Sarah Stellwagen and I will again be offering fellowships to 'Spider Camp' at Highlands Bio Station in North Carolina. Info, syllabus, and application form on my website: burnslab.umbc.edu/spider-course/
Apply and share, please!

Charlotte made a cool video about my research: youtu.be/LKefCr7wnPU

Excited to announce I'll be moving up to Assistant Professor here at Charlotte in August! I have graduate student and postdoc funding so do get in touch if you or someone you know is addicted to silk or silk-making organisms.

Has anyone out there collected arthropods in Puerto Rico and can advise on obtaining collecting permits?

Livin' the biologist dream - successful collecting of Sabacon occidentalis in Oregon with my science and life BFF Mercedes Burns!

Join Sarah Stellwagen, Western Carolina University's Dr. Kefyn Catley, and special guest Mercedes Burns in #Spiders of the #SouthernAppalachians this summer! Visit our website for more info and to register.
Scholarships are available- visit burnslab.umbc.edu/spider-course/ for more info.
Photo courtesy of Sarah S.

PSA ( #PublicSpiderAnnouncement ):
Sarah Stellwagen Mercedes Burns are
1. teaching a *field course* (!) on spiders (!!)
2. offering funds to support 4 minoritized students by covering tuition, travel, & housing (!!!)
Course runs Aug 1->12; apply by Apr 29th:
burnslab.umbc.edu/spider-course/

Lookin' forward to 4 years of exotic travel, collecting, and science with my favorite science pal.

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