Upcoming Events
You can find members of the lab at the upcoming conferences:
August 24-26, 2025: Silphium Meeting (virtual; Salina, KS, USA)
October 19, 2025: Saint Louis Ecology, Evolution, and Conservation Retreat (St. Louis, MO, USA)
November 9-12, 2025: CANVAS (Salt Lake City, UT, USA)
Past Events and Presentations
July 2025: Harris-Stowe State University Summer Undergraduate Research Symposium (St. Louis, MO, USA)
Presentation by Emmanuella Gandonu: “Temporal variation in leaf reflectance among Brassica rapa”
June 2025: Evolution Annual Meeting (Athens, GA, USA)
Presentation by Matthew Rubin: “Intraspecific variation in paths to fitness in plants with different life histories”
Presentation by Shikara Patel: “Characterizing the genetic basis of cold responses in Mimulus guttatus"
Science policy workshop and booth with Matthew Rubin: “Writing postcards to your elected officials”
April 2025: Saint Louis University Biology Undergraduate Research Symposium (St. Louis, MO, USA)
Poster by Shikara Patel: “Characterizing the genetic basis of cold responses in Mimulus guttatus”
Poster by Satvika Bejawar and Johanna Sanchez-Lopez: “Characterizing variation in yield components in the perennial oilseed Silphium integrifolium”
April 2025: Washington University in St. Louis Undergraduate Research Symposium (St. Louis, MO, USA)
Presentation by Liam Keaggy: “Developing early-stage phenomic selection models for herbaceous perennial crops”
April 2025: Midwest Ecology and Evolution Conference (St. Louis, MO, USA)
Presentation by Shikara Patel: “Characterizing the genetic basis of cold responses in Mimulus guttatus”
April 2025: Saint Louis University Sigma Xi Conference (St. Louis, MO, USA)
Presentation by Zachary Harris: “A leaf phenomics approach to estimating below-ground traits in North American Licorice”
March 2025: Tri-Beta NC-2 District Convention (Steelville, MO, USA)
Presentation by Matthew Rubin: “The importance of being on time: Plant circadian rhythms and adaptation to cold”
March 2025: Pathways to a Perennial Future Conference (Texcoco, Mexico)
Presentation by Matthew Rubin: “Phenomic selection in perennial crops”
February 2025: North American Plant Phenotyping Network Conference (St. Louis, MO, USA)
Presentation by Matthew Rubin: “Developing phenomic selection models to expedite the breeding of herbaceous perennial crops”
Presentation by Zachary Harris: “Leaf hyperspectral reflectance to predict below-ground traits in North America Licorice”
Presentation by Liam Keaggy: “Developing early-stage phenomic selection models for herbaceous perennial crops.”
November 2024: Washington University in St. Louis Undergraduate Research Symposium (St. Louis, MO, USA)
Poster by Liam Keaggy: “Developing early-stage phenomic selection models for herbaceous perennial crops”