Hopkins Lab
Department of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Harvard University
Arnold Arboretum
1300 Centre Street
Boston, MA 02131
Principal Investigator
Prof. Robin Hopkins
Weld Hill Research Building
Room 214
Office: (617) 384-5501
Harvard University Herbaria
Room 224
Office: (617) 496-9613
Email: rhopkins@fas.harvard.edu
Administrator
Meri Petollari
Genomics highlight an underestimation of the urban heat island effect on red oak phenology
Megan Blumstein, Sophie Webster, Robin Hopkins, D Basler, DL Des Marais. 2022.Genomics highlight an underestimation of the urban heat island effect on red oak phenology. biorxiv. [PDF]
Phylogenomic patterns of divergence and gene flow detail the evolution of reinforcement and hybrid speciation in Phlox wildflowers
Austin Garner, Ben Goulet-Scott, Hopkins Robin. 2022. Phylogenomic patterns of divergence and gene flow detail the evolution of reinforcement and hybrid speciation in Phlox wildflowers. bioRxiv.[PDF]
Predicting how pollinator behavior causes reproductive isolation
Hopkins Robin. 2022. Predicting how pollinator behavior causes reproductive isolation. Ecology and Evolution.[PDF]
Cheers to Andrea and Robin! Check out their paper on floral morphology published in Frontiers in Plant Science journal.
Cheers to Andrea and Robin for their new paper out in Frontiers in Plant Science journal. The paper discusses the North American red-flowering Silene. Check it out here!
Christina joins the lab!
We are excited to welcome Christina Steinecke to the lab! Christina will be working in the lab as a graduate student and concentrating on speciation, major transitions and selfing. We are excited to have her become part of the our lab family!
Anna completes her fieldwork in the Midwest!
Anna completes three weeks of fieldwork on perennial Phlox in the Midwest
Andrew joins the lab!
We are excited to welcome Andrew Cameron to the lab! Andrew will be working in the lab as a lab technician. We are excited to have her become part of the our lab family!
Convergence without divergence in North American red-flowering Silene
Berardi Andrea E, Morejon Ana C Betancourt, and Hopkins Robin 2022. Convergence without divergence in North American red-flowering Silene. Plant Science [PDF]
Felix joins the lab!
We are excited to welcome Felix Wu to the lab! Felix will be joining the lab as a postdoc student. We are excited to have her become part of the our lab family!
Bridget fieldwork successes
Bridget collects Phlox nivalis (SC), P. buckleyi (VA), and P. longifolia (WA) to study the developmental basis of ovule number variation in the Phlox genus