News: Hoopes Prize!

bioblitz shieldFarrell Lab undergraduate Adam Clark wins the Hoopes Prize!

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News

Prof. Farrell co-authors new paper which answers longstanding scientific question about cause of tropics' stunning biodiversity. More

Current research

News pictureCurrent research extends the evolution of insect-plant interactions to other trophic levels through a broad collaboration in the beetle Tree of Life project.

A new research dimension in the lab concerns the acoustic signals produced for mating and territory defense. More

Database links


NCBI: The National Center for Biotechnology Information, hosts sites such as GenBank (sequences of many organisms), BLAST (you can search to see what sequences in the database are most similar to a sequence you have) and PopSet (sequences gathered for one phylogenetic or population-genetic project).

TreeBase: Aligned datasets and trees.

EvolDir: An email directory and mailing list for evolutionary biologists, maintained by Brian Golding. Includes job postings, lab protocols, upcoming conferences, and more.

Entomology index of internet resources: Maintained by Iowa State, a vast searchable database of websites with insect information. If you want information on the web about insects, start here. Includes mailing lists.