Puckett Lab funded by NSF

  • May 2, 2025
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The 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 […]

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Matthew Pollard successfully defends dissertation

  • October 31, 2024
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Congratulations 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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