• Congratulations to Seth Donoughe for receiving an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.

• Read about the Panama Field Trip for Cassandra's undergraduate course, OEB51: Biology and Evolution of Invertebrate Animals.

• Evelyn Schwager co-authors a paper on Hox genes in spider development, now available from PNAS.

• The Evo-Devo-Eco Network (EDEN) NSF Research Coordination Network is one year old! see the EDEN website for details on how to apply for funding and joind the EDEN network.

Welcome to the Extavour lab. We are a collection of developmental biologists, molecular biologists, geneticists, cell biologists, zoologists, and evolutionary biologists. Our shared interest is in the evolution of the genetic mechanisms employed during early animal embryogenesis to specify cell fate, development and differentiation. We focus primarily on the evolution and development of reproductive systems, including both the germ line and the somatic components of the gonad.