Congratulations to George Washburn on the publication of his first paper, “Fungal diversity in galls of baldcypress.” George worked on this project while earning his master’s degree at Tulane. He is now a Ph.D. student at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Download the .pdf here! [...] New paper on fungal diversity in gall...
Congratulations to George Washburn on the publication of his first paper, “Fungal diversity in galls of baldcypress.” George worked on this project while earning his master’s degree at Tulane. He is now a Ph.D. student at Louisiana State University in Baton Rouge. Download the .pdf here! [...] ATBC meeting in Mexico
In July, Peter and Sunshine travelled to Merida, Mexico for the annual meeting of the Association for Tropical Biology and Conservation. Peter presented his research from Barro Colorado Island, Panama about endophytes and leaf traits. It was his first formal oral presentation at a conference and he did a great job! Sunshine presented about her [...] 
New Orleans biology teachers visit Pa...
This week, three biology teachers arrived in Panama to interact with the Van Bael lab, as part of the National Science Foundation’s Research Experience for Teachers program. The Van Bael lab team is excited to be joined by Ms. Katie Adler (East Jefferson High School). Ms. Jodi Sanchez (Lusher Charter School, middle school) and Ms. [...] Biology teachers prepare for trip to ...
In June, three schoolteachers from New Orleans joined our lab work as we prepared them for our trip to Panama. They are participating in the National Science Foundation’s Research Experience for Teachers program. They each came to the Van Bael lab for several days to get acquainted with some of the basic techniques in endophyte [...] Class of 2017
We’re proud of the graduates of 2017! We’ll miss you and we wish you the best in your next steps. We hope that you’ll visit often and keep in touch. Earning a B.S.: Emma Darr, Miranda Hendrix, Jennifer Janowsky and Amelia Lormand Earning an M.S.: Emma Tower Earning a Ph.D.: Dr. Kimberly Mighell And [...]