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1st place at the Smithsonian photo contest, category 'Fellows doing science'
Check out my winning photo and all other great shots by fellows and interns of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
Tauana J. Cunha
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Mar 2022
New MBE paper refuting the monophyly of Arachnida
Our >500-species molecular and morphological phylogeny places horseshoe crabs among arachnids, and highlights a scenario of multiple …
Tauana J. Cunha
Feb 2022
New Syst Bio paper on phylogenomic conflict in vetigastropod snails
Come for a thorough exploration of sources of conflict, stay for the beauty that are abalones, top snails, and so many others!
Tauana J. Cunha
Sep 2021
SICB talk on population genomics of an endangered gastropod
Click to see my talk at the Population Genetics and Phylogeography session: Population connectivity of an endangered gastropod across …
Jan 2021
Invited talk at the XI Congreso Latinoamericano de Malacología (CLAMA)
Click to see my talk (Spanish) at the II Simposio Latinoamericano de Genética de Moluscos: Datos genómicos para la filogenia de …
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Nov 2020
Invited Seminar at STRI Science Talks
My departmental seminar at STRI: Gastropod phylogenomics and biogeography across 400 million years
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Sep 2020
Invited talk at the SBE meeting
Click to see my talk
on Congruence and Conflict in Phylogenomics, and for more info on this great meeting!
Tauana J. Cunha
Jul 2020
GGI grant
Got a Global Genome Initiative grant to sequence genomes and support my work on population genetics and connectivity of gastropods!
Tauana J. Cunha
Apr 2020
Postdoc at STRI
Fresh start as a Postdoctoral Fellow at the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute!
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Tauana J. Cunha
Jan 2020
Talks at Unicamp and USP
Presented my work in the ecology seminar series at Unicamp and USP, in Brazil. Fun time seeing great friends!
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Tauana J. Cunha
Sep 2019
World Congress of Malacology
Gastropod phylogeny and evolution of shell shape at the WCM. Also diving at the beautiful Monterey Bay area.
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Aug 2019
REU undergrad Macy Petrula presents at the Leadership Alliance National Symposium!
Click to see her poster presentation on barcoding of Maldivian sea slugs and snails!
Jul 2019
Evolution meeting
Evolution of shell shape at the Evolution meeting 2019. Please stop by
my poster tomorrow (Sat, June 22)
! Click for more info.
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Jun 2019
PhD defended, SnailedIt!
I am now Dr. Tauana Cunha!
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Tauana J. Cunha
Jun 2019
Fissurellidae phylogeny and biogeography in MPE
In this paper we build a calibrated phylogeny for the diverse and widespread keyhole limpets, and used geographical information to …
Tauana J. Cunha
Apr 2019
Gastropod phylogenomics in Proceedings B
Curious about how gastropods (snails, limpets and slugs) are related? Interested in phylogenomic methods applied to ancient and short …
Tauana J. Cunha
Mar 2019
First preprint of my PhD
Celebrating halloween with the first preprint of my PhD:
Deep gastropod relationships resolved
. Check it out to see how different …
Tauana J. Cunha
Oct 2018
Visiting European museums for fossils
Returning after four weeks of visiting invertebrate paleontology collections.
Click to see photos and videos of the work.
Tauana J. Cunha
Aug 2018
Faculty for the Future Fellowship!
Just got the wonderful news that my application was selected for a
Faculty for the Future Fellowship
! Recipients are women in STEM …
Tauana J. Cunha
Mar 2018
Teaching Award!
After a great semester with many leading researchers coming to talk to us about all sorts of topics and software on phylogeography and …
Tauana J. Cunha
Mar 2018
High-school student Jesse Guerrero presents about his marine science internship!
Click to see him photographing and measuring fossil shells.
May 2017
G4 Symposium
In OEB-Harvard, all fourth year students present to the whole department in the G4 Symposium. It is one of the milestones of our …
Tauana J. Cunha
Apr 2017
Merit Fellowship
Just found out that my application was selected for a Merit Fellowship from Harvard GSAS! (Award from the John Parker Bequest, 1873)
Tauana J. Cunha
Apr 2017
NSF DDIG Award!
Just got the awesome news that
my NSF DDIG
was approved! Gastropod shell morphology, here we go!
Tauana J. Cunha
Dec 2016
Teaching Award
Got a second
Certificate of Distinction in Teaching
from the Derek Bok Center for my teaching of ‘Biology and Evolution of …
Tauana J. Cunha
Oct 2016
SSB Research Award
Just received the
Graduate Student Research Award
from the Society of Systematic Biologists! Let’s go, gastropods!
Tauana J. Cunha
Oct 2015
Teaching award
I was awarded a
Certificate of Distinction in Teaching
from the Derek Bok Center for my teaching of ‘Biology and Evolution of …
Tauana J. Cunha
Oct 2015
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