News

Sep 09, 2019

Welcome Tatiana!

Undergraduate researcher Tatiana Castillo Hernandez is the newest member of the Evans lab. Tatiana's project will examine the evolutionary conservation of midline attractive signaling mechanisms in insects.

Jul 22, 2019

LaFreda J. Howard, Ph.D.

LaFreda Howard successfully defended her CEMB PhD thesis today, titled "The functional and structural analysis of Drosophila robo2 in axon guidance", and becomes our lab's first ever PhD graduate. Congratulations Dr. Howard!

Jul 12, 2019

Benjamin Wadsworth, M.S.

Ben Wadsworth successfully defended his CEMB Master's thesis today, titled "The functional conservation of Frazzled in insects." Congratulations Ben!

May 11, 2019

University of Arkansas graduates LaFreda Howard, Ben Wadsworth, and Ali Stone

Our lab celebrated a graduation trifecta this weekend, as Bachelors student Ali Stone, Masters student Ben Wadsworth, and PhD student LaFreda Howard received their degrees at the Fulbright College and University commencement ceremonies this weekend. Congratulations Freda, Ben, and Ali!

Apr 22, 2019

Tim's tenure & promotion

It's official: the University of Arkansas has awarded Tim Evans tenure and promotion to Associate Professor in the Department of Biological Sciences!

Mar 27, 2019

Fly meeting 2019 (March 27-31, 2019)

Tim, Ben, and Muna traveled to Dallas, TX for the 60th Annual Drosophila Research Conference. There was lots of great science, old and new friends, and just the right amount of Texas BBQ.

Feb 28, 2019

Tim's seminar at IU

Tim returned to Bloomington IN to give an invited seminar at his PhD alma mater, Indiana University. Thanks to Justin Kumar and the rest of the Biology department for a great visit!

Jan 09, 2019

Axon guidance issue of Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology

The January 2019 issue of Seminars in Cell & Developmental Biology features a collection of reviews on the topic of Axon Guidance and was guest-edited by our own Tim Evans. Check out the issue at the link below.