Lab news archives
March 27, 2011 - Welcome!
RJ Murphy and Eva Gorny will be joining the lab in May as summer students. Welcome!
January 10, 2012 - Lab photo 2012
From left.Sue Bury, Patrick Barks, Vincent Hervet, Kevin Kwok, Rob Laird (& Sunny).
December 20, 2011 - Paper accepted
A paper on the evolution of cooperation was recently accepted by International Journal of Bifurcation and Chaos. See my Publications page for details.
December 20, 2011 - Welcome!
The lab welcomes new PhD student Patrick Barks. Best of luck with your studies!
December 20, 2011 - Paper published
A paper on the evolution of cooperation was recently published in Journal of Theoretical Biology. See my Publications page for details
August 4, 2011 - Welcome!
The lab welcomes new MSc students Susan Bury, Vincent Hervet, and Kevin Kwok. Best of luck with your studies!
April 18, 2011 - Congratulations!
Lab member Kevin Kwok's presentation on the induction of extrafloral nectaries in Vicia faba was awarded first prize in the Department of Biological Sciences' Luke Stebbins Symposium for Undergraduate Research. Congratulations, Kevin!
March 15, 2011 - Paper published
A paper on senescence in odonates by Tom Sherratt et al. was recently published online in Journal of Evolutionary Biology. For details, see my Publications page.
January 4, 2011 - Paper accepted
A paper on senescence in odonates by Tom Sherratt et al. was recently provisionally accepted for publication in Journal of Evolutionary Biology. For details, see my Publications page.
January 4, 2011 - Welcome!
Welcome to Dipankar Goyal, an new independent studies student.
October 12, 2010 - New menu item
Note that there is a new menu item: 'Lab facility'. This page shows off our brand-spanking-new lab within the Alberta Water and Environmental Science Building at the University of Lethbridge. The lab is now 100% open for business - All that's missing is YOU! (See the 'Join us!' page for details.
September 7, 2010 - Student recruiting
The following ad appeared recently on ECOLOG:
An NSERC-funded graduate student position (MSc or PhD) is available in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Lethbridge (Alberta, Canada). The student will be co-supervised by Rob Laird of the University of Lethbridge and Brandon Schamp of Algoma University (Sault Ste Marie, Ontario, Canada). The focus of the project is non-transitive competition (as in the game Rock-Paper-Scissors) and its potential to promote the maintenance of biodiversity via indirect facilitation. The project will include some combination of lab work, field work, and mathematical/computer modeling -- ideally all three! Our previous empirical work has examined coexistence in plant and invertebrate communities, but we welcome applicants interested in working on other systems as well. Interested candidates should visit our web pages for details and previous publications (http://people.uleth.ca/~robert.laird/>, http://people.auc.ca/schamp/) and send us an email including your CV and a brief statement of your research experience and interests.
We are looking forward to receiving your application!!
September 7, 2010 - Paper published
A paper on senescence in damselflies by Tom Sherratt et al. is in this month's Journal of Animal Ecology. For details, see my Publications page.
May 27, 2010 - Paper accepted
A paper on senescence in damselflies by Tom Sherratt et al. was recently accepted for publication in Journal of Animal Ecology. For details, see my Publications page.
May 20, 2010 - Welcome!
Welcome to Brad van Paridon, who will be working in the lab as a summer student. Brad will mainly be working on modeling evolutionary reliability theory.
March 30, 2010 - NSERC
The lab is now funded by an NSERC Discovery Grant. This means I now have more funding available for qualified graduate and undergraduate research students. See the 'Join us!' page for details.
March 30, 2010 - Welcome!
Welcome to Kevin Kwok, who will be joining the lab in May as an Honours thesis student. Kevin will be conducting a greenhouse experiment on extra-floral nectaries.
March 16, 2010 - E & M Review
A commentary on a recent paper ("The economics of evolution: Henry Ford and the Model T"), co-authored by me and Tom Sherratt, has been published online in The Evolution & Medicine Review. For details, see my Publications page.
March 8, 2010 - F1000
A recent paper ("The economics of evolution: Henry Ford and the Model T"), co-authored by me and Tom Sherratt, has been evaluated and recommended by Faculty of 1000. For details, see my Publications page.
January 10, 2010 - Welcome!
Welcome to Stephanie Crowshoe who has joined the lab as an independent study student.
January 10, 2010 - Papers published
Two papers on the evolution of senescence, co-authored by me and Tom Sherratt, were recently published by Oikos and BioSystems. For details, see my Publications page.
October 22, 2009 - Papers accepted
Two papers on the evolution of senescence, co-authored by me and Tom Sherratt, were recently accepted by Oikos and BioSystems. For details, see my Publications page.
July 1, 2009 - The start
Rob begins his appointment as an assistant professor in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Lethbridge.
June 19, 2009 - Webpage operational
My webpage is now functional, but is likely to evolve considerably in the next little while. It will officially launch on July 1.
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