SICB 2017 in the Big Easy
Our lab attended the national Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) conference in New Orleans. SICB is perhaps the...
Regional SICB at Duke
The lab attended a fun regional SICB conference held at Duke and hosted by Dr. Sheila Patek. Talks were short and snappy, and a nice...
Seminar at Roanoke College
I gave a seminar to students at Roanoke College, hosted by Dr. Darwin Jorgensen. (Of course, Dar HAD to become a biologist, right?) My...
Seminar at Morehouse College
I visited Atlanta's Morehouse College to give a seminar, hosted by physics professor Dr. Willie Rockward (below). Part of the motivation...
Trap-jaw ants with the Suarez and Patek Labs
I went to Argonne National Lab to help with experiments on the mechanics of snapping in trap-jaw ants. This work is led by Dr. Andy...
New lab construction breaking ground
Our new lab in Norris Hall, in planning for more than a year, got underway today. We're excited to see how this will turn out. The new...
ICE 2016 in the land of Mickey
Joel, Hodjat, and Socha were in Orlando to give talks at the International Congress of Entomology. This huge conference is held every...
ICTAM conference in Montreal
Isaac and I were in Montreal to attend ICTAM 2016, the 24th International Congress of Theoretical and Applied Mechanics. This conference...
X-ray work at Argonne National Lab
We headed to Argonne National Lab once again to study insects at the Advanced Photon Source. Melissa, Joel, Khaled, Hodjat, Yudi, and...
Flying snakes broadcast on PBS
Today PBS broadcast our episode in the 3-part series called "SuperNature: Wild Flyers". The episode is called "Defying Gravity", and...
