Joseph Hanly’s paper titled “Conservation and flexibility in the gene regulatory landscape of Heliconiine butterfly wings” has been accepted to EvoDevo! Big congratulations!
Publications
Tim Thurman’s hybridization paper accepted!
Congratulations to Tim Thurman for having his paper accepted to the Journal of Evolutionary Biology! His paper titled, “Movement of a Heliconius hybrid zone over
The Genomic Basis of Mate Choice Revealed!
Richard Merrill’s paper based on research at the Heliconius Insectaries has identified for the first time three quantitative trait loci (QTLs) that have a significant
Paper on memetic wing perception published!
A paper based on research at the Heliconius Insectaries has confirmed that the butterflies use ultraviolet cues to promote effective mating behavior while maintaining the
Awards
Jessica Foley awarded STRI Short-term Fellowship!
Jessica was recently awarded the STRI short-term fellowship to carry out a project studying longevity and cognitive decline in Heliconius butterflies. Working under the supervision
Congratulations Fletcher Young!
Fletcher Young will be joining the Gamboa Heliconius community in January as a short-term fellowship recipient. A Ph.D. student at Cambridge University, Fletcher is interested
Jesyka Meléndez-Rosa awarded prestigious NSF Postdoctoral Fellowship!
She will start work in Gamboa after completing her PhD at UC- Berkeley. The goal of her research is to identify chemosensory receptors genes associated
Dr. Riccardo Papa (University of Puerto Rico) wins STRI’s Senior Latin Fellow.
Riccardo will spend several months over the next year spearheading research on the cis-regulatory basis of butterfly wing pattern evolution.