The Jones Lab

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  • Seminar in FES at OSU

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    Andy will be presenting a seminar in the department of Forest Ecosystems and Society at Oregon State on Friday, November 22.  Details can be found here. All are welcome.

  • Undergraduate research opportunities

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    Interested in gaining research experience as an undergraduate?  The Jones lab is looking for motivated and enthusiastic individuals to conduct research related to  several current projects in the lab.  Students will gain valuable research experience in the areas of plant ecology and evolutionary biology.  We are currently accepting student applications through the USRA-ENGAGE program at…

  • Welcome!

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    The lab has grown considerably in the last month.  Welcome to postdocs Ivi and Kaitlin and Master’s student Jessica.

  • Plant Community Ecology

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    Andy is teaching a graduate course in Plant Community Ecology in Fall 2013-2014.   There is still space available.  The course will focus on controversial and contentious issues in community ecology.

  • Tupper seminar September 7th

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    Andy is giving a seminar “Unearthing patterns of below ground tropical tree community diversity and assembly through DNA metabarcoding” at STRI in the Tupper seminar room at 4 pm on September 7th.   You can watch a webcast here.

  • SIGEO Analytical Workshop

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    Andy is at the SIGEO Analytical Workshop this week at the Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute in Front Royal, Virginia.

  • ATBC 2013 San Jose, Costa Rica

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    Andy is giving at talk at ATBC 2013 in San Jose Monday, June 24 at 3:35 in the symposium entitled “Exploring Applications of DNA Barcode Data in Conservation and Ecological Research”.  Symposium schedule and details are here.

  • 2013 Field work begins!

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    Andy is off to Panama for the summer to begin the field work associated with our NSF funded project on tropical seedling response to drought under climate change.  The project is based in Gamboa, Panama at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.  We’ll be mapping trees across the rainfall gradient in Panama and collecting plant tissue…

  • New Publication in Ecology

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    Pearse et al. have a new publication in press at Ecology. Good job, Will!

  • Congrats!

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    Congratulations to Megan O’Connell, OSU biology major and budding tropical ecologist. Megan has been awarded an internship at STRI for the summer of 2013.  Megan will be working with us on the drought responses of seedlings project.  Way to go Megan!