Ron Korstanje, Professor at Jax Lab, visited to give a talk on the impacts of hibernation on kidney function that include investigation of American black bears.
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- October 26, 2025
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Ron Korstanje, Professor at Jax Lab, visited to give a talk on the impacts of hibernation on kidney function that include investigation of American black bears.
Read MoreJed Carlson, Assistant Professor at Macalester College, visited to talk about his work understanding network structures that support the misinterpretation of human population genomics and promotion of scientific racism.
Read MoreEllen Houston joined the Puckett Lab to begin her MS work. Ellen has extensive experience working with bats, deer, and bears as a wildlife technician and private lands biologist with several state wildlife agencies. Her thesis work will include an assessment of the three genetic indicators in compliance with the Kunming-Montreal Global Biodiversity Framework for […]
Read MoreNicholas (Nick) Krell joined the Puckett Lab to begin his PhD work. Nick has a MS in Bioinformatics from UNC-Charlotte and will be using multiple ‘omics techniques to understand the adaptive hollow hair phenotype in polar bears.
Read MoreThe Puckett Lab is grateful to the US National Science Foundation (NSF) for funding our proposal to study the genomic basis of adaptive traits in polar bears. We will work with collaborators at the University of Memphis, Stanford University, UC Davis, the Detroit Zoo, and Polar Bears International to understand the genomic changes to skin […]
Read MoreEmily Puckett is spending the Spring 2025 semester at Stanford University to study gene regulation in American black bears with her long-term collaborators.
Read MoreJoe Opferman, investigator at St. Jude, gave a seminar on his work on the anti-apoptotic gene MCL1 and its role in cancer.
Read MoreCongratulations to Matthew Pollard for successfully defending his dissertation, Mammalian trait evolution: Macroevolutionary and comparative genomic analyses of diet and Ursid-specific adaptations. Matthew will move on to a postdoctoral position at UMass Chan to research metabolic network evolution in mammals.
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