Does paternal care interact with sperm-mediated paternal effects?
Jennifer Hellmann’s paper was just published in Animal Behaviour. Click here for a link to the paper and here for some publicity about it.
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Noelle James’ paper demonstrating viral-mediated transgenesis into stickleback brain tissue published in PLoSOne!
Click here for a link to the paper.
Eric Arredondo receives an award at the Undergraduate Research Symposium
Congratulations, Eric!
Jennifer Hellmann’s paper shortlisted for the Elton Prize at the Journal of Animal Ecology!
Congratulations, Jenn! Link is here.
Congratulations to Mira McLain for earning High Distinction in Integrative Biology!
Mira worked with Colby to carry out a super cool undergrad distinction project. She found that male sticklebacks prioritize territory defense over courtship, and this decision-making is related to gene expression in the brain. Congratulations, Mira!
Looking for postdocs to join the lab!
The Bell lab is looking for postdocs to work on genomic, molecular and/or neural mechanisms of paternal care in threespine sticklebacks. Candidates with experience in single cell transcriptomics, brain injections, functional manipulations, and/or viral-mediated delivery of transgenic constructs are especially encouraged to apply. A strong background in neurobiology, molecular biology, genomics, behavioral ecology and/or evolution …
The lab receives a MIRA award!
The lab’s application for a MIRA award from NIH NIGMS was funded! The MIRA award gives us flexibility to pursue many questions about the evolution of molecular, genetic and neuroendocrine bases of paternal care in sticklebacks.