Author Archives: Jody
Welcome New Grad Student, Haley Kodak!
The McLachlan lab is thrilled to welcome Haley Kodak as the newest graduate student member! Haley graduated from Armstrong State University of Savannah, Georgia with a Bachelor of Science in Biology. During undergrad she took part in plant genomics research in … Continue reading
10th World Dendro Conference Re-cap
Post by Ann Raiho, Kelly Heilman, and Andria Dawson. This post is cross-listed on the PalEON website. The 10th World Dendro Conference was held in Bhutan this summer! A Dendro Fieldweek was held the week prior to the conference where … Continue reading
Intraspecific S. americanus Variation & Diversity Summer Experiment
Post by McLachlan lab undergraduate, Brady Stiller During these first two weeks of the summer, I joined Megan Vahsen (PhD student in the McLachlan lab) in the scenic marshes of the Chesapeake Bay to help set up an experiment that … Continue reading
Undergraduate Research: S. americanus flowers, fertilization and crosses
Post by Mairead Willis, Senior Neuroscience and Behavior Major; Mairead was out of town during the poster session. She describes her work this past year here. This year I got the chance to follow in the footsteps of Gregor Mendel. … Continue reading
Undergraduate Research: 2018 COS-JAM Posters
Today was the College of Science – Joint Annual Meeting (COS-JAM). Undergrads across Notre Dame came together to share the results of their research projects from the past year with the rest of the University. This year we had 3 … Continue reading
McLachlan Lab Takes Home 2nd Best Title Again!
Every year the McLachlan, Medvigy, and Rocha labs take on the Archie lab (+ friends) in bowling. For the 6th straight year in a row, we are the 2nd best bowlers around! We once again will display the DNA helix … Continue reading
Evolution Facilitates Colonization of Invasive Species – New Paper
New paper co-authored by Megan Vahsen from her master’s work has just come out in PNAS! Szucs et al. 2017. Rapid adaptive evolution in novel environments acts as an architect of population range expansion. PNAS. doi:10.1073/pnas.1712934114 Abstract Colonization and expansion into … Continue reading
Field Trip to Maryland Marshes
Post by Erin Nguyen The McLachlan team recently headed out into the field for some late season sampling. Jason, Megan, and two undergrads, Aleah and Erin, went to the Smithsonian Environmental Research Center (SERC) in Maryland to work with Pat … Continue reading
New McLachlan Lab Publication! Genetic diversity in Eastern North America following Ice Age
In this paper the McLachlan lab studied the spatial pattern of genetic diversity of trees following glaciation in Eastern North America compared to that of Europe. While in Europe southern populations are more genetically diverse compared to northern populations, this … Continue reading
Welcome Back Students!
The undergrads who work in our lab are awesome! Currently we have 10 students working on a diverse range of projects this semester. There are students sieving and germinating seeds from cores taken from a marsh in Maryland. These seeds … Continue reading