2025
Spring 2025
Lab meetings
Wednesdays 3:30pm, Harvill 320 or Zoom
| Date of Lab Meeting | Led by | Activity |
|---|---|---|
| January 15th, 2025 | Cristian Roman | Intro meeting |
| January 22nd, 2025 | Kristen Martinet | Intro to SSARP and feedback on vignettes |
| January 29th, 2025 | Michael Nafis | Practice presentation on BUSCO |
| February 5th, 2025 | Kiran Basava | Current progress on the Animal Culture Database |
| February 12th, 2025 | Ian Estacio | Agent-based simulations for MAB 2025 |
| February 19th, 2025 | Yichao Zeng | Case study for ABC-based framework on co-phylogenetic systems |
| February 26th, 2025 | Cristian Román Palacios | Lab discussion on current projects |
| March 5th, 2025 | Paige Cherry & Kennedy Gezella | Island radiations approached from testudinids & A summary of professional goals |
| March 19th, 2025 | Kristen Martinet | SSARP |
| March 26th, 2025 | Delaney Scott-Martin | Historic climatic conditions between recently extinct species and their sister taxa |
| April 2nd, 2025 | Paige Cherry | Progress on capstone project – tortoises (website + GitHub repo) |
| April 9th, 2025 | Kristen Martinet | Session to update websites |
| April 16th, 2025 | Cristian Roman | TBD |
| April 23rd, 2025 | TBD | TBD |
| April 30th, 2025 | Sarah, Andrea, and Jinyu (3 pm) | Science of Science and recent research in InfoSci |
| May 7th, 2025 | iSchowcase (noon-2 pm; Marriott Tucson University Park Hotel) | Paige and Ellie |
Journal club
Second Thursday of the month, 4 pm
| Date of Lab Meeting | Led by | Paper |
|---|---|---|
| January | Discussion on the sequence | TBD |
| February | Yichao Zeng | Biogeography confounds the signal of cospeciation in Batesian mimicry |
| March | Kiran Basava | Science of science: A multidisciplinary field studying science or 2 |
| April | Paige Cherry/Kristen Martinet | Ecological erosion and expanding extinction risk of sharks and rays (https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adn1477) |
| May* | TBD | TBD |
*Need to review notes from initial meeting.
Professional development
Third Thursday of the month, 3 pm
| Date of Lab Meeting | Activity | Led by |
|---|---|---|
| January | Collaborative workshop, CVs, research statements | Danielle Van Boxel |
| February | Miller Vick – Chapters 3–5 | Kristen Martinet |
| March | Invited speaker 2: Daniel Portik (10 mins), Miller Vick – Chapters 6–8 | Ian Estacio |
| April | Invited speaker 3: Heidi Steiner (10 mins), Linder – Chapters 1–4 | Kiran Basava |
| May | Invited speaker 3: TBD (10 mins), Linder – Chapters 5–7 | Cristian Roman |
Misc (hikes, general activities)
| Date of Lab Meeting | Activity | Led by |
|---|---|---|
| January | 320D collab art session | Ellie and Isabella |
| February | 320 door art session | Kiran and Paige |
| March | Hike | Yichao |
| April | Biosphere2 visit | Cristian |
| May | Hike and iShowcase (May 7) | Ian + Paige |