A new preprint of my work with Michael Shahandeh and Tom Turner at UCSB is now available on bioRxiv! In this paper we identify two genes associated with behavioral differences between Drosophila melanogaster and D. simulans. 

I was featured in the First-Gen Faculty Spotlight on Barnard's Student Success Blog. Fun fact: I was the first in my family to go to college! 

Happy Halloween from the Biology Department at Barnard!

I was featured on Barnard's From the Faculty Lounger, discussing "Biology and the Sexes" with Rebecca Jordan-Young from the Department of Women's, Gender and Sexuality Studies. You can watch the video here.

Today Abby presented her and Nushrat's SRI poster at the Global Physicians Network Foundation Scientific Poster Session! 

Today Abby was honored by Con Edison for receiving a grant from the Con Edison Summer Internship Program to conduct her SRI research. 

Lisa, Stacy, Nushrat and Abby presented their summer research at Barnard's Summer Research Institute (SRI) Poster Session today!

I was interviewed by Ed Yong for an article in The Atlantic on PLoS Biology's new policy to publish papers that have been "scooped" in the last 6 months. My thoughts: it's great for researchers at smaller schools like Barnard. 

My new paper with Michael Shahandeh and Tom Turner at UCSB has been published in Evolution. We show that male mate choice based on female pheromones accounts for the majority of reproduction isolation between two species of Drosophila. 

The lab isn't yet functional, but the views are great!