Blair presents his bear research at Science ‘N’ Suds!
kerry.mcgowanBlair Perry presented his postdoctoral work at Parsons North Brewing Co. in Columbus, OH! Looks like it was a “beary” good time!
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Brown bear genome assembly makes the September cover of GBE!
kerry.mcgowanCongratulations to Ellie Armstrong, Blair Perry, and Joanna Kelley for their article “A beary good genome: Haplotype-resolved, chromosome-level assembly of the brown bear (Ursus arctos)” published this month in Genome Biology and Evolution! Link to the full article here.
Brown bear at sunset, Katmai National Park, Alaska, USA. Photo Credit: Dave Shumway, ForTheLoveOfBears.org
Tait receives an award from the Natural Resource Conservation Endowment Fund!
kerry.mcgowanCongratulations to Graduate Student Tait Algayer for her Natural Resource Conservation Endowment Fund Award!
Kerry McGowan receives Exceptional Service Award
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Congratulations to Graduate Student Kerry McGowan for receiving the Exceptional Service award from the School of Biological Sciences. Kerry has gone above and beyond in her contributions to the department!
Joanna’s bear hibernation research is featured in Washington State Magazine!
kerry.mcgowanDr. Joanna Kelley’s ongoing research into the genetic changes occurring during grizzly bear hibernation is featured in Washington State Magazine’s spring issue! The article also discusses the research of collaborators Dr. Heiko Jansen and Dr. Charles Robbins. Read the full article here.
Ellie presents at PAGBio Day!
kerry.mcgowanEllie recently presented her grizzly bear research at the PacBio Plant and Animal Genomics Day. Congratulations, Ellie!
Kerry was awarded a NASA Space Grant Fellowship!
kerry.mcgowanKerry was awarded a 2022 NASA Space Grant Fellowship to study evolutionary rate divergence in poeciliid fishes. Congratulations, Kerry!
The Kelley Lab participates in the Great Backyard Bird Count with Neill Public Library!
kerry.mcgowanThe Kelley lab recently worked with Neill Public Library to host a bird feeder activity for K-12 youth. Attendees made a bird feeder to take home and hang in their backyard to participate in the 2022 Great Backyard Bird Count. The Backyard Bird Count is a fun citizen science opportunity to record bird sightings from February 18-21 (more info here). If you would like to construct your own bird feeder out of popsicle sticks, glue, and string to participate in the count, find instructions here, a list of Palouse-specific birds here, and a printable observation journal here. Happy birding!
Blair was awarded a NSF Office of Polar Programs Post-doctoral Fellowship!
kerry.mcgowanBlair was recently awarded a National Science Foundation Office of Polar Programs Post-doctoral Fellowship to study the genomic basis of Arctic adaptation in polar bears. His project will use functional and population genomic data to understand the role of regulatory sequence evolution in facilitating rapid adaptation to the Arctic. Read more here. Congratulations, Blair!
Ellie presents her work on tigers at Dovetail’s Conservation Genomics Summit!
kerry.mcgowanEllie Armstrong presented her talk entitled “The genomics of the United States’ captive tiger population” as part of Dovetail Genomics and Revive & Restore’s Conservation Genomics Summit 2021. There, she discussed how an improved tiger reference genome she assembled using Dovetail’s technologies allowed for better population genomic insights concerning the ancestry and diversity of tigers in the US. Great job, Ellie!