What a busy week this has been! We arrived back at RMBL on Monday the 8th and have gotten a lot of work done. This time around, we are lucky enough to have two others on our team, Andrea and Jane. We have all been putting in full days in the field collecting demography and… Read More

This was a busy field week. We spent a lot of time up at Niwot taking phenological data at our sites. We have found a considerable amount of flower buds, which is exciting! Also, this week was a lot of prep for RMBL. I spent some time figuring out how much reagent we will need… Read More

This week we spent time ironing out details and testing some of our methods. We met with another lab and found pretty much all of the chemicals we will need to run our tests. Pictured above is Western Catalpa pollen stained in aniline blue, which is a dye that has been used to distinguish between… Read More

I was lucky enough to have spent the last week at the Rocky Mountain Biological Laboratory. It was exciting to finally get out into the field and learn some of the processes. One of the sites where we have some germination plots was still covered in snow, so we were not able to make it… Read More

After Skyping several times and countless emails, yesterday (Saturday) was the first time I met my Ph.D. student mentor, Kelly, in person! We spent most of the day on the road to RMBL. Once in Crested Butte, we decided to do some reconnaissance on a river crossing that we will have to make this week.… Read More

First of all, what an amazing group of people! I feel so fortunate to be a part of this amazing cohort! So, before I get to rambling, I just want to thank each and every one of you for everything you bring to the group and our collective experience. You have all made this a… Read More