Bernard Goffinet – Bryology (and Lichenology)

Zach Muscavitch was awarded a grant from the American Philosophical Society for his project entitled “Resolving symbiont specificity for endemic lichens on the Channel Islands of California.” This project aims to collect Niebla lichens from the Channel Islands and characterize their fungal and algal symbionts applying a novel DNA sampling method: Target Capture. Results will […]

Olivia Lemieux, a graduating honors student who has been in the lab, mentoring by Niki and myself, has been awarded the Margaret F. Ertman Award in recognition of her significant accomplishments at University of Connecticut. Her project is entitled “Whole-range study reveals consistent hybrid nature and conserved progenitors of the North American endemic moss, Physcomitrium immersum.” […]

Patiño J., I. Bisang, B. Goffinet, L. Hedenäs, S. McDaniel, S. Pressler, M. Stech, C. Ah-Peng, A. Bergamini, R.T. Caners, C. Cargill, N. Cronberg, J. Duckett, S. Eppley, N. Fenton, K. Fisher, J. M. González-Mancebo, M. Hasebe, J. Heinrichs†, K. Hylander, M.S. Ignatov, J. Martínez-Abaigar, N. Medina, R. Medina, D. Quandt, S. Rensing, K. Renzaglia, […]

Olivia presented her undergraduate research project entitled “Conserved progenitors of the hybrid moss Physcomitrium immersum across North America” at the EEEB undergraduate research symposium and was selected to compete at the All Biology undergraduate research symposium on Friday, April 29th. Congrats and good luck!

Liu Y., S. Wang, L. Li, T. Yang, S. Dong, T. Wei, S. Wu, Y. Liu, Y. Gong, X. Feng, J. Ma, G. Chang, J. Huang, Y. Yang, H. Wang, M. Liu, Y. Xu, H. Liang, J. Yu, Y. Cai, Z. Zhang, Y. Fan, W. Mu, S. Kumar Sahu, S. Liu, X. Lang, L. Yang, […]