New paper from the lab shows that orb webs originated not once, but multiple times in the spider tree of life!

April 27, 2018

New paper published on Current Biology by Giribet Lab members and colaborators uses trancriptomes of over 150 species to resolve the spider tree of life, and shows that the orb web evolved not once, but multiple times. Check out the press coverage by... Read more about New paper from the lab shows that orb webs originated not once, but multiple times in the spider tree of life!

Tauana Cunha receives a Faculty for the Future Fellowship!

March 29, 2018

Congratulations to graduate student Tauana Cunha, who was awarded a Faculty for the Future Fellowship! Recipients are women in STEM fields who may become role models in the sciences upon returning to their home countries. Tauana studies the phylogenetic relationships of gastropods, their biogeography in the marine environment and the... Read more about Tauana Cunha receives a Faculty for the Future Fellowship!

Happy Holidays from the Giribet Lab!

December 14, 2017

Giribet Lab at the OEB Holiday Party!

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Gonzalo Giribet receives an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Copenhagen!

November 17, 2017

After nomination from the Natural History Museum of Denmark, our lab leader Gonzalo Giribet received a Doctor Scientiarum Honoris Causa from the University of Copenhagen! Congrats, Dr. Dr. Giribet!

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Distinction in Teaching!

October 13, 2017

Congrats to Ligia Benavides and Vanessa Knutson, who were awarded Certificates of Distinction in Teaching from the Derek Bok Center for their great work on the courses Cell Biology Through the Microscope and Biology and Evolution of Invertebrate Animals, respectively!

Graduate Student NSF DDIG Award

December 20, 2016

Congratulations to the Giribet lab's very own, graduate student Tauana Cunha for receiving the NSF DDIG award! Gastropod shell morphology, here she comes! Read more about Graduate Student NSF DDIG Award

Giribet Lab Members Celebrate Spring in OEB 2016

Giribet Lab Celebrates End of Semester!

May 12, 2016

Giribet lab members celebrated Spring and congratulated the graduating PhD students in the Department of OEB!

NSF Graduate Research Fellowship

April 1, 2016

Congratulations to Vanessa Knutson, graduate student in the Giribet Lab, who was awarded an NSF Graduate Research Fellowship.

International Women in Science day

February 11, 2016

In honor of International Women in Science day (today!) the women of the Giribet lab took a moment away from their science to capture this wonderful group photo. Go Women in Science!

Prof. Giribet Discovers New Extinct Family of Harvestmen

February 3, 2016

Prof. Giribet's discovery of two 99 million year-old daddy longlegs, enshrined in Burmese amber, not only helps explain the penis morphology of the harvestman, it also confirms a new extinct family of harvestmen. Full Story here and ...