SearsLab

New paper on "Cenozoic climate change and the evolution of North American mammalian predator ecomorphology" from the paleo crew at UCLA (@EvoDevoAidan @JonathanMarcot). Results reveal an unexpected functional shift among predators...For more visit:
cambridge.org/core/journals/…

I spent the last four weeks teaching twenty COSMOS high school students full-time about the evolution of form with Jon Marcot and our amazing TAs Kobie Boslough, @EvoDevoAidan, and Wilson Hinh. Here is our group in the Dickey Collection at UCLA!

It is truly my honor to be in Nigeria serving as a mentor for the West Africa Mammal Fellowship. Much thanks to @IroroTanshi for the opportunity. smacon-africa.org/mentors

I know I have told this to some of you. To those who don't know, when I was a junior PI, a group of amazing bat biologists who happened to be women restored my belief in scientists and collaborative science. They saved me. @Nancy_Bat, Betsy Dumont, @Bats_at_Brown - Thanks.

Today, I am excited to be participating in a @NIH NIA symposium/workshop on "what bats can teach us about aging." I will be speaking on our preliminary work on the cellular basis of aging in diverse bats.