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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!
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Erica Staaterman is headed to a Ph.D. program at the University of Miami in the fall and will be funded by a 3-year NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Lauren Shipp, currently a Ph.D. student at Scripps Institute of Oceanography, will continue her research there, also funded by this prestigious... Read More
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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!
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!
Erica Staaterman is headed to a Ph.D. program at the University of Miami in the fall and will be funded by a 3-year NSF Graduate Research Fellowship. Lauren Shipp, currently a Ph.D. student at Scripps Institute of Oceanography, will continue her research there, also funded by this prestigious... 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!