Rubus functional Biology lab

Recent Lab Updates

• February 1, 2011

  Congrats to Dr Swanson, Allicia Kellogg, Tatum Branaman, Nate Jones, and Coleman Little whos manuscript "Morphological studies of developing Rubus prickles suggest that they are modified glandular trichomes" was accepted into Botany.

• January 5 , 2011

  Dr. Swanson was voted to be a member of the US Rosaceae Genetics, Genomics and Breeding Executive Committee

• January 15-19 , 2011

  Dr. Swanson and three students, Nikki Spencer, Jessica Fite, and Courtney Walker trabeled to PAGXIX in San Diego to present four posters. You can see the abstracts on the the PAG website at http://www.intl-pag.org/19/abstracts/

• December 16, 2010

• Congrates to Courtney Walker for being sucessful in obtaining a $4000 NSF EPSCoR/SURF grant for this year.

• November 5-7, 2010

  Four UCA students represented us at the ISKF US and Collegiate Nationals competiton in Sioux Falls SD this past weekend. All four students placed in their divisions! Most notably in the beginner division UCA recieved 5/6 medals in tat division. Congrats to all four of you, and especially to Kathy Hill who now a National Champion!

  October 28 , 2010

• Natasha Skiver did a chalk talk at X-period. What a great job!!

• October 15-16 , 2010

  Nine members of the Swanson lab the INBRE Undergraduate Research Symposium at UA Fayetteville. We presented four Undergraduate posters hilighting our reaesrch. Of Special note, Meghan Thompson gave an invited talk! Great job guys!

• October 6 , 2010

  Dr Swanson, visited ASU to give an invited talk to the Arkansas Biosciences Institute

• October 4 , 2010

  Today is the official kick off of the 24 Million dollar NSF EPSCoR ASSET II grant. This officially welcomes UCA into the AR P3 Center for Plant Powered Production. The $~500,000 that UCA recieves will be used to purchase equipment support student and faculty resecrh and travel and will help bring UCA into a growing network of Plant biologists in the State. Dr. Swanson is the campus lead for this project.

• October 1 , 2010

  Tatum Branaman sucessfully defended her M.S. thesis toiday! Congrats!

• September 10, 2010

• JD Presented an invited talk at Oklahoma State University entitled "How can prickle development provide insights to basic biological questions?"

  August 2010

  Congratulations to Meghan Thompson and Danielle Tippit in being awarded 2nd place in the Undergrad poster competiton at the ASHS meeting in Palm Springs

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