Research on hagfish slime mucus published in Langmuir

The Fudge Lab published a paper in Langmuir on the biophysical properties of mucous vesicles from hagfish slime. This was work that was started by Shannon Ferraro and Andre Hupe at the University of Guelph, and finished by Sara Siwiecki and Dr. Gaurav Jain at Chapman...

NSF RET Award!

The Fudge Lab, in collaboration with Tara Barnhart, received a Research Experience for Teachers (RET) award from the National Science Foundation to work with two local high school biology teachers in the summer of 2021. These teachers will have the opportunity to work...

Galápagos Take 2

Dr. Fudge returned to the Galápagos in January 2020 with collaborator Michael Mincarone to continue their research there on hagfishes. They finished a whole bunch of data collection and also collected hi-res video of four species of hagfishes at depth. Below is a...

Galapagos Island Expedition

The Fudge Lab recently got back from a research expedition to the Galapagos Islands in Ecuador as part of an NSF-funded project on the biogenesis and evolution of hagfish slime and slime glands. Other members of the team include Charlie McCord and Tim Winegard from...

Searching for the elusive black hagfish

Members of the Fudge Lab had an awe-inspiring day on the water aboard the R/V Yellowfin with Dr. Chris Lowe and the CSU Shark Lab. It was the Fudge Lab’s first contact with black hagfish, which are common off the California coast, but are found only in deep...