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Jul. 2006 ::: News

Compositional biases in arachnid
mt. genomes presented at the
SMBE conference. Link

Feb. 2006

Analyses of the holometabolan
insect relationships presented
at the Montreal phylogenomic
conference. Link

Jun. 2005

Results of arachnid mitogenomic
analyses presented to American
arachnologists.  Link

Feb. 2005

Phylogenetic analyses of CITES
protected tarantulas presented to
Bristish arachnologists and other
spider enthusiasts.   Link

Stuart J. Longhorn Ph.D.

Postdoctoral Researcher

Current Mailing Address

Department of Biology
P.O. Box 751
Portland State University
Oregon 97201-0751

Masta Lab Phone : 01-503-725-3855
Photo: Chiquibul national park, Belize - Looking out over the tropics (era muy bonita!)
Broad Research Interest:
Understanding patterns of arthropod diversity
(esp. arachnids and insects) using novel approaches
for generating large-scale datasets, e.g. EST or mitogenomic approaches.
I focus on how genetic fragments can be used
most effectively to estimate taxonomic relationships.
Read more...
Overview of Ongoing Research:
E-Mail (USA):

stul@pdx.edu

 

Mitogenomic analyses of arachnids using complete mt. genomes

Phylogenomic analyses of insect orders using ribosomal proteins

Comparative transcriptomic analysis of Coleoptera using EST sequences

Conservation genetics of Brachypelma tarantulas

Photo: Brachypelma fossorium male

If I'm elsewhere in the world (hopefully collecting spiders) and don't answer the above address, try again using:
sjl197-at-hotmail.com

I hope to respond promptly!
And then the ubiquitous link to pictures (but to be added soon - sorry):
Collecting Trips. Arizona 2006. Searching for Elusive Salticids.
Made in England (me, not this US site).
Collaborators:

Dr. Susan Masta ---  Dr. Alfried Vogler ---  Dr. Peter Foster ---  Dr. Joseph Hughes ---  Dr. Carlos Viquez 
Copyright © 2005 Stuart Longhorn. All rights reserved.