WE HAVE BABY CHITONS

6/20/2025

Spawning chitons on purpose is almost impossible. ALMOST. Rebecca is working with a wonderful REU student at Friday Harbor Laboratories in the San Juan Islands this summer, and together they have spawned a chiton and have larvae settling. Setting the stage for some exciting science, AND they're CUTE!

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Congratulations to Christina on her UCARE award!

5/08/2025

Big congrats to Christina Van Haren on receiving a UCARE award through UNL. This award will support her summer research as she investigates the use of eDNA in characterizing the fauna of ephemeral waters in Nebraska and beyond!

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The lab is open for science!

3/18/2025

Construction always takes longer than you expect. But we made it through a minor flood, some strange walls, and the discovery that the last person here had the ENTIRE space wired to a single 20 amp breaker (bad plan!). It's great to be settled in my actual office and to have science happening in my actual lab! Looking forward to exciting times ahead!

Congrats to Christina on her UCARE poster presentation

8/5/2025

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New paper in Genes, Genomes, and Genetics

5/13/2025

New jellyfish genome just dropped! You know that feeling when you accidentally sequence the genome of the wrong animal? Read more about our high-quality genome assembly for Bougainvillia muscus here!

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SICB2025

1/9/2025

A 3D scan of a sea spider

Kocot lab past and present members.

Great to be at SICB and to reconnect with science family from afar. Rebecca is proud to be on 3 talks ranging from sea spiders to jellyfish eyes. Looking forward to exciting science to come!