The DNA Discovery Center and Pritzker Lab at the Field Museum

02/25/2022

The Pritzker Lab welcomes Dylan Maddox as its newest permanent employee. Dylan will be working with Lab Users, developing new protocols for next generation sequencing, and continuing his research on birds.

02/09/2022

Tonight our Lab Technician Izzy Distefano is giving a talk about our lab in collaboration with UWisconsin-Madison's Science Outreach program in celebration of Darwin Day.

Registration is free through Zoom and will start at 7pm.

Register Here: https://uwmadison.zoom.us/meeting/register/tJUrce2vrDwtHNBMv0FxIcmw56npNOhu831_

Izzy's Bio & Talk Info Here: https://science.wisc.edu/event/wntldiscovering-the-dna-discovery-center-collections-based-research-in-evolutionary-biology-museum-science-communication-and-outreach/

WN@TL is a public science series offered every Wednesday night, 50 times a year, starting at 7:00 pm Central Time

10/25/2021

Undergraduates or professors of undergraduates might be interested in these events. Apply by Nov 1. The iDigTRIO conference is aimed at collegiate and pre-collegiate students associated with TRIO programs around the United States. The mission of the iDigTRIO Conference is to provide opportunities to explore careers and graduate programs in the biological sciences to first generation, limited income, and underrepresented students (Black, Latinx, Indigenous, other students of color, and students with disabilities).

The event will be a hybrid experience with in-person career shadowing and mentoring as well as an in-person resource fair and reception followed by a virtual 3-day conference.   

10/18/2021

Friends and alumni of the Pritzker Lab, we think you should follow Black in Natural History Museums on Twitter. This week you will learn about some great people and projects.

08/25/2021

Come to Field Museum's Facebook live feed at 1:30 pm Central Time to hear from Sara Ruane, Field Museum's new Curator of Herpetology. Sara is a welcome new member of the Pritzker Lab.

“Any guesses on what I might speak about ‘a Facebook live today? (2.30 eastern/3.30 central!)”

08/19/2021

Taylor Hains, University of Chicago, Committee on Evolutionary Biology and resident Field Museum PhD student will be featured in this podcast on Friday at 6 pm Central Time. Learn about the genomics and conservation of parrots.

07/23/2021

Jacob did his DNA research in the Pritzker lab.

Birds and the Pritzker Lab would like to congratulate Dr. Jacob Cooper on achieving his doctorate this afternoon. Jacob is the latest graduate of the University of Chicago's Committee on Evolutionary Biology. He'll be leaving soon for a postdoctoral researcher appointment at the University of Kansas and Haskell Indian Nations University.

06/21/2021

Camila did her genetic research in Field Museum's Pritzker Lab. Our lab has served as a training center for more than 300 people from 30 different countries in the last decade. We are honoured that so many terrific scientists come to work with us. Congratulations, Camila.

Context Amazonian white-sand ecosystems (campinas) are open vegetation patches which form a natural island-like system in a matrix of tropical rainforest. Due to a clear distinction from the surrounding matrix, the spatial characteristics of campina patches may affect the genetic diversity and compo...

06/15/2021

Field Museum is hiring a Chief Diversity and Inclusion Officer. If this description fits you, apply to come work with us!

The Field Museum is committed to attaining a more inclusive and diverse organizational culture for our staff, audiences, and constituents. The Chief Diversity a...

06/02/2021

Today the museum is closed to the public today which means no Talk to the Scientist Hour, but here's a chance to tune in remotely if you're missing interacting with our staff and seeing the lab space.

Join our Lab Technician Izzy Distefano this afternoon, 2:30pm Central as she is featured on the Field Museum's official page with the Meet a Museum Insider Broadcast!

03/17/2021

The Pritzker Lab has been the site of DNA sequencing for many a malarial parasite. This is the newest paper out from Field Museum's Emerging Pathogens Project and the result of collaborative collecting efforts across the museum world. Pritzker Lab and Birds student, Heather Skeen, is highlighted in this summary.

The site in the Andes where the researchers processed bird specimens and took the blood samples used in this study. Credit: John Bates, Field Museum Malaria is the deadliest pathogen in human history. Nearly half the people on Earth are at risk of contracting the disease from the parasites that caus...

02/12/2021

Here's a familiar face for all of you. It's hard for you to visit and say hi to Izzy and ask us questions, but take a look here for her interview with the Learning Center's Anna.