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The anchor persons don’t seem particularly enthusiastic about arachnids, but hey, how often do harvestmen make the news!!   🙂   Video here

Thanks to Mike Price for this write-up on Hedin lab happenings ….

Research effort of PhD student Shahan Derkarabetian just published in PLoS One, entitled “Integrative taxonomy and species delimitation in harvestmen: A revision of the western North American genus Sclerobunus (Opiliones: Laniatores: Travunioidea)“, PLoS ONE 9(8): e104982.   In my opinion, a … Continue reading →

Our research on spider phylogenomics, led by the Bond Lab at Auburn University, was just published in Current Biology.  We used transcriptomes for about 40 spider families to mine orthologous genes, then conducted a battery of phylogenetic analyses on these … Continue reading →

Several members of the Hedin lab recently traveled to Newark OH to attend the 2014 American Arachnological Society meetings.  Thanks to Andy Roberts for hosting a very nice meetings – superbly-organized, many great talks. Master’s students Dave, Kristen & Angela … Continue reading →

I’m thankful to the National Science Foundation for recent funding of a grant proposal to conduct species delimitation research on Laniatores harvestmen.  Here’s a somewhat technical synopsis: Within the species-rich Laniatores (Opiliones= harvestmen), phylogenetic data supports an early-diverging Travunioidea, which … Continue reading →

I’m teaching Mammalogy (BIOL 525) this semester at SDSU, returning to my biological roots, inspired by my earliest mentors.  I remember fondly my first undergraduate “field expedition” – a trip with Dr. Tim Lawlor to the mountains of Nevada, targeting … Continue reading →

The SDSU Museum of Biodiversity was on public display today, as part of the Explore SDSU Open House.   A large number of kids, students and interested adults were able to learn about and experience our arthropod, herp, bird & … Continue reading →

Congrats to Dave Carlson & Kristen Emata for very successful MS thesis proposals!!