Author Archives: Joan E. Strassmann

Originally posted on Sociobiology:
I’ve written letters for these three great postdocs. “Kind to pets” is what a colleague calls positive letters of recommendation that don’t really say anything. Even worse is “word salad,” a series of highly predictable sentences…

Originally posted on Sociobiology:
If you are in your early twenties, you will be told often that many of the decisions you make will stay with you for the rest of your life, so be careful. I’d say do your…

Sex ratio and gamete size across eastern North America in Dictyostelium discoideum, a social amoeba with three sexes is the editor’s choice for super cool paper at Journal of Evolutionary Biology for July! This is one of the few studies … Continue reading →

We are so happy that Tracy Douglas successfully defended her Ph.D. and moved back to Texas. She is now a postdoctoral fellow in Julia Salz‘s lab, back at Rice. Julia has the exact same space we had, so there is … Continue reading →

The Life Sciences Research Foundation has funded a three year postdoctoral fellowship in our group for Longfei Shu! Congratulations!

Susanne DiSalvo started as an assistant professor just across the river at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville! We are delighted and hope we can keep collaborating!

We are delighted to announce that Tammy Haselkorn got a job at University of Central Arkansas. We wish her all the best and hope we can continue collaborating!