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In contrast to our expectations, we found that lizards produce bigger offspring when they are also regenerating their tail! How? Shared...
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Jul 21, 20211 min read
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NSF Grant Funded to understand the relationships between cellular and organismal stress resistance.
Our grant proposal, led by Haruka Wada in collaboration with Todd Steury and Vinamra Agrawal, has been funded by NSF-IOS! We will use...
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Jun 17, 20201 min read
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New publication demonstrating links between fast- and slow-aging populations, mitochondria function
Gangloff, E*, TS Schwartz,* R Klabacka(GS), A-Y Liu, N Huebschman(UO), AB Bronikowski. In Press. Mitochondria as the central character in...
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May 29, 20201 min read
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Tonia Schwartz
May 16, 20200 min read
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Tonia receives Outstanding Mentor Award!
I am so honored to be awarded the ​​Outstanding Graduate Mentor Awards (OGMA) from The Graduate School! "Each year, graduate students...
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Apr 22, 20201 min read
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Our first eggs!!! Now only ~ 1200 more....
Our breeding colony is maturing and we have our first eggs! Due to the COVID-19 pandemic we are now conducting our research while...
Tonia Schwartz
Apr 13, 20201 min read
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Milica awarded Outstanding Undergraduate Researcher!
Milica, graduating Senior, has been awarded the Dean's Research Award for undergraduate students for 2020. We are so proud of you Milica!
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Mar 23, 20201 min read
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Randy Awarded $8000 AGA Grant!
The American Genetic Association awarded Randy Klabacka (PhD Students) a 2020 Evolutionary, Ecological, or Conservation Genomics (EECG)...
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Mar 14, 20201 min read
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Anole Aging Breeding Colony is now set up! Now we wait for the eggs!
We had a great field team to catch 400 juvenile females and 100 juvenile males to start our breeding colony.
Tonia Schwartz
Mar 13, 20201 min read
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New Publication on how reptiles can help us understand how and why animals age!
The untapped potential of reptile biodiversity for understanding how and why animals age https://besjournals.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/...
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Jan 1, 20201 min read
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New Lab Pub: Reptile Blood Transcriptomes. Great Job Team!
Damien Waits, Dasia Simpson, Amanda Sparkman, Anne M Bronikowski, ToniaS Schwartz. 2019. Utility of Reptile Blood Transcriptomes in...
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Jan 1, 20201 min read
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New Lab Publication! Not all stresses are equal.
Contrasting Responses of Lizards to Divergent Ecological Stressors Across Biological Levels of Organization. Rory S Telemeco, Dasia Y...
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Aug 19, 20191 min read
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May 18, 20180 min read
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March 2018 Field Work: Santa Cruz Island
We were very lucky to have a professional photographer, Eirini Pajak, join us on our trip to SCI. All the photos below were taken by her...
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Mar 28, 20181 min read
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March 2018 Field Work: Mainland - Santa Barbara
We sampled a new site around Santa Barbara that Amanda S. and students had laid down fresh boards last year, and had great success...
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Mar 17, 20181 min read
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March 2018 Field Work: Santa Rosa 1
The March field work plan was to sample reptiles on Santa Rosa Island from Friday the 16th -Sunday the 18th, Mainland from Monday the...
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Mar 16, 20181 min read
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Sep 15, 20170 min read
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Great Job Alexia!
Alexia presents her REU poster!
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Sep 15, 20171 min read
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Randy receives Meredith Birchfield Endowed Fund for Excellence Award
Randy Klabacka: Flying Lizards of the genus Draco of Southeast Asia. This award for $1500 will allow Randy to conduct fieldwork in...
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Apr 10, 20171 min read
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