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Kidwell Symposium

1/21/2015

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Chelsea, Paceyn and I flew to Tucson in mid-November to attend a symposium in honor of my major professor, Dr. Margaret Kidwell.  This was part scientific meeting, part reunion. I had a great time seeing all my former lab mates, some of whom I haven't seen since I graduated in 1998.  Margaret opened the program with a biographical talk - covering the years up until she moved to the University of Arizona in 1985.  It was very interesting to hear about how she grew up, was impacted by WWII and eventually decided to become a professor.  She talked about a number of her scientific influences, including her husband James Kidwell, Francisco Ayala and Masatoshi Nei. It was a wonderful talk filled with some very interesting bits of history.  I hope she writes this up and publishes it somewhere!
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The Program included talks from Damon Lisch (Purdue University), Junhyong Kim (University of Pennsylvania), Allan Dickerman (Virginia Tech), Ken Peterson (Kansas State University), Joana da Silva (University of Maryland), Jake Tu (Virginia Tech), Mary Wojciechowski (Arizona State University), Becky Wattam (Virginia Tech), and Jonathan Clark (Weber State University). It was a great day, thanks largely to the sponsors in the Graduate Interdisciplinary Program in Genetics and the Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology.  After the talks, we went to Margaret's house for a party - it was just like old times.
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Hawaii Trip: January 2015

1/21/2015

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We went to the Big Island and Maui to collect material for a couple different projects.  My primary goal was to obtain samples of spoon tarsus species for our Dimensions in Biodiversity grant.  I also wanted to obtain some more material from Scaptomyza cyrtandrae and a new species in that group from Maui that I'm describing with former student Jessica Craft.  Finally, Nina and I were looking for canacids to expand the sampling within her phylogeny of Hawaiian Canacidae.  It was a very successful trip and we got everything we needed for all the projects.
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Kipuka along Puu Oo Trail. Mauna Kea is in the background. Click photo to see full panoramic view.
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Cyrtandra on Hawaii
While on the Big Island we stayed at Hamp Carson's cabin in Glenwood.  It has been several years since I was there and it still looks pretty much the same.  It's great to have the resource available and we owe Ken Kaneshiro and the Center for Conservation Research and Training a huge mahalo for letting us stay there.  The Big Island work stated in the Volcano area and along Stainback Highway.  We also made collections for canacids along the Hamakua Coast, in Kau and in North Kona.  We also spent a day helping Alli Quan collect Drosophila mimica and D. kambysellisi in Kipuka Puaulu.  The rest of the time was spent on the Saddle Road collecting in kipukas along the Puu Oo Trail.  
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Mokulele Air crew getting our plane ready to go.
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Bag of bugs returned
We flew over to Maui for a short two day trip.  The flight over was very smooth but there were some problems with the plane before we took off.  We spent the first day collecting canacids and ephydrids along the Hana Highway.  The second day was spent in the Waikamoi Forest Reserve.  East Maui Irrigation gave us access and helped out with logistics.  We ended up leaving some of our collections in the rental car but the folks at National sent them to us in Hilo via Air Cargo.
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In addition to all the hard work we also go to do some touristy stuff.  The Halemaumau Crater was very impressive at night and Haleakala Crater is always amazing.
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