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Bryn Gaertner

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Project:
Integrated Training in the Evolution of Development 2
Role:
Graduate Student
Univ. or Institute:
University of Oregon
Primary Discipline:
Evolution
Academic Interests:
Quantitative Genetics, evolution, development, neuroscience
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2010 IGERT Trainee Poster Challenge Awardees

Poster Challenge!
The IGERT trainee posters were judged at the IGERT Project Meeting held May 23-25, 2010 in Washington, DC and the 10 winners are listed below. Winners will receive a $3000 supplement to... More »

About Me

I’m currently a fourth-year graduate student at the University of Oregon. My big-picture research question is, what makes individuals different from each other, especially in the context of behavior & environmental choice? I use the model organism Caenorhabditis elegans and the phenotype of thermal preference to address this question.

Along these lines I’ve become increasingly interested in association mapping in non-model organisms, especially humans, and in general strategies used to quantify what had previously been thought of as qualitative phenotypes like behavior and shape / structure: How do we identify patterns in the environment?

Being a graduate student takes up most of my time, but I am learning how to play the guitar, and I have a pet tortoise named Tortoise. In the summer I like hiking and cycling, and in the winter (given the weather of the Pacific Northwest) I usually stay warm by drinking copious amounts of coffee.