Ecology and Evolutionary Biology at Tulane University

Friday at 4pm the Spring 2022 Hathaway lecture will be presented by Drew Lanham. Dr. Lanham is a birder, naturalist, hunter-conservationist and the author of "The Home Place: Memoirs of a Colored Man’s Love Affair with Nature." We hope to see you there!

Recycled Glass Experiment, Open Houses on Feb. 25 & 26
Tulane's team researching the suitability of sand created from recycled glass for coastal restoration in collaboration with Glass Half Full is hosting two open houses this month.

The open houses will occur on Friday, Feb. 25 and Saturday, Feb. 26 at 1 p.m. each day. They will last about an hour. The street address is 8333 Maple Street, but the greenhouses is accessed through a fence gate on Cambronne Street. Read about this glass recycling research effort in the Times-Picayune.
https://www.nola.com/news/environment/article_137c6300-277a-11ec-998d-ebede0775f47.html

Professor and Department Chair Keith Clay's new paper in Communications Biology finds that fungal symbionts in some morning glories produce hallucinogenic effects

Study shows common flower species holds promise for beneficial psychedelic drugs Thanks to a symbiotic fungus, many species of morning glories contain elements of powerful psychedelic drugs, according to a new Tulane University study published in the journal

Dr. Hannah Frank receives very timely grant to study bat-borne diseases that can infect humans

Tulane researcher receives award to study the threat of diseases from bats Hannah Frank, a bat expert in the Tulane University School of Science and Engineering, will share in a $1.25 million award for new research

Check out this article about a local group's mission to use sand made from recycled glass to restore La. coastal erosion - Dr. Van Bael's and Dr. Farrer's labs are studying the sand to see its efficacy.

Going green: Tulane scientists study recycled glass sand for coastal restoration A small idea could one day have a big impact on Louisiana’s eroding coastline.

Congrats to Caz Taylor and PHD student Fabiola Rodriguez-Vasquez on their grant awarded to study sustainable coffee farming!

Tulane professor wins $2 million grant to make coffee growing more sustainable For coffee drinkers, there’s nothing like that first sip in the morning.

EEB's Hathaway lecturer is Dr. Catherine Peichel of the University of Bern, Switzerland. The lecture starts at 4pm in the Commons room 300, with a reception to follow in Pocket Park.

Dr. Karubian's Ecuador Scholar's Program is having a symposium October 21st at 5pm in LBC room 212. With a catered reception afterwards! Hope to see you there. Read about the Ecuador Scholar's Program in the TU News:

Tulane ecologist recruiting students for new scholars’ program For more than a decade, Jordan Karubian, an ecologist at Tulane University, and his Tulane colleagues have been taking students to northwest Ecuador, lead

Friday at 4pm New Orleans' own Mark Plotkin - renown ethnobotanist and author - will be giving the fall 2021 Conery lecture "Rum, Pirates and Medicinal Plants from New Orleans to the Amazon"

PHD student Mareli Sanchez-Julia of the Van Bael lab wrote a great article about the important role soil plays in mitigating climate change

Soil and its promise as a climate solution: A primer Is harnessing the storage power of soils the global carbon solution we have been searching for? Understanding soil-formation and function is a first step to finding out.

Congratulations to Ellie Casement for being awarded the prestigious Goldwater Scholarship! Ellie is an EEB/Anthro dual major who is doing an honor's thesis in the Karubian lab and also works in the Ferris lab. Talk about "scholarship" !!

Tulane Junior Named 2021 Goldwater Scholar A Newcomb-Tulane College junior has earned national recognition for her impressive academic accomplishments and research activities. Ellie Casement, who is pursuing a dual degree in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology and Anthropology, was awarded a 2021 Goldwater Scholarship.