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Michael Rosario, a Patek Lab graduate student, was awarded the highly competitive Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship. Congratulations to Michael!
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ScienceCareers features Sheila Patek and advice about humor in presentations (for April Fool's Day!).
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Erica Staaterman's new documentary film about the spiny lobster short season in Florida was featured at the Beneath the Waves film festival.
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The Northeast is being pounded by winter storms, but our mantis shrimp are warm and cozy in their tanks. We love how often these charismatic animals inspire artwork. Oil pastel by Patrick Hamilton, a friend of the Patek Lab and fan of stomatopods.
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Congratulations to Michael!
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We can't take any credit for this remarkable short film, but it's so beautiful we couldn't resist featuring it on our front page. Natividad Chen is a Brown University undergraduate who, as part of an Invertebrate Zoology course, made this short film about the mantis shrimp's strike. ... Read More
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Postdoc Thomas Claverie, UC Berkeley undergraduate Eliot Chan, and Sheila Patek published a new paper in the journal Evolution. This paper offers a new look at the evolution of systems that generate extremely fast movements. Using cutting edge methods to analyze biological shape, the authors... Read More
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Postdoc Jennifer Taylor (now faculty at the Indiana University - Purdue University) and Sheila Patek have published a new paper in the Journal of Experimental Biology about the amazing tail plate (telson) of mantis shrimp. These animals strike each other's telsons during fights and assess... Read More
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Freshly arrived from Berkeley, CA, Elizabeth Murphy joins the Patek lab as the new lab manager. We celebrated her arrival with a fall dinner and various lab members. From left: Charles Nunn, Sylvia Nunn, Thomas Claverie, Elizabeth Murphy, Danielle Cloutier, Michael Rosario, and Joie Yonamine.
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Go to the new UMass Biology department program called Biology Undergraduate Research Apprenticeships (BURA) to see the new program for undergraduates to join labs. There will be a complete list on September 7 and applications are due on September 20.
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Danielle Cloutier, a NSF REU researcher who just finished her first year at UMass in the BIOTAP program, is focusing on the evolution of shape and the striking behavior of mantis shrimp. About to finish his last year as a UMass Biology major, Jay (Jia-Yan) Cai is examining the mechanics... Read More
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Postdoc Jennifer Taylor is heading to a new assistant professor faculty position at the University of Indiana Purdue in the fall of 2010. Congratulations and good luck to Jennifer!
Michael Rosario, a Patek Lab graduate student, was awarded the highly competitive Department of Energy Computational Science Graduate Fellowship. Congratulations to Michael!
ScienceCareers features Sheila Patek and advice about humor in presentations (for April Fool's Day!).
Erica Staaterman's new documentary film about the spiny lobster short season in Florida was featured at the Beneath the Waves film festival.
The Northeast is being pounded by winter storms, but our mantis shrimp are warm and cozy in their tanks. We love how often these charismatic animals inspire artwork. Oil pastel by Patrick Hamilton, a friend of the Patek Lab and fan of stomatopods.
Congratulations to Michael!
Postdoc Thomas Claverie, UC Berkeley undergraduate Eliot Chan, and Sheila Patek published a new paper in the journal Evolution. This paper offers a new look at the evolution of systems that generate extremely fast movements. Using cutting edge methods to analyze biological shape, the authors... Read More
Freshly arrived from Berkeley, CA, Elizabeth Murphy joins the Patek lab as the new lab manager. We celebrated her arrival with a fall dinner and various lab members. From left: Charles Nunn, Sylvia Nunn, Thomas Claverie, Elizabeth Murphy, Danielle Cloutier, Michael Rosario, and Joie Yonamine.
Danielle Cloutier, a NSF REU researcher who just finished her first year at UMass in the BIOTAP program, is focusing on the evolution of shape and the striking behavior of mantis shrimp. About to finish his last year as a UMass Biology major, Jay (Jia-Yan) Cai is examining the mechanics... Read More
Postdoc Jennifer Taylor is heading to a new assistant professor faculty position at the University of Indiana Purdue in the fall of 2010. Congratulations and good luck to Jennifer!