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Check out our audio slideshow about Jan St. Pierre's 6 weeks in the Patek Lab
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Janice St. Pierre, a high school teacher from Bath NY, joins the lab for a month to do hands-on research and curriculum development. Welcome aboard Jan!
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Patrick Green, a PhD candidate in the Patek lab, was just awarded the title of Most Outstanding TA in the entire OEB program at UMass Amherst for the year.
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Empirical Zeal does a great job writing about some of nature's fastest movements.
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Sheila Patek was awarded a NSF CAREER award. This is a 5-year grant for early career scientists and will focus on the evolutionary mechanics of rapid movement.
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Elizabeth Murphy will be heading to the University of Virginia for a Ph.D. with Prof. Matt Reidenbach. Thomas Claverie is going to the University of California Davis to do a postdoctoral fellowship with Prof. Peter Wainwright. Congratulations to both Elizabeth and Thomas for their... Read More
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As part of his Computational Science graduate fellowship, Michael Rosario's research is featured at the National Laboratories' Deixis magazine.
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This new journal article provides the first mathematical model of the mantis shrimp's strikes and provides surprising new insights into the costs and consequences of moving an extremely fast hammer through water. Check out the full paper here.
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Patek lab research on fast organisms was featured on National Public Radio's Science Friday program. Click here to see the accompanying video.
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We are looking for an enthusiastic, reliable undergraduate interested in biological or bioengineering research to assist with general tasks related to running the laboratory. Job tasks: - Assist with ongoing research projects - Care for marine animals – feeding, cleaning, aquarium tank... Read More
Check out our audio slideshow about Jan St. Pierre's 6 weeks in the Patek Lab
Janice St. Pierre, a high school teacher from Bath NY, joins the lab for a month to do hands-on research and curriculum development. Welcome aboard Jan!
Patrick Green, a PhD candidate in the Patek lab, was just awarded the title of Most Outstanding TA in the entire OEB program at UMass Amherst for the year.
Empirical Zeal does a great job writing about some of nature's fastest movements.
Sheila Patek was awarded a NSF CAREER award. This is a 5-year grant for early career scientists and will focus on the evolutionary mechanics of rapid movement.
Elizabeth Murphy will be heading to the University of Virginia for a Ph.D. with Prof. Matt Reidenbach. Thomas Claverie is going to the University of California Davis to do a postdoctoral fellowship with Prof. Peter Wainwright. Congratulations to both Elizabeth and Thomas for their... Read More
This new journal article provides the first mathematical model of the mantis shrimp's strikes and provides surprising new insights into the costs and consequences of moving an extremely fast hammer through water. Check out the full paper here.
Patek lab research on fast organisms was featured on National Public Radio's Science Friday program. Click here to see the accompanying video.