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HELLO DR. SEAN YAP

9/9/2022

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.Congratulations to our resident beetle guy for successfully defending his PhD yesterday! Reprolab's first PhD student has graduated!! All the best in your new lab Dr. Yap.
First off, some words from the main parties involved:
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So proud of @seanyapzs for successfully defending his PhD today! So many challenges dealing with fieldwork amidst travel restrictions plus sequencing & data delays but he managed to get quite a lot done. Congrats Dr Sean Yap! □□‍♀️ #proudsupervisor pic.twitter.com/QtiKNTi2Y7

— Nalini Puniamoorthy (@Nalini_DrP) September 8, 2022
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Thanks to all who came for the post-defense celebration!
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Semester has started!

15/8/2022

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A new semester has begun! If you're lucky, you might catch Dr. P in action at the following NUS modules: LSM2107 Evolutionary biology and LSM4259 Evolutionary genetics of reproduction.
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Our graduate students Tyrone and Qihui will also be assisting her at LSM2107 Evolutionary biology. See you there, students!
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#Throwback Thursday: Rail Corridor

28/7/2022

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Throwback to the time Reprolab took a break from doing science... to look for wildlife outdoors!
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Dr. P doing the honours for the 1st group photo taken as we were heading off from Buona Vista mrt. Spot our newest PhD student, Adrian from ETH!
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As with most nature walks, people unintentionally spaced out during the walk...
Stragglers combing through the bushes for
insects at the back :D
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Reached the former railway line!
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​Last stop, Singapore Quarry! See everyone next time for our next lab outing.
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Huiqing, DBS's best graduate researcher 2022

27/7/2022

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(Photos by a passing bird)
Congratulations to Huiqing for receiving the Best Graduate Researcher award from DBS!
Her poster (pictured below) has been put up at at S16 Level 3, outside of LT31.
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Pasir Ris Park outing

19/7/2022

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​Last friday, ReproLab organised a lab field trip to Pasir Ris park! We were happy to introduce Dr Moritz Gold, our visitor from ETH Zürich, to our local flora and fauna. Also spot Shao Yang, our incoming Honours student, and Rebecca, our new research assistant, joining us for the first time! 
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​We explored both the mangrove boardwalk and the beach.
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Dr. P's "Disney princess" moment (little critter on her hand!)
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Here are some of the interesting critters we spotted:
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​The trip ended with lab lunch and a birthday surprise for Tyrone (who is now our PhD student). Happy (belated) Birthday Tyrone, may your PhD journey be fulfilling and rewarding. Till next time!
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Huiqing's surprise Birthday celebration

30/5/2022

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At 2 long years, we were finally able to physically gather to celebrate someone's birthday! Happy Birthday Huiqing🎉🎉🎉! May you have many happy returns on your special day! Surprise successful 😎
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It's 2021!

1/1/2021

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From fieldwork to teaching and outreach, 2020 presented numerous challenges... Thanks to all the hardworking members of the REPROLAB who managed to still get some science done amidst these crazy times. Here’s to a better 2021 to all. pic.twitter.com/DKcuM1aT1i

— Nalini Puniamoorthy (@Nalini_DrP) January 1, 2021
Happy 2021! Here's to successful experiments and publications for everyone in the new year.
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"Introduction to Mosquitos " Workshop

23/12/2020

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Reprolab just held an "Introduction to Mosquitos" workshop this week, kindly organised by our mosquito experts Hui Qing (PhD student) and Tze Xuan (UROPS student). The workshop covered the basics of mosquito research like trapping, identifying, and dissecting different species of mosquito.
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Hui Qing teaching us about how to identify a mosquito
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Prof Cynthia He sampling mosquito larvae from Dillenia leaf litter
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Prof Nalini Puniamoorthy sampling mosquito larvae from Nepenthes pitcher plants
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Huiqing and Yee Ther setting up CDC CO2 trap for trapping adult mosquitos that seek out CO2 to look for bloodmeals
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​Students from Prof He's lab and new incoming students to Reprolab all learning how to identify different species of mosquitoes.
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Everyone sorting out the mosquitos that we obtained from the traps!
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Dr Nalini ​dissecting adult male mosquitos
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Hillary dissecting adult female mosquitos
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Hui Qing showing the dissection process and how to obtain the reproductive tissue and salivary glands
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Theodore and Yee Ther dissecting adult female mosquitos
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Everyone engrossed in the mosquito dissection process!
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A successful 2-day mosquito workshop! Thanks to Hui Qing and Tze Xuan for their hard work in preparing for this!
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Lab meeting Bloopers

19/11/2020

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The evidence:
The culprits:
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Thanks for bringing such joy to the lab, Hillary 😂 You're the best!!
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Open Data Science TRaining - Finished!

16/9/2020

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Good job everybody for surviving 10 weeks of data science!! (Don't forget what we've learnt.)
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Reproductive evolution lab

Department of Biological Sciences
National University of Singapore
16 Science Drive 4
Block S3 Level 4
Singapore 117558 
Tel: +65 65167836 (Lab office)
       +65 65163486 (Insectary)
Email: reprolabnus@gmail.com

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