Julian Junker successfully defended his PhD, entitled “Ecology and genetics of Lake Tanganyika’s pelagic fish community,” at the University of Bern on February 1, 2021. He was co-supervised by Katie […]

Last weekend we joined the Carling lab from UW, the Taylor lab from CU Boulder, and the Larson lab from University of Denver for a joint lab retreat at the […]

The Wagner Lab had a strong showing at the 2019 Evolution Meetings in Providence, RI, with PhD student Jessi giving an excellent first talk at an evolution meeting (the day […]

We are looking for a new master’s student to join the group and work collaboratively on a project focused on the ecological and evolutionary consequences of fish introduction in alpine […]

In November, Katie was invited to give a talk at Harvard’s Radcliffe Institute as part of a symposium in their Next in Science series — this one titled Next in […]

Reid Olson, who worked with us as an INBRE undergraduate research fellow this summer, and is continuing his work as a Wyoming Research Scholar this year, presented his research at […]

This summer, PhD students Jimena and Jessi had the opportunity to teach an R workshop for Tanzanian Fisheries Research Institute (TAFIRI) researchers. The workshop was a collaboration between the Wagner […]

Katie was an invited speaker at the annual President’s Symposium of the American Genetic Association, this year located in Waimea, Hawaii. Many thanks to Rosie Gillespie for organizing a wonderful […]

A large round of congratulations are in order for Jimena and Jessi! Jimena passed her PhD qualifying exams in May and has advanced to PhD candidacy. Congratulations on getting through […]

In January, I (Katie) wrote a perspective piece for Science on a fascinating new paper providing clear evidence for hybrid speciation in Galapagos finches. As an undergrad at Whitman, one […]