Friday, April 13, 2012

CalPaleo at UCR


Tomorrow morning, paleontologists from across the state will flock to UCR for CalPaleo, an annual paleontology conference. The Droser lab had a big hand in organizing the conference and all will presenting either talks or posters (except Lucas, who is off becoming famous at AbSciCon). You can check out the conference webpage by clicking the link below:

http://calpaleo.ucr.edu

And here is a list of the Droser labmates and their talk or poster titles:

Robyn Dahl, "STUCK IN THE MUD: PALEOECOLOGY OF MIDDLE ORDOVICIAN GASTROPODS FROM THE IBEX REGION, GREAT BASIN, USA"

Sara Henry, "MORPHOLOGY, ECOLOGY, AND ENVIRONMENT OF ORDOVICIAN RECEPTACULITIDS IN THE GREAT BASIN (WESTERN USA)"

Lydia Tarhan, "EXCEPTIONAL TRACE FOSSIL PRESERVATION AND MIXED LAYER DEVELOPMENT IN CAMBRIAN SILICICLASTIC STRATA OF THE GREAT BASIN (WESTERN USA) AND CENTRAL SPAIN"

Emily Wooton, "TRACE FOSSIL RECORD THROUGH THE UPPER KELLWASSER ANOXIC EVENT (APPALACHIAN BASIN)"

Thursday, April 12, 2012

The Evolution of Movement Moves Into The FameLAB Finals



Our resident wizard/Sherlock is off to Atlanta to compete in the finals of International FameLab and we just found out that you can watch his performance live on AbSciCon's webcast! You can tune in this Monday (April 16, 2012) from 7-9pm ET here:

http://livestream.com/FameLabAstrobiology

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Lucas is headed for FAME(lab)!

Death Valley


At the end of March, the Droser Lab once again set forth to explore the rugged terrain and geologic riches of Death Valley.