Dr. Williamson has published a new paper, along with collaborators at the University of Georgia and UCLA, that examines the relationship processes and outcomes of couples who get married after having a child, in comparison to couples who started marriage without a child. Results show that among couples who entered marriage with a shared biological child (premarital parents), satisfaction levels were lower and Read more about New publication in Journal of Family Psychology
There is still room in our popular "Data Visualization" course! This course will be offered Monday, November 11 from 1-4 p.m. The course introduces both principles and practice of scientific data visualization, especially as applied to large multivariate data sets. Will cover common methods of visually summarizing data and illustrating relationships between variables of various common types (continuous, categorical, etc.) as well as design concepts for increasing the clarity of quantitative graphical communication. Will introduce modern "grammar of graphics" ideas as
I'm very excited to be visiting the University of Montana this week and giving the biological sciences weekly seminar tomorrow! I'll be discussing how mitochondria are important in pretty much everything, but more importantly getting to meet and chat with some great scientists. Thanks so much to Alisha Shah and the Woods lab for Read more about Seminar at the University of Montana
Dr. Williamson and graduate student Thao Nguyen, in collaboration with Dr. Brian Doss and his graduate student Karen Rothman at the University of Miami, have published a new paper in Family Process which compares couples seeking an online couple therapy program to examine whether low-income couples have similar presenting problems to higher-income couples. Read more about New paper published in Family Process
This week a special issue of Integrative and Comparative Biology dropped highlighting papers from our symposium on mitonuclear ecology. This issue contains 14 papers on everything from mother's curse to speciation, all in light of mitonuclear interactions. These include reviews, primary research articles, and descriptions of hypotheses. Study systems range from plants to invertebrates to vertebrates. Not sure where to start exploring this mitonuclear Read more about Hot off the press: Mitonuclear special issue at ICB!
Interview by Alasdair Matheson, Editor-in-Chief, LCGC Europe
Q. You recently developed a method using ramped pyrolysis-gas chromatography–mass (Py-GC– MS) spectrometry to analyze petroleum pollution related to the Deepwater Horizon oil spill (1). How did this project arise?
A: Understanding the chemical composition of oil residues is essential for the oil-spill community, response team, and decision makers because the chemistry is related to evaluating toxicity of oil in environments and developing the appropriate response and remediation strategies. The traditional
The Genomic Sequencing and Analysis Facility will be holding a seminar on Thermo Fisher's Ion Torrent S5 Platform and Applications. October 15 at 1 p.m. - 2 p.m. MBB 1.210. Refreshments will be provided.
In September, Mary presented her summer research at the Cambronne lab at the Fall Undergraduate Research Symposium. Her hard work paid off when her fascinating talk won the award for 'Best Presentation'. Take a peek at her super cute double helix trophy!
Nicole Keller, an INS graduate student in Dr. Joey Dunsmoor's lab, was awared the Fred Murphy Jones & Homer Lindsey Bruce Endowed Fellowship. This fellowship is awarded through the Waggoner Center to a gradaute student working on alcoholism or addiction research. The awardee is selected on the basis of academic merit and reserach achievement by a committee of Wagoner Center faculty.Read more about Nicole Keller awarded the Fred Murphy Jones & Homer Lindsey Bruce Endowed Fellowship
