I’m excited to see one of my Master’s chapters published in the Journal of Avian Biology! It is in an open access journal (freely available online), and titled “Population structure, patterns of natal dispersal and demographic history in a declining aerial insectivore, the purple martin Progne subis“. In this paper we studied purple martin population … More Purple martin study!
When I say I work with genetic data, what does that mean? I spend my work hours tapping away on the computer, analyzing animal DNA and writing results into reports or papers. I’ve been a geneticist for several years now, starting from my master’s program (2018-2020) working with birds and now working with whale data … More A peek into bioinformatics
It is incredible how much we can learn from a small tissue or blood sample from a singe organism. Nearly all cells contain the entire genetic code of an organism, holding instructions for development and function. By extracting this code, people can unlock all sorts of information and answer questions about specific traits, genetic variation, … More Extracting DNA from bird blood
My first experience mist-netting birds was in the fall of 2013 (6 years ago already?!) when I was an undergraduate student in an ornithology course at UC Davis. In one of our field trips, we learned how to set up nets and were lucky to catch some birds. I’ll always remember holding my first one, … More Bird mist-netting
I have a goal to create two blog posts each month, but I fell behind in August (whoops!). It was a busy month, finishing up the 2019 purple martin field season, hosting visits in Winnipeg of family and friends, and preparing for & attending the SCO-SOC (Society of Canadian Ornithologists) conference in Quebec City. The … More Conference in Quebec
I love working in the field, observing and working with the animals, witnessing captivating behaviours, and learning about their life histories first-hand. In the last few months, I have had a lot of fun being part of the field crew in the Avian Behaviour & Conservation (ABC) lab at the University of Manitoba, working with … More Into the field with Purple Martins
It has been almost a year through graduate school, and I am exhausted. My experience at the University of Manitoba has been a potpourri of emotions, ranging from excitement for doing cool bird research and making valuable connections, overwhelming stress of responsibilities and steep learning curve, giddying happiness of successful grant proposals after multiple rejections, … More A glimpse into graduate school
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