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The trap-jaw ants that the Patek Lab studies will be featured on Episode 2 of the "Moment of Impact" series. Check out the show on April 11, 2010, 8pm on PBS NATURE in the US. The photo above and text below are from the PBS website:"The natural world is filled with "moments of impact" - the... Read More
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Graduate student Maya deVries will be heading to the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama next year to pursue her dissertation research on mantis shrimp feeding ecology. She was awarded a prestigious Fulbright fellowship to fund her research.
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This short film by Austin Gallagher introduces the science and some of the members of the Patek Lab, set to the music of Chris Conly. View the film here.
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Our paper on the function of spiny lobster sounds was recently published in the journal Behaviour. The authors include lab manager Erica Staaterman, post-doctoral fellow Dr. Thomas Claverie, and principal investigator Dr. Sheila Patek.The study examines the anti-predator function of the sounds... Read More
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Our lab's research was recently featured on the Discovery Channel Canada. The show aired on January 18, 2010 as part of their "Freaks of Nature" week on the Daily Planet show. Watch the clip!
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Michael Rosario presented a poster entitled "Probing the evolutionary biomechanics of elastic energy storage in mantis shrimp" at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology conference in Seattle, January 2010. He was awarded with the Best Student Poster award by the Crustacean... Read More
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A new paper was released by the Journal of Experimental Biology (JEB) this week describing elastic energy storage in the mantis shrimp, Gonodactylaceus falcatus. The authors include former UC Berkeley undergraduate Travis Zack (now a graduate student in Biophysics at Harvard University... Read More
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On Wednesday, October 28th, the Patek Lab will open its doors to celebrate our arrival at UMass and the near-completion of our lab! Please join us in Morrill Science Center South, Room 332, on October 28, 4-5:30 pm.In addition to food and drinks, we will be offering door prizes (including... Read More
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THIS POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED.Administrative/Research AssistantA work-study position is available at the Patek Lab in the Department of Biology. This position will involve scanning papers to build a pdf library, photocopying, retrieving articles from the library, running errands, and... Read More
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Michael Rosario, former UC Berkeley Integrative Biology undergraduate, will be joining the lab in January 2010 as a NEAGEP intern. He will be exploring his interests in biomechanics and human health while preparing for further graduate-level work. More information about this... Read More
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Here is an abstract of the Patek Lab's most recent publication, entitled "Disentangling defense: the function of spiny lobster sounds.":The function of anti-predator signalling is a complex, and often-overlooked, area of animalcommunication. The goal of this study was to examine the behavioural... Read More
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Laboratory Assistant position in the Patek LabTHIS POSITION HAS BEEN FILLED - thanks for applying! We are looking for an enthusiastic, reliable undergraduate interested in biological or bioengineering research. In addition to the general lab tasks outlined below, the student would be involved... Read More
The trap-jaw ants that the Patek Lab studies will be featured on Episode 2 of the "Moment of Impact" series. Check out the show on April 11, 2010, 8pm on PBS NATURE in the US. The photo above and text below are from the PBS website:"The natural world is filled with "moments of impact" - the... Read More
Graduate student Maya deVries will be heading to the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute in Panama next year to pursue her dissertation research on mantis shrimp feeding ecology. She was awarded a prestigious Fulbright fellowship to fund her research.
This short film by Austin Gallagher introduces the science and some of the members of the Patek Lab, set to the music of Chris Conly. View the film here.
Our paper on the function of spiny lobster sounds was recently published in the journal Behaviour. The authors include lab manager Erica Staaterman, post-doctoral fellow Dr. Thomas Claverie, and principal investigator Dr. Sheila Patek.The study examines the anti-predator function of the sounds... Read More
Our lab's research was recently featured on the Discovery Channel Canada. The show aired on January 18, 2010 as part of their "Freaks of Nature" week on the Daily Planet show. Watch the clip!
Michael Rosario presented a poster entitled "Probing the evolutionary biomechanics of elastic energy storage in mantis shrimp" at the Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology conference in Seattle, January 2010. He was awarded with the Best Student Poster award by the Crustacean... Read More
A new paper was released by the Journal of Experimental Biology (JEB) this week describing elastic energy storage in the mantis shrimp, Gonodactylaceus falcatus. The authors include former UC Berkeley undergraduate Travis Zack (now a graduate student in Biophysics at Harvard University... Read More
On Wednesday, October 28th, the Patek Lab will open its doors to celebrate our arrival at UMass and the near-completion of our lab! Please join us in Morrill Science Center South, Room 332, on October 28, 4-5:30 pm.In addition to food and drinks, we will be offering door prizes (including... Read More
Michael Rosario, former UC Berkeley Integrative Biology undergraduate, will be joining the lab in January 2010 as a NEAGEP intern. He will be exploring his interests in biomechanics and human health while preparing for further graduate-level work. More information about this... Read More
Here is an abstract of the Patek Lab's most recent publication, entitled "Disentangling defense: the function of spiny lobster sounds.":The function of anti-predator signalling is a complex, and often-overlooked, area of animalcommunication. The goal of this study was to examine the behavioural... Read More