In Tyler Kartzinel’s Genomic Opportunities Lab, students and scientists work hand-in-hand with global partners to solve urgent conservation challenges, from restoring habitats to understanding what keeps wildlife healthy.
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Institute at Brown for Environment and Society
Hannah Hoff
Graduate Affiliate, Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology
Biography
Hannah Hoff is interested in combining molecular tools and field experiments to increase the specificity of our understanding of species interactions. Specifically, her PhD research explores food web relationships, plant-herbivore feedbacks and drivers of plant community composition in Yellowstone National Park.
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The Wildlife Society
An herbivore by any other name
A study led by biologists in IBES and EEOB revealed that different circumstances lead herbivores to eat a much wider variety of plants than previously believed.
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A federally funded analysis led by Brown University biologists found that different species of large herbivores have diets that are more diverse and complex than previously known.
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A recent study from IBES and the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology highlights gaps in reference databases that are required by scientists for DNA sequencing.
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Uppsala University
Unexpected discoveries in study of giraffe gut flora
Past and present members of Associate Professor Tyler Karzinel's lab analyzed the link between diet and gut flora in three giraffe species.
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Global Ecology and Conservation
Diet-microbiome covariation across three giraffe species in a close-contact zone
Associate Professor Tyler Kartzinel's lab group collaborated with nonprofits in Kenya and Namibia to compare the diets and gut microbiomes of giraffes.
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