Dennis Escolástico-Ortiz successfully defended his doctoral thesis on the population genomics, genotype/microbiome interaction and functional diversity of the bacteria  associated with the moss Racomitrium lanuginosum.  Dennis started a postdoc at Natural Resources Canada. We hope the best for Dennis ! Our lab has three new members. For the summer, we have the visit of Ève Gaubert from Université des Sciences et Technologies de Bordeaux (France). Eve will spend a month in the lab worki...

The Chocó-Darién region is one of the 25 global biodiversity hotspots.  Our lab was invited to do fieldwork in a remote area in Río Balsas, Darién. The project, spearheaded by Dr. Catherine Potvin (Mcgill University), aims at documenting this important biodiversity hotspot while sharing and exchanging knowledge with local Emberá communities. Dr. Potvin's team has established a long-term 15-ha plot in an old growth forest with trees of over 60 meters. With Adriel Sierra Pinilla we traveled...