2018 Photo Gallery




The lab presents 3 posters and 1 talk at the annual Society for Integrative and Comparative Biology (SICB) conference in San Francisco, CA. Teisha wins best DNNSB poster & Julie wins honorable mention in DNNSB for her presentation!


Teisha, Julie, and Karen hang with other cool cichlid scientists at SICB!


Undergrad researcher Sarah Whitlow receives her LSU Discover Scholar Award!


Julie tells an engaging story about Burt, Toni, and fish senses to a packed house at TEDx LSU!



Great job by Karen Jr., Teisha, and Julie presenting some of their research at the LSU BioGrads Symposium.
Julie receives an Esprit de Femme Student Leadership Award for her work on the LSU Women in Science group and other activities.
Undergrad researchers Brandon, Ashley, and Sarah present their research at the 2018 LSU Discover Day symposium.
Congrats to Brandon for receiving the 2nd place poster price in the STEM category!
Brandon presenting his research to LSU President King Alexander.
Karen chatting with some Deans at the newly tenured and promoted reception at the LSU Faculty Club.
Lab Spring ice cream field trip to the LSU Dairy Store.
Creativity day at lab meeting: Making fish art for hallway decor.
Spring Lab Party: May the Fourth Be with You / Cinco de Mayo!
Before Karen's Wed. Night NS&B lecture at MBL: students from Mensinger Lab, Margot, and Jackie.

Arohan (from ULM) spent the summer in the LBRN program working in the lab on the maternal care project.
Karen Jr. successfully defends her PhD dissertation - woohoo Dr. Field!


Karen gives a symposium talk at the International Congress on the Biology of Fish (ICBF) in Calgary, Canada.
2018 Lab Holiday Party








Maruska Lab Happy Holidays 2018!