Paper on Heliconius cydno wing patterning published in Current Biology!
Check out our new paper in Current Biology in collaboration with the Kronforst Lab at the University of Chicago on the role of Aristaless in Heliconius color patterning.
Westerman Lab at the International Society for Behavioral Ecology Meeting 2018
Congratulations to graduate students Grace Hirzel, Matt Murphy, and Nikki Robertson on presenting at their first international scientific meeting!
Research on postdoc life featured in Science Careers
Our preprint of the results from the National Postdoc Survey 2016 have been featured in Science Careers: Cities offer great postdoc opportunities-but make sure you factor in the cost of living and These studies offer a realistic view of postdoc life- and guidance for making career decisions that work for you
Congratulations Nikki Robertson on her successful MSc Thesis Defense!
Nikki successfully defended her MSc thesis examining the effects of early social environment and circadian rhythms on the mating behavior of Bicyclus anynana and Heliconius hewitsoni today (Aug 29, 2018). Congratulations to the first graduate student in (and out) of the lab!
Preprint of NPS survey results now on BioRxiv!
The preprint of our MS detailing the main National Postdoc Survey results from 7,600+ U.S. postdoc respondents can now be found here on BioRxiv.
Congratulations to graduating seniors Peyton Rather and Abby Herzog!
Westerman Lab Seniors Peyton Rather and Abby Herzog graduated Friday, May 11th 2018, after spending a year and a half studying Heliconius mating behavior and learning ability, and helping us set up our butterfly facility. Wishing them both much success in all their future endeavors!
Congratulations to postdoc Tim Sullivan on his new job at the Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute!
Dr. Tim Sullivan will be joining the Gloucester Marine Genomics Institute as a Fishery Research Scientist late spring 2018. Tim has been a wonderful lab member and colleague this past year, and will be missed. Best of luck on this new adventure!
Westerman Lab heads to the Arkansas Entomology Annual Meeting
The Westerman Lab had a strong showing at the Arkansas Entomology Society Annual Meeting Feb 17th at Hobbs State Park. MSc student Nikki Robertson gave an oral presentation on her research on larval imprinting; PhD students Matt Murphy and Grace Hirzel gave poster presentations on global and local patterns of insect visual ecology; and senior Read More …
Paper on signal weighting and genetics of male preference in Papilio polytes published in Behavioural Processes!
Our paper in collaboration with the Kronforst Lab at UChicago on signal weighting, male preference, and male preference genetics in Papilio polytes was recently published in Behavioural Processes. Check out the link here
Congratulations to Tim on his paper examining the effects of salinity and temperature on disease in blue crabs!
Postdoc Tim Sullivan’s paper on the effects of temperature and salinity on disease prevalence and intensity just came out in the Journal of Insect Pathology. Check it out here!