People: Corbin Jones and Alan Jones Unraveling the rules of life requires that we understand how the total collection of genes shapes life form, physiology, and behavior. Here, we take an integrative approach to this question by characterizing the genomes … Read more
This project is funded by the Galapagos Science Center.
People: Steve Walsh, Laura Brewington, Yang Shao, Francisco Laso, and Phil Page This project aims to characterize the human dimension on islands through an image time-series generated from Digital Globe and Planet Labs data, particularly, small-scale agriculture and the rural-urban … Read more
People: Steve Walsh, Laura Brewington, Phil Page, and Brian Frizzelle The goals of the project are to (1) describe a beach vulnerability framework for assessing the Galapagos Islands, with implication for other similarly challenged island ecosystems, and (2) assess the … Read more
People: Steve Walsh, Kim Engie, Phil Page, and Brian Frizzelle Contemporary fisheries in the Galapagos are the product of the legacy of overfishing, when the lobster and sea cucumber fisheries were severely crippled through overexploitation. Associated with the degradation of … Read more
People: Bryan Reatini, María de Lourdes Torres, Hugo Valdebenito, and Todd Vision This project, led by UNC-CH doctoral candidate Bryan Reatini, investigates the causes and consequences of hybridization between native and introduced plant species in the Galapagos islands. Some of … Read more
People: Alyssa Grube and Jill Stewart Antibiotic resistance represents one of our generation’s most pressing global public health challenges, with the number of deaths from antibiotic resistant infections projected to exceed cancer deaths by 2050. While antibiotic resistance is well-studied in … Read more
People: Amanda Thompson, Enrique Terán, Margaret Bentley, Jill Stewart, Jaime Ocampo, Graham Pluck, and Khristopher Nicholas Over the past two years, we have been conducting the Healthy Families Study in San Cristobal in collaboration with USFQ and funded by the … Read more
People: Donald L Fejfar, Elijah Watson, Kishan Patel, Nicholas Badhwa, Khristopher Nicholas, Amanda Thompson, Margaret Bentley, and Jill Stewart On the Galapagos Islands, outdated water and sanitation systems along with inadequate water quantity have led to poor water quality with … Read more
People: Steve Walsh, Francisco Laso, Richard Bilsborrow, Brian Frizzelle, Laura Brewington, Yang Shao, Hernando Mattei, and Phil Page. This project is designed to synthesize land cover/land use change (LCLUC) patterns on islands and to assess the drivers of change. We … Read more
