March 20, 2025 – Congrats to Undergraduate Researcher Jenn Breiner for being awarded a fellowship from the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP). Jenn is continuing on in graduate school and will be entering the PhD program in UC Biological Sciences this Fall.
April 1, 2024 – Happy April fools Day! To honor this occasion, we have pulled together some of the published papers that make us laugh. See our growing list here.
Feb 20, 2024 – Our promotional video for Public Gardens as Sentinels Against Invasive Plants (PGSIP) is now out! This is a collaboration between The Midwest Invasive Plant Network (MIPN), The Morton Arboretum, and several other public gardens. Theresa is interviewed here, representing the Ohio Invasive Plants Council, talking about the impacts of invasive plants in natural areas. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XFj8mh0dK6I
Feb 6, 2024 – Listen to David Farrier on his Flightless Bird podcast when he talks about the Callery pear and interviews Theresa: https://armchairexpertpod.com/pods/fb-callery-pear-trees
January 22, 2024 – Our lab wintercreeper paper is finally out! This paper is from Robert Elam‘s PhD dissertation and documents how invasive populations of wintercreeper (Euonymus fortunei) in several states are all genetically identical to the cultivated variety ‘Coloratus’. This is a tetraploid genotype that used to be commonly planted in the landscape. You can see the Open Access article here: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/invasive-plant-science-and-management/article/genetic-analysis-of-invasive-spread-of-wintercreeper-euonymus-fortunei-a-popular-ornamental-groundcover/5A62C58DE246B4165A874FB11C4D1FAA
December 14, 2023 – Theresa Culley was mentioned on the local news show on public radio about invasive plants, featuring Dr. Denis Conover from our department and Mr. Steve Foltz from the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden. Steve is a member of the OIPC Invasive Plant Assessment Team, which is chaired by Theresa. Great way to educate the public about invasive plants – thanks to both Denis and Steve! You can hear the story here: https://www.wvxu.org/show/cincinnati-edition/2023-12-14/new-study-finds-invasive-plants-are-thriving-in-southwest-ohio
December 2023 – Congratulations to Max Winkeljohn for successfully completing his PhD Candidacy Exam on Dec. 4! He is now in his last steps of the PhD Program, working at the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden on perfecting cryopreservation techniques for endangered oak species.
November 2023 – Welcome to Ryan Brooks, who is officially joining our lab group in January 2024. We are so glad to have you join our lab community!
July 2023 – Congratulations to Dr. Robert Elam for completing his PhD degree this month. Robert focused his research on the invasive wintercreeper (Euonymus fortunes) to better understand why it is spreading into forests in the Midwest and how it might be impacting the arthropod community.
December 2022 – Congratulations to Rachel Bridgens, who received her MS degree for her work on endangered Hawaiian plant species with the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden!
Sept. 2019 – The Culley Lab is looking for a new MS student, to ideally start January, 2020! This person will assist with the Hawaiian species genetic project with the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden. See more information here.
Sept. 2019 – A nice piece in the Center for Conservation’s September Newsletter here mentions work our lab is doing in collaboration with the Cincinnati Zoo and Botanical Garden’s CREW Facility. Kudos to lab graduate Dr. Megan Philpott, now a Post-Doc at CREW!
July 2, 2019 – The UC story on the Callery pear was picked up by CityLab, followed by another highlight in UC In the News here. Congrats to undergraduate researcher Tziporah Serota, whose recent paper in Castanea was highlighted!
June 27, 2019 – UC In the News highlighted our lab’s work with the Callery pear moving into forest interiors, based on a presentation at this year’s Society for Economic Botany meeting. https://www.uc.edu/news/articles/2019/06/n20841260.html
March 11, 2019 – The Culley Lab was featured in the UC Office of Research IMPACT magainzine here: https://researchhow2.uc.edu/docs/default-source/default-document-library/research-impact-report-2018.pdf?sfvrsn=f648457a_0
Dec. 24, 2018 – The Culley Lab celebrates the holiday season by incorporating their research subjects into the festivities! Shown here is a wreath made of locally invasive wintercreeper by Robert Elam and undergraduate student Emma.
August 1, 2018 – Thinking about publishing a paper soon? Beware of predatory journals and publishers. See Theresa’s recent paper in Plant Science Bulletin to find out more. PDF
June 24, 2018 – Welcome to our new lab website, now on WordPress. Thanks to Dr. Nate Morehouse for his advice and support as we made the transition!
June 15, 2018 – Theresa Culley will be succeeding Dr. George Uetz as Head of the Department of Biological Sciences, starting August 15, 2018.
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