Robin receives NSF grant!
Robin is awarded a grant to study pollen-pistil interaction in Phlox through the NSF Plant Biotic Interactions program.
Entries by Robin Hopkins
G4 symposium
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.
Sonicating bees demonstrate flexible pollen extraction without instrumental learning.
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]
Gordon Conference on Speciation
Robin, Austin, and Ben attend the Gordon Conference on Speciation in sunny Ventura, CA. Great meeting and great community!
Austin passed quals!
Congratulations new PhD candidate, Austin Garner
Franchesco publishes in American Journal of Botany!
Congratulations to Franchesco for his publication on climatic niche expansion in an autopolyploid! Read it here
Autopolyploid lineage shows climatic niche expansion but not divergence in Arabidopsis arenosa.
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 receives NSF CAREER grant
Robin is a recipient of the prestigious NSF CAREER award for early career faculty! Read more from the Harvard Gazette.
Reproductive isolation and reinforcement paper is out!
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!)
The relationship between postmating reproductive isolation and reinforcement in Phlox
Suni, Sevan S. and Robin Hopkins. 2018. The relationship between postmating reproductive isolation and reinforcement in Phlox. Evolution 72(7):1387–1398 [PDF]
