalie went to the International Mycological Congress in Puerto Rico to learn a lot about fungi and eat a LOT of mofongo.