News

Presentations

• Jan-May 2023: Susan Reed presented a poster at SICB; the CISAB Animal Behavior Conference; and the IU Evolution, Ecology, and Behavior Department Retreat "Migration Strategy Predicts Reproductive Readiness in a Common Songbird".
• 2023: Ariel Tysver presented a poster at SICB and the CISAB Animal Behavior Conference "Anthelmintic Treatment Effects on Coccidia Shedding in the Dark-eyed Junco".
• 2023: Katie Talbott presented at the IU Animal Behavior Conference "Investigating resistance to experimental Plasmodium inoculation in breeding condition songbirds".
• 2023: Katie Talbott presented at SICB "Investigating resistance to experimental Plasmodium inoculation in breeding condition songbirds" (Disease Ecology and Evolution section, best student paper competition participate; Austin, TX).

Other News

• May 2023: Kaitlyn Ross defended her senior thesis "Impacts of testosterone and Plasmodium parasite load on Dark-eyed junco sperm quality."
• Spring 2023: Ariel Tysver received the Hutton Honors College research grant.
• 2023: Susan Reed received the Best Scientific Poster Award, Biology Department Retreat ($100). 
• 2023: Susan Reed received the Amos Butler Audubon Society Birdathon Grant ($2,000).
• 2023: Susan Reed received the Sigma Xi Grant in Aid of Research ($1,000). 

Presentations

• November 2022: Susan Reed presented at the Annual Big Ten Academic Alliance Geographic Information Systems Conference "Range shifts predicted with climate change in a common North American songbird".
• March 2022: Susan Reed presented a poster at the CISAB Animal Behavior Conference "Carry-over effects in a common songbird".
• March 2022: Susan Reed presented at IU Biology's Evolution, Ecology, & Behavior Departmental EcoLunch "Migration distance and reproductive readiness: connecting annual cycle events on IU's campus".
• 2022: Katie Talbott presented at the 5th International Conference on Malaria and Related Haemosporidian Parasites of Wildlife "Do chronic Plasmodium infections mitigate declines in health and reproductive capacity in experimentally inoculated male songbirds?"
• 2022: Katie Talbott presented at the IU Animal Behavior Conference "Role of chronic and acute Plasmodium parasitism on health and reproductive capacity of male songbirds".

Other News

• Summer 2022: Ariel Tysver was a CISAB REU mentored by Sarah Wanamaker and Katie Talbott.
• 2022: Katie Talbott received the Wilson Ornithological Society Grant ($1500) "Investigating the impact of avian malaria on songbird semen quality".
• 2022: Katie Talbott received the American Museum of Natural History Frank Chapman Grant ($900) "Reproduction and disease: Do intense Plasmodium infections reduce the likelihood of songbird nest success and offspring recruitment?"
• 2022: Susan Reed received the Provost Travel Award for Women in Science ($500).
• 2022: Susan Reed received the College of Arts and Sciences Travel Award ($200). 
• 2022: Susan Reed received the Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior Travel Award ($600). 
• 2022: Sam Diedrich received the Indiana Academy of Science Senior Research Grant ($3,000).
• 2022: Malaak Alqaisi received the IU Sustainability Research Development Grant ($3,000).

• 17 May 2021: https://biology.indiana.edu/news-events/news/2021/wanamaker-brabson-award.html
• 15 May 2021: Katie Talbott and Kaitlyn Ross receive an IU Research and Teaching Preserve grant to study the influence of Plasmodium parasites on sperm quality of songbirds breeding in Indiana. 
• 10 May 2021: Sarah Wanamaker is awarded funding through the Brabson Library and Educational Foundation for her research on avian window strikes. 
• 09 May 2021: Dr. Dan Becker in Times Union: https://www.timesunion.com/hudsonvalley/outdoors/article/Deer-are-not-the-only-mammals-to-blame-for-Lyme-16166434.php
• 01 May 2021: Undergraduate Kaitlyn Ross is accepted into IU's Research Experience for Undergraduates through the Center for the Integrative Study of Animal Behavior. 
• 29 April 2021: Katie Talbott received the Louise Constable Hoover Fellowship from the IU Department of Biology.
• 29 April 2021: Undergraduate Kaitlyn Ross received the Kindig Scholarship from the IU Department of Biology. 
• 29 April 2021: Undergraduate Piper Zola recieved the Alfred Parson Mower Scholarship from the IU Department of Biology. 
• 17 March 2021: Sarah Wanamaker is awarded money through the Amos Butler Audubon Society for her grant proposal "Avain window strikes on Indiana University's campus—documenting fatalities and seeking solutions."
• 09 Feb 2021: WAMC Northeast Public Radio on Dr. Dan Becker's research on Lyme disease: https://www.wamc.org/post/new-study-identifies-bird-species-could-spread-lyme-disease
• 27 Jan 2021: Dan Becker's research gains media attention: https://phys.org/news/2021-01-bird-species-lyme-disease.html

• 09 Oct 2020 - The Herald Times covers Sarah Wanamaker's research: IU Researcher Seeks Help Documenting 'Bird Strikes'. 
• 16 Sept 2020 - UGA today covers Dr. Dan Becker's research: Migration shapes patterns of disease transmission
• 09 Jan 2020 - How juncos changed their migration, behavior, and plumage in a matter of decades. 

• 4 Oct 2019 - Ellen Ketterson is interviewed for podcast "In This Climate"
• 20 Oct 2019 - A news article on juncos, featuring Ellen. 
• 28 Oct 2019 - Congratulations to Dr. Adam Fudickar and Dr. Ellen Ketterson on their NSF grant: 'Breed early, breed late? Molecular, neuroendocrine, and developmental mechanisms regulating timing of reproduction' 
• 25 Nov 2019 - Allie Byrd is interviewed by Indiana Public Media about our Motus towers that track bird movements. 

