News - The Galloway Lab

News

April 2025 - Congrats to Alfredo Lopez for getting his manuscript "Substantial structural variation and repetitive DNA content contribute to intraspecific plastid genome evolution" published in BMC Genomics!
January 2025 - Congrats to Antoine Perrier and Megan Turner for getting their manuscript "Shifts in vernalization and phenology at the rear edge hold insight into adaptation of temperate plants to future milder winters " accepted in New Phytologist!
September 2024 - Congrats to Hanna Makowski, Emily Scott and Keric Lamb for getting their manuscript "Compensating for the corolla? Pollen exposure is not associated with pollen collecting hair length" accepted in Annals of Botany!
August 2024 - We welcome Shannon who is a graduent student in the lab, Madi who is a graduate student rotating in the lab , and Allison who will be leading independent undergraduate research projects in the lab.
August 2024 - We say goodbye to Keric Lamb who is beginning a PostDoc at Berkeley (CA).
July 2024 - Antoine Perrier presented his work on local adaptation at the rear edge at the 20th International Botany Conference in Madrid (Spain) and at the 3rd Joint Congress on Evolutionary Biology in Montreal (CA)
June 2024 - Congrats to Dr. Keric Lamb for successfully defending his PhD in the lab!
June 2024 - Congrats to Keric Lamb for getting his manuscript "Phylogeography and paleoclimatic range dynamics explain variable outcomes to contact across a species’ range" accepted in Molecular Ecology!
June 2024 - Antoine presented his work about adaptation at the rear edge at the Mountain Lake Biological Station's Summer Seminar Series.
May 2024 - Congrats to Emily Scott, Mason Gower-Fici and Lauren Pizarro for graduating, and for Emily to finishing the Distinguished Majors program with Highest Distinction!
May 2024 - Congrats to Emily Scott for winning the best presentation at UVA's 40th Annual Katz Research Symposium, and for receiving the Young Botanist award from the Botanical Society of America!
April 2024 - Emily, Mason, Lauren, Katie and Lilah presented their research at UVA's Annual Biological Sciences research Symposium.
May 2024 - Congrats to Hanna Makowski for getting her manuscript "Support for Baker’s law: facultative self-fertilization ability decreases pollen limitation in experimental colonization" accepted in the American Journal of Botany!
February 2024 - Congrats to Antoine Perrier for getting his manuscript "Uncovering the cause of breakup between species' range limits and niche limits under climate warming" accepted in the Journal of Biogeography!
November 2023 - We say goodbye to Caroline Bush who started a new job in educational data science.
September 2023 - Congrats to Caroline Bush for successfully defending her MS in Biology.
September 2023 - Antoine Perrier, Alfredo Lopez, and Emily Scott presented their work at the Southeastern Population Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics conference at Mountain Lake Biological Station (VA). Congrats to Emily for winning best undergrad poster award!
August 2023 - We welcome Katie, Lauren, and Lilah who will be leading independent undergraduate research projects in the lab.
August 2023 - We say goodbye to Hanna Makowski who is beginning a PostDoc at Black Rock Forest (NY).
August 2023 - Congrats to Dr. Hanna Makowski for successfully defending her PhD in the lab!
July 2023: Antoine Perrier, Alfredo Lopez, and Hanna Makowski have presented their work at the Evolution 20203 conference in Albuquerque (NM).
June 2023 – Congrats to Olivia, Meg, Mac and Yimfoong for graduating and to Olivia for finishing the Distinguished Majors program with Highest Distinction!
May 2023 – Congrats to Caroline Bush for successfully finishing her MS in Data Science.
January 2023 – We welcome Mason who will be leading independent undergraduate research projects in the lab.
July 2022 - Antoine Perrier presented his work at the Evolution conference 2022 in Cleveland (OH).
August 2022 - Juliana Jiranek joins the lab as a rotation student!
July 2022 - The lab welcomes a new post-doc Alfredo Lopez!
May 2022 - Congrats to Emily Scott for receiving a small research and travel grant and the Schwager summer scholarship to support her research on floral structure and pollen-collecting hair evolution!
March 2022 - New paper out in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Hybrid breakdown is elevated near the historical core of species ranges.
January 2022 - Hanna Makowski received the Rosemary Grant Advanced Award from the Society for the Study of Evolution to fund her summer field work exploring the role of mating system in colonization.
December 2021 - Congrats to Hanna Makowski for receiving a Graduate Global Research grant from UVA's Center for Global Inquiry and Innovation. She will be expanding her pollen-collecting hair work into multiple Campanula species!
November 2021 - We are looking for a post-doc to evaluate the contribution of cytonuclear coevolution to reproductive isolation in Campanula americana. Check out the job description here.
July 2021 - New paper out in Ecology and Evolution: Variation in reproduction and gene flow between cytotypes in a polyploid complex: one size does not fit all.
April 2021 - The lab has a new member! Welcome to Antoine Perrier, a post-doc who will be researching the demographic and evolutionary factors which shape the rear range edge in Campanula americana.
April 2021 - Austin Kim and Hanna Makowski received the 2021 Raven Fellowship from The Raven Society for their collaborative project on pollen collecting hairs!
February 2021 - Congratulations to Austin Kim for receiving the Harrison Undergraduate Research Award for his proposal exploring the role of pollen collecting hairs in self reproduction!
December 2020 - Congrats to Dr. Laura Galloway the 2021 President-Elect for the Society for the Study of Evolution!
September 2020 - New paper accepted in Molecular Ecology: Westward range expansion from middle latitudes explains the Mississippi River discontinuity in a forest herb of eastern North America
September 2020 - New paper out in Evolution: Strength in numbers? Cytotype frequency mediates effect of reproductive barriers in mixed-ploidy arrays
July 2020 - New paper out in Frontiers in Plant Science: Temperature and historical colonization shape geographic variation in petal reflectance and coloration.
June 2020 - Congratulations to Hanna Makowski for receiving the Karling Award for her proposal to BSA's Bill Dahl Graduate Student Research Award!
February 2020 - New paper out in Journal of Evolutionary Biology: Pollen colour morphs take different paths to fitness. See the blog post on the EEBio website!
February 2020 - Members of the Galloway and Roach lab worked together to show middle school students around the UVA greenhouse.
October 2019 - Congratulations to Hanna Makowski on winning an award for her poster at the South Eastern Population and Evolutionary Genetics conference!
September 2019 - Cavalier Daily runs an article on the new Evolution Letters paper: https://www.cavalierdaily.com/article/2019/09/how-a-common-flower-provided-uva-researchers-with-climate-change-insight
August 2019 - New paper out in Evolution Letters: Selfing ability and drift load evolve with range expansion
August 2019 - New paper out in American Journal of Botany: Pollen limitation and autonomous selfing interact to shape variation in outcrossing rate across a species range
August 2019 – Changing of the guard! We welcome Keric Lamb, joining us as a graduate student, and bid a fond farewell to Matt Koski who is beginning an Assistant Professor position at Clemson

