Dave Carlson defended his MS thesis in June, entitled “De novo assembly, characterization and comparative analysis of entelegyne spider transcriptomes (Araneae: Entelegynae)”. Dave will be moving to the Hollister Lab at Stony Brook University to pursue his PhD.
Dave & Marshal
Kristen Emata defended in July. Her thesis was entitled “Molecular systematics, historical biogeography, and paedomorphic character evolution in the harvestmen genus Calicina (Opiliones, Laniatores)”. Kristen will be taking a short break from academia, but I sincerely hope that she returns – she’s a tremendous talent.
Kristen talks about Calicina
Dave & Kristen were AWESOME graduate students in all ways possible – it’s time for them to move on, but they will be sorely missed in the Hedin lab 😦
Hedin Lab @ SDSU 