Aloha from southern Illinois!
Welcome to the Anderson Lab web page. We have a wide array of research interests that can really only be encompassed under the umbrella terms "invertebrate biology" and "evolutionary biology". Members of the lab have conducted research on 1) cephalopod phylogeny, population genetics and phylogeography, 2) land snail phylogeny, population genetics, phylogeography and ecology, 3) cave amphipod population genetics, 4) metazoan phylogeny and 5) phylogenetic taxonomy. We have received funding from the National Science Foundation, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, the USDA Forest Service, the Illinois Department of Natural Resources and the Conchologists of America to support our research.
Follow the links to find out more about our research interests, lab publications, Dr. Anderson's courses, and any other miscellaneous stuff that we think is worthy of your attention. Thanks for dropping by!
The latest headlines...
April 20, 2009: We have SOLD OUT of Charles Darwin bobbleheads. We will likely reorder them, but a few new wrinkles have arisen in the logistics of the whole process that may prevent us from doing so. Please stay tuned, and contact me directly if you have any questions.
March 12, 2009: The Charles Darwin bobblehead has gone international -- Richard Fortey's got one on his desk, and the BBC has told the world.
February 12, 2009: Happy 200th birthday, Charles Darwin! Check out a timely post on a St. Louis Post-Dispatch blog about our bobbleheads.
January 23, 2009: DARWIN DAY is coming! Here's a list of the festivities at SIUC.
December 13, 2008: Stephanie Clutts graduated with a master's degree. Congratulations! Stephanie is now working at the University of Kentucky as part of the Hymenoptera Tree of Life project.
August 14, 2008: The recent American Malacological Society meeting was featured in the Saluki Times.
July 7, 2008: Our very own Stephanie Clutts won the Constance Boone Award for Best Student Presentation at last week's AMS meeting. Congratulations, Stephanie! Awesome job!
July 7, 2008: Thanks to everyone who attended the American Malacological Society meeting last week! We had a great (if hectic) time, and hope you did, too (well, except for the hectic part). Special thanks to my students Marla Coppolino and Stephanie Clutts, as well as Vanessa Sneed and David Clark at the Division of Continuing Education, for doing all the hard work!
February 6, 2008: We are hosting the 74th annual meeting of the American Malacological Society here in Carbondale from June 29 - July 4, 2008. You can find out more information here, or you can go directly to the meeting web page (caveat emptor - there may still be a few funny bits here).
January 27, 2008: Two articles about this summer's American Malacological Society meeting and our land snail research were featured in the Southern Illinoisan on Sunday, January 27, 2008.
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