• 1 June 2018 - Birdaz.com: Jonathan Dwight, 100 years ago, forerunner to Alden Miller and team junco
• 22 May 2018 - BioScience: Juncos featured in the "Cost of Being Sexy"
• 15 Feb 2018 - Animal Behavior Society has named Ellen Ketterson its 2018 recipient of the Distinguished Animal Behaviorist Award
• 5 Jan 2018 - Kitsap Daily News: Ordinary/extraordinary junco featuring Dr. Jonathan Atwell profile on the dark-eyed junco, featured in the January/February 2018 issue of Bird Watcher’s Digest
• 2 Jan 2018 - Ketterson Lab goes to SICB!

• 10 May 2017 wfyi.org: $55 Million IU Initiative Tackles Environmental, Climate Change
• 17 May 2017 - Phys.Org: Male birds adjust courtship behavior based on social context
• 13 Nov 2017 - OWU.edu: The Significance of Female Birdsong

• 3 August 2016 - EurekAlert: Shorter telomeres reveal stress in migratory birds

• 1 July 2016 - Evolution 2016: Danielle Whittaker talks about microbial vs physiological mediation of sexually selected signals in juncos

• 29 June 2016 - Science: Bacteria give bird its sexy smells

• 19 April 2016 - Indiana University: IU sophomore on 'front end' of sustainability research on bird migration

• 20 March 2016 - Indiana University: Ellen Ketterson interviewed about Grand Challenges proposal

• 15 March 2016 - University of Chicago Press: New book on juncos from the Ketterson Lab available

• 8 January 2016 - IU News Room: Five finalists selected for IU Grand Challenges research program

• 26 October 2015 - IU News Room: IU-funded project breaks ground on 'functional sculpture' birds habitat

• 17 January 2015 - Indiana Public Media: The "Payoff" of Promiscuity

• 30 July 2014 - American Birding Association: Guadalupe Junco Split from Dark-eyed Juncos

• 23 April 2014 - IU News Room: Ellen Ketterson named American Academy of Arts and Sciences fellow

• 5 November 2013 - F1000: Bergeon Burns et al. 2013 recommended by F1000Prime

• 19 September 2013 - Nature: Fertility smells like preen spirit

• 3 September 2013 - MSU Science & Technology: Birds choose sweet-smelling mates

• 16 August 2013 - ScienceShot: Forget Plumage, Birds Sniff Out Good Mates

• 22 May 2013 - IU News Room: "After successful premier, IU biologists relase junco documentary for birders, teachers"

• 13 March 2013 - American Society of Naturalists: Ellen Ketterson elected ASN President

• 11 December 2012 - IU News Room: Kinsey research: Postpartum women less stressed by threats unrelated to the baby

• 04 December 2012 - IU News Room: With songbird as star, 'Ordinary Extraordinary Junco' movie puts spotlight on evolution, IU research

• 30 November 2012 - IU News Room: Songbirds adapt to new urban environs thanks to rapid genetic evolution

• 21 November 2012 - The Scorpion and the Frog: Competitive Females

• 16 October 2012 - Scienceline: Becoming city birds

• 21 August 2012 - C-ville: Undergrads dive into science at UVA’s Mountain Lake research station

• 13 July 2012 - WDBJ7: Mountain Lake holds UVA biology lab

• 06 June 2012 - IU News Room: IU-led team shows that variations in sex steroid gene expression can predict aggressive behaviors

• 10 November 2011 - Nature News & Views: Why promiscuity pays

• 09 October 2011 - WVXU Cincinnati Edition: Field Notes: The Junco 

• 05 October 2011 - ScienceNOW: Whisper while you lurk

• 15 September 2011 - Nature Research Highlights: Infidelity yields better offspring

• 01 September 2011 - Songbirds caught whispering face strong retaliation from territory owners

• 31 August 2011 - The Conversation: Do cheating females have better kids? Shake ya tail feather for yes

• 31 August 2011 - IU News Room: It's for the grandkids! Promiscuousness results in genetic 'trade-up'

• 03 August 2011 - Anthrophysis: Behavior 2011: Wonderful WonderLab (science outreach)

• 02 November 2010 - WFIU Indiana Public Radio: Interview with Ellen Ketterson

• Fall 2010 - The College Magazine: Reaching for the STARS

• 01 June 2010 - Science Daily: Natural Selection for Moderate Testosterone Surprises Scientists

• 27 May 2010 - UVa Today: Study Shows Costs and Benefits of Testosterone in Birds

• 21 April 2010 - Live Science: Songbirds Hold Secrets of Attracting Mates

• 03 March 2010 - National Wildlife Federation: Sex and the Dark-eyed Junco

• Spring/Summer 2009 - IU Teaching & Learning: Seeking a Deeper Learning Experience

• 01 February 2009 - National Wildlife Federation: The High Price of Being a Hunk

• 2008 - Nature Conservancy - Studying Juncos at Whitney Preserve, South Dakota

• 31 October 2007 - ScienCentral: Testosterone Junkie Birds: Science Sensei

• 16 October 2007 - Science Daily: Testosterone Turns Male Junco Birds Into Blustery Hunks -- And Bad Dads

• 28 May 2006 - Science Daily: Testosterone Boosts Birds' Attractiveness, But Leads To Shorter Lifespan

• Spring 2006 - Indiana University Research and Creative Activity: The Scientists and the Supermodels

• January/February 2006 - American Birding Association: A Junco's Assets: His Tail and His Size

• BONUS: NPR's "This American Life" 2002 series on testosterone (not Ketterson-lab specific, but of interest)