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Congratulations to Erin!

May 03, 2021

The Holbrook Lab is happy to congratulate Erin Wright for presenting their Senior thesis as part of the Department of Integrative Biology's ThesisFest on Thursday April 29th. Erin's thesis is entitled, Squeezed Until They Burst: Does calcium affect the...

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Congratulations, Jess!

April 19, 2021

The Holbrook Lab is happy to congratulate Dr. Jessica Gersony on the successful defense of her thesis entitled, Understanding phloem functioning in the context of water stress. Way to go, Jess! We couldn't be happier for you!

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Join Ginny Zanger and Holbrook Lab grad student, Cat Chamberlain, for "A Way In: The Art and Science of Climate Change" being held virtually on March 25th at 10:30am ET

March 16, 2021

Five decades of weekly walks in the Arnold Arboretum find expression in Ginny Zanger’s art. “Rambling” gives her time to sketch and paint. Using the unique possibilities of her favorite medium—watercolor—and printmaking, Zanger explores, with articulate...

[Virtual] Harvard Forest Symposium, March 16-17, 12:30p.m.-5:00p.m.

March 09, 2021

Harvard Forest's annual Ecology Symposium will be held online on March 16 and 17 from 12:30-5:00 p.m. EDT. Sessions will showcase research, education, and policy highlights from the Forest's Long-Term Ecological Research Program.

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Congrats to Anju, Cat, and Dan who rocked the G4 symposium this week!

December 10, 2020

The Holbrook lab is proud of our graduate students, Anju, Cat and Dan who shared their thesis research with the OEB department during the two-day long G4 symposium held on Monday, December 7th and Tuesday, December 8th. Way to go, guys!

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Congratulations to Meghan Blumstein who was one of OEB's November graduates!

November 16, 2020

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Congratulations to Jess who won the 2020 ESA Physiological Ecology Billings Award at the annual ESA meeting!

September 25, 2020

Congratulations to Holbrook Lab grad student, Jessica Gersony, who won the 2020 ESA Physiological Ecology Billings Award at the annual ESA meeting held virtually from August 3rd to August 6th! The title of her talk was "Diurnal and seasonal carbon-water...

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Catherine Chamberlain participated in the 2020 Annual Harvard Forest Ecology Symposium

September 22, 2020

Catherine Chamberlain participated in the 2020 Annual Harvard Forest Ecology Symposium which was held virtually on September 22nd. The title of her talk was, "Understanding plant phenology and false spring risk in a warming world." Great work, Cat!

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Congratulations to graduate student award winners Anju and Meghan!

August 27, 2020

Congratulations to Anju Manandhar who was the recipient of the Harvard Center for Biological Imaging Simmons Award for her project, "Structural mechanism of stomatal movement (How do leaves have pores that open and close?)!" Congratulations also to Meghan...

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Congratulations to Meghan Blumstein!

August 06, 2020

Congratulations to Meghan Blumstein who successfully defended her thesis entitled, "The plastic and adaptive potential of sugar storage in temperate trees under climate change on Thursday, August 6, 2020. We wish Meghan all the best in her future...

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#ShutDownSTEM and #ShutDownAcademia initiatives

June 10, 2020

The Holbrook lab participated in the #ShutDownSTEM and #ShutDownAcademia initiatives on June 10th in support of our friends and colleagues of color. During this time, we met virtually as a group to discuss systemic racism, its impact in the sciences and...

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Welcome new lab members!

January 02, 2020

Welcome to new Holbrook Lab members, Yakir Preisler, Anna Sala, and Melissa Mai! We're excited to have them join us!

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