The Research Coordinated Network for Evolution in Changing Seas is excited to announce the third year of our Virtual Lab Meeting Training Program.

In this program, we seek to provide training to students at the undergraduate or graduate level (“mentees”) by matching them to a research group that shares their interests. The mentee will participate by attending lab meetings during 2023-2024. A designated mentor from the research group will dedicate portions of two lab meetings to the mentee’s professional development. The format for lab meetings dedicated to the mentee’s professional development is flexible, but could take the form of review of graduate school or grant application statements at lab meeting, research presentation at lab meeting, lead paper discussion at lab meeting, etc.

Mentors may be Faculty, Postdoctoral Fellows, or Research Associates - as long as lab meetings can be dedicated to the mentees professional development. A survey from last year indicated that this program takes only a few extra hours of a mentor’s time (outside lab meetings) over the course of an entire year, while providing many hours of important professional development for the mentee.

Working in marine systems is not a prerequisite for participation in the program. If you have expertise in evolutionary biology, we hope you will consider being a mentor!

For more information: https://rcn-ecs.github.io/2023VirtualLabCall/ 

If you are a faculty, postdoc, or research scientist, please sign up to be a mentor by August 30 at this form: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScuh6_B9ABiOdNeWkE9JsYjdUoUhyHca_jyr1UfOxJgPwxTmw/viewform . 
When you fill out the form, please enter a range of times that you are likely to have lab meetings. This will help mentees choose a time that works for them.


If you know a graduate student or undergraduate who would benefit from this program, please tell them to apply to be a mentee between Sept 1 and Sept 15. They will be able to choose their preferred mentors from those who register and the RCN will match mentors and mentees. We would greatly appreciate it if you encouraged students from underrepresented groups in our fields to apply.


Warm regards,


Katie Lotterhos, Northeastern University

Lauren Zane, University of Rhode Island

Alison Hall, University of Vermont

Andy Lee, Purdue

Torrie Hanley, Sacred Heart University

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