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ZanneLab |
Seeing the forest for the trees |
Welcome to the Zanne Lab! |
Our research focuses on ecological, evolutionary, and biogeographic determinants of species distributions. We do this by measuring physiological, morphological, and anatomical functional traits across many species. We are located in the Department of Biology at the University of Missouri - St. Louis. |
News |
Fall 2011 - |
Oyomoare passed her quals with flying colors: congrats! Now she's off to ATBC in Tanzania before a couple of months of field work in Uganda. |
After another successful semester, Vania is off to the OTS plant systematics course in Costa Rica. How many families will she also find in Bolivia? |
The lab has grown! A warm welcome to Brad, Maranda, Kevin and Nikki who are fighting ticks for wood decay data out at Tyson this summer. |
Last Update: Oct 2011 |
After an eventful summer spent in Australia, Costa Rica, Uganda, USA, we are back in St. Louis for fall semester. In recent news, Vania will defend her thesis in November Oyomoare and Amy have a new protocol published on Prometheus Please welcome new lab members, Andrew, Elvis, Jeremy, Justin |
Summer 2011 - |
If 2011 is any indicator, 2012 is going to be another busy, successful year! Vania successfully defended her M.S. thesis. She will be starting her PhD shortly with Dr. Honnay in Belgium. Former tech Andy has joined the M.S. program at UMSL in biology. He, Andrew, and Juan are waiting to hear from Ph.D. programs. Amy received a fellowship from University of Western Sydney for 2012-2013 under the International Research Initiatives Scheme. She and Brad will be working with Brendan Choat, Peter Reich and Jeff Powell at the UWS HIE to look at fungal wood decay. Amy had two trips to the National Evolutionary Synthesis Center in the fall. She co lead the third Tempo and Mode of Plant Trait Evolution working group (http://www.nescent.org/science/awards_summary.php?id=269) with Will Cornwell and Stephen Smith. She returned to NESCent to develop learning activities related to the Global wood density and vessel anatomy databases with DryadLab (http://wiki.datadryad.org/DryadLab). She worked with Elena Feinstein (NESCent) and Jean DeSaix (UNC). Brad is on the road again with trips planned to work on multilevel models with Kiona Ogle at ASU and Forest Survey techniques and data with Forest Service Collaborators Chris Woodall, Shawn Fraver and Kieth Moser at the USFS NRC this spring. He'll also be giving the Biology Department Seminar at Wichita State University in February. Amy and Brad will be offering Field Biology again this year. We're looking forward to another cohort of bright interested students and lots of great interactions with local naturalists in the beautiful places around St. Louis. Lots of experiments brewing in the lab. Check the new photos on the Projects Page. |
Winter 2012- |