July 2019 - Congratulations to Dr. Catherine Debban, who just successfully defended her PhD in the lab!
December 2018 - New paper out in Annals of Botany: The role of pollinator preference in the maintenance of pollen colour variation
October 2018 - New paper out in American Journal of Botany: Effects of glaciation and whole genome duplication on the distribution of the Campanula rotundifolia polyploid complex
October 2018 - Matt and Catherine presented at the annual Southeastern Population Ecology and Evolutionary Genetics (SEPEEG) meeting
August 2018 - Welcome to Hanna Makowski, a graduate student joining the lab this month
August 2018 - New paper out in Ecology and Evolution: Response to joint selection on germination and flowering phenology depends on the direction of selection
July 2018 - Our paper "Linking pollinator efficiency to patterns of pollen limitation" was featured in UVA Today
June 2018 - New paper out in Functional Ecology: Populations with greater flexibility in floral traits modify mating system in response to the pollinator environment
June 2018 - New paper out in Proceedings of the Royal Society B: Linking pollinator efficiency to patterns of pollen limitation: small bees exploit the plant-pollinator mutualism
April 2018 - Congratulations to Hanqin Wu for successfully defending her MS in the lab!
March 2018 - New paper out in American Journal of Botany: Timing is everything: Dichogamy and pollen germinability underlie variation in autonomous selfing among populations
March 2018 - New paper out in American Journal of Botany: Intercontinental dispersal and whole-genome duplication contribute to loss of self-incompatibility in a polyploid complex
January 2018 - New paper out in New Phytologist: Geographic variation in pollen color is associated with temperature stress
October 2017 - Congratulations to Dr. Brittany Sutherland, who just successfully defended her PhD in the lab!
October 2017 - New paper out in Ecology: A geographic cline in the ability to self-fertilize is unrelated to the pollination environment
October 2017 - New paper out in Ecology and Evolution: Variation in reproductive isolation across a species range
September 2017 - Congratulations to Laura for being named the Commonwealth Professor of Biology!
August 2017 - The Galloway Lab won UVA's Freezer Challenge competition, a program coordinated by the Sustainability Office to save energy by reducing freezer sample storage.
April 2017 - Congratulations to Brittany Sutherland for receiving the Dr. Frank Finger All-University Graduate Award for Teaching!
April 2017 - New paper out in American Midland Naturalist: The Reproductive Ecology of Diploid and Tetraploid Galax urceolata
February 2017 - New paper out in New Phytologist: Biparental chloroplast inheritance leads to rescue from cytonuclear incompatibility
January 2017 - New paper out in New Phytologist: Postzygotic isolation varies by ploidy level within a polyploid complex
December 2016 - New paper out in Evolution: Cytonuclear incompatibility contributes to the early stages of speciation
August 2016 - Welcome to Hanqin Wu, a new graduate student joining the lab this month
March 2016 - New paper out in New Phytologist: Evolution of marginal populations of an invasive vine increases the likelihood of future spread
March 2016 - New paper out in Annals of Botany: The mean and variability of a floral trait have opposing effects on fitness traits
February 2016 - Welcome to Dr. Kuo Liao, who is visiting the lab for the next year from Wuhan Botanical Garden in China.
November 2015 - New paper out in American Journal of Botany: Multiple glacial refugia lead to genetic structuring and the potential for reproductive isolation in a herbaceous plant

Header image by Catherine Debban