Emma O’Donnell joins the lab this summer through the DaRin Butz Foundation program at the Arnold Arboretum. She will be working with Austin on characterizing reproductive barriers between sympatric Phlox species.
Robin is awarded a grant to study pollen-pistil interaction in Phlox through the NSF Plant Biotic Interactions program.
The 4th year graduate students in OEB presented their research to the department. Ben talked about his reciprocal transplant experiment testing the potential role of local adaptation in Phlox speciation.
Switzer, C.M., Russell, A.L., Papaj, D.R., Combes, S.A., Hopkins, R., 2019. Sonicating bees demonstrate flexible pollen extraction without instrumental learning. Current Zoology 65, 425–436. [PDF]
Robin, Austin, and Ben attend the Gordon Conference on Speciation in sunny Ventura, CA. Great meeting and great community!
Congratulations new PhD candidate, Austin Garner
Congratulations to Franchesco for his publication on climatic niche expansion in an autopolyploid! Read it here
Molina-Henao, Y. Franchesco and Robin Hopkins. 2019. Autopolyploid lineage shows climatic niche expansion but not divergence in Arabidopsis arenosa. American Journal of Botany 106(1):61-70. [PDF]
Robin is a recipient of the prestigious NSF CAREER award for early career faculty! Read more from the Harvard Gazette.
Congratulations to Sevan, whose paper on reproductive isolation and reinforcement in Phlox is out in Evolution! You can find her paper here (and you can find her in a faculty position at the University of San Francisco!)
