Notes from North Carolina
I recently spent a month in North Carolina – my first visit to the South – where I have been conducting an experimental feeding study on...
PMEL Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
We, the members of Hunter College’s Primate Molecular Ecology Lab (PMEL), expressly believe that Black Lives Matter. We condemn the...
Notes from the (concrete) jungle: January 2020
Happy New Year (& decade)! It has certainly been awhile since I returned from Madagascar, so I thought it was high time for me to write...
Notes from the lab: Home range analysis
Hi Everyone! My name is Jelisa Oliveras. I am a master’s student in the Biology: Ecology, Evolution, and Behavior program. I am part of...
Rainforest jungle >> concrete jungle
I’m now back in NYC, and I can’t believe my field season is over already; it feels like I just got my first leech bite days ago. (One...
Notes from the field: July 2019
Salama Fellow Primates! I am reporting from the beautiful Reniala Lemur Rescue Center (LRC). Currently, investigating the effects of...
Notes from the field: July 2019
The Highs & Lows of Fieldwork: Lack of Data to Lemur Love Triangles Salama! I just got back to Centre ValBio (CVB) after my 3rd...
Notes from the field: June 2019
Salama y’all! As of last week, I have been in Madagascar for 2 months. Time flies here and it’s hard to wrap my head around how much has...
Notes from… well.. NYC: June 2019
Hello Everyone! My name is Samantha Calkins and I am a first year MA student in the Baden PMEL lab at Hunter College. I am originally...
Notes from the field: June 2019
Rice paddies, rampant leeches and (most importantly) really cute lemurs! Salama! I’m back at Centre ValBio (CVB) now after spending 3...