{"id":16,"date":"2025-01-13T01:01:11","date_gmt":"2025-01-13T01:01:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/gecklab\/?page_id=16"},"modified":"2026-01-13T20:03:54","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T20:03:54","slug":"news","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/gecklab\/news\/","title":{"rendered":"News"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Follow us at @reneegeck.bsky.social<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>January 2026: Welcome to Lauren Latona, who will be joining the lab to work on dataset analysis in spring 2026!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/gecklab\/files\/2025\/11\/Murdock2025_crop.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/gecklab\/files\/2025\/11\/Murdock2025_crop.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/gecklab\/files\/2025\/11\/Murdock2025_crop-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/gecklab\/files\/2025\/11\/Murdock2025_crop-150x150.jpg 150w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>November 2025: Ella and Kate presented posters at the Murdock College Science Research Conference in Vancouver, WA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>November 2025: Renee presented a talk &#8220;Mutually Beneficial Research Collaborations&#8221; about our work with yEvo Lab at a Gonzaga Pedagogy of Hope Lunch and Learn. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>October 2025: Ella, Kate, Katie, and Sophia presented posters about their research projects at the Gonzaga Undergraduate Research and Creative Activities Showcase. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>September 2025: Renee, Ella, and Sophia presented a poster about our caffeine evolution work with yEvo Lab at the Mission in Motion showcase with the Gonzaga Office of a Pedagogy of Hope.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>August 2025: Welcome to Norah Thornton, who will be joining the lab to work on experimental evolution in fall 2025!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"468\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/gecklab\/files\/2025\/08\/IMG_2004.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-139\" style=\"width:620px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/gecklab\/files\/2025\/08\/IMG_2004.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/gecklab\/files\/2025\/08\/IMG_2004-300x234.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>July 2025: Amy, Ella, Kate, and Sophia presented about their work to other summer research students at Gonzaga.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"397\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/gecklab\/files\/2025\/05\/SIRC2025.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-103\" style=\"width:620px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/gecklab\/files\/2025\/05\/SIRC2025.jpg 600w, https:\/\/blogs.gonzaga.edu\/gecklab\/files\/2025\/05\/SIRC2025-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>May 2025: Congratulations to Amy and Katie for winning a People&#8217;s Choice award for their poster presentation at the Spokane Intercollegiate Research Conference!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>May 2025: Renee is joining the 2025-26 Hope Fellows through the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.gonzaga.edu\/school-of-education\/about\/office-of-a-pedagogy-of-hope\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/www.gonzaga.edu\/school-of-education\/about\/office-of-a-pedagogy-of-hope\">Gonzaga Office of a Pedagogy of Hope through Research and Practice<\/a> to support and enrich our community partnerships.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 2025: Welcome to Kate Furman and Ella Tran, who will be joining the lab for summer 2025!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>March 2025: We received a <a href=\"https:\/\/murdocktrust.org\/grant-opportunities\/undergraduate-colleges-universities\" data-type=\"link\" data-id=\"https:\/\/murdocktrust.org\/grant-opportunities\/undergraduate-colleges-universities\">Murdock College Research Program for Natural Sciences grant<\/a> to support our research for the next 3 summers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>January 2025: The Geck Lab opens with its first three members &#8211; welcome Amy Howlett, Katie Manson, and Sophia Ohlson-Kiehn!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Follow us at @reneegeck.bsky.social January 2026: Welcome to Lauren Latona, who will be joining the lab to work on dataset analysis in spring 2026! 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