We are pleased to announce that Tim Ohlert is joining the Smith Lab in Fall 2022 as our new postdoc. Check out his website for more about his research! https://timothyohlert.weebly.com/
We are interested in species changes at the community level, but we’re also interested in different, smaller scales. Looking at how transcription changes can help identify unique expressed signatures of different species and how they respond to different environments. Below, graduate students Francis Chaves and Ava Hoffman prepare samples in liquid nitrogen for RNA sequencing….
Although most of the Smith Lab works at Konza, we sometimes visit the Shortgrass Steppe site in Eastern Colorado. Early season rainfall brings out the color at EDGE!
Melinda Smith discussing the International Drought Experiment (IDE) Read about the lighter side of field work at Konza Prairie, written by Mary Linabury https://www.9news.com/article/weather/weather-colorado/scientists-artificial-drought-study-impacts-grasslands/73-2e7e6331-4bf1-4dd9-8034-8c663792a223
Can’t get enough of grasslands!
The semester is over, which means the lab is gearing up for field season! We are starting new projects and performing spring measurements on our many existing experiments. This year, Sally Koerner will be starting the CHANGE experiment, and the entire lab is launching EDGE, a huge collaborative effort across grasslands in the U.S. We’re…
In September, Smith lab members got a chance to go to the LTER All Scientists Meeting 2022 in sunny California!!