Schott Lab Updates
November 2023
Schott Lab moves into new office and lab space!
September 2023
Schott Lab welcomes new MSc student Jhael Ortega!
Schott Lab welcomes new undergraduate honours thesis students Matthew and Natalie!
Golnar and Taegan travel to Ottawa to present research at the Canadian Herpetological Society Meeting!
August 2023
NSERC USRA/DURA and YSSA recipients presented their summer research findings at York University's Faculty of Science Summer Undergraduate Research Conference. Congratulations to Minoosh, Ron and Ibifuro for completing their summer research projects!
July 2023
Ryan, Taegan, and Ron travelled to Norfolk, Virginia, USA for the annual Joint Meeting of Ichthyologists and Herpetologists (JMIH). Ryan and Taegan gave talks as part of the Amphibian Vision Symposium sponsored by the Systematics Association and the Society for the Study of Amphibians and Reptiles. Thank you to the symposium organizers Dr. Rayna Bell and Dr. Jeff Streicher! Ron presented a poster concerning his research on the molecular evolution of lens crystallin genes in frogs during the conference poster session. Ryan also presented a poster on behalf of Golnar regarding her research on the molecular evolution of visual opsin genes in side-neck and hidden-neck turtles.
July 2023
Vanessa, Minoosh, Victoria, and Ron convocated! Congratulations!
June 2023
The Schott lab hosts a MiniSymposium with the Chang and Lovejoy labs to discuss recent work in evolution and vertebrate visual systems!
May 2023
First annual Schott Lab BBQ!
April 2023
Victoria Mortella successfully defends her undergraduate honour's thesis. Congratulations Victoria!
April 2023
Vanessa Caramanica successfully defends her undergraduate honour's thesis. Congratulations Vanessa!
April 2023
Minoosh Fathi successfully defends her undergraduate honour's thesis. Congratulations Minoosh!
March 2023
NSERC/DURA USRA awarded to Minoosh Fathi, Ron Alesker, and Ibifuro Opuso-Jama. Congratulations!
August 2022
NSERC USRA/DURA and YSSA recipients presented their summer research findings at York University's Faculty of Science Summer Undergraduate Research Conference. Minoosh Fathi was awarded 1st place for her poster presentation on the molecular evolution of vertebrate opsins. Congratulations to Abdullah, Saesha, Ron, and Minoosh for completing their summer research projects!
June 2022
Professor Ryan Schott at York University discovers frog vision undergoes a surprising number of changes as tadpoles shift to their adult form to allow them to see on land where the light is bluer, as opposed to underwater where there is less light and a reddish cast.
June 2022
New frog eye paper out in BMCBiology with Rayna Bell and Matthew Fujita. We discovered large changes in the expression of eye genes as leopard frogs shift from aquatic tadpoles to terrestrial juveniles associated with improved vision in these distinct environments.
May 2022
Taegan Perez and Golnar Jalilvand join the Schott lab as incoming PhD students.
May 2022
New members; Vanessa Caramanica, Minoosh Fathi, Abdullah Hakeem, Sabrina Brusco, Saesha Kukreja, Ron Alesker, and Minh-Anne Than join the Schott lab for summer research.
April 2022
NSERC/DURA USRA awarded to Minoosh Fathi and Ron Alesker. Congratulations!
April 2022
Amir Mohammad Nasiri successfully defends his undergraduate honour's thesis. Congratulations Amir!
March 2022
Our new paper led by Katie Thomas studying the spectral transmission in the lenses of frogs and salamanders is out in FunEcology. We found that diurnal and climbing species more often evolve lenses that cut out UV light possibly improving their vision.
February 2022
Our first paper studying the evolution of frog opsins is now out in Ecol_Evol with Jenny Gumm. We discovered frog opsins to be highly variable at spectral tuning sites, with evidence for positive selection in two opsins, and a duplicated LWS opsin in one species. http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/full/10.10
June 2021
Ryan Schott awarded NSERC Discovery Grant and Discovery Launch Supplement!
June 2021
Amro Zayed, Sandra Rehan, Lawrence Packer, Emanuel Rosonina, Elizabeth Clare, Carol Bucking, and Ryan Schott awarded a NSERC Research Tools and Instruments Grant.
April 2021
Jack Boyette has been accepted into the graduate program at the University of Alabama and will work with Professor Gui Becker on amphibian disease ecology, evolution, and conservation. Congratulations Jack!
March 2021
Aaiza Khan and Sabrina Brusco join the Schott Lab as York Science Scholar Award (YSSA) Researchers for the summer. Aaiza and Sabrina will work on the molecular evolution of visual genes in frogs that inhabit different light environments.
March 2021
Wali Mir joins the Schott Lab and is awarded a NSERC Undergraduate Student Research award for the summer. Wali will work on the molecular evolution of turtle vision. Congratulations Wali!
February 2021
Lauren Grant-Assor and Amirmohammad Nasiri join the Schott lab to assist with equipment purchases and building this website, respectively
January 2021
Ryan Schott begins assistant professor position in the Department of Biology at York University. Schott Lab founded
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