by fudge | Aug 12, 2019
Postdoc Charlie McCord landed a job as an assistant professor at CSU Dominguez Hills, where she will be starting in Fall 2019. Congrats...
by fudge | Aug 12, 2019
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...
by fudge | May 14, 2019
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...
by | May 6, 2019
Chris Hoang has been accepted into Chapman’s MS program in Computational and Data Sciences. Emma Whitely is headed to Medical School at the University of Toledo. Lauren Friend will be attending Columbia University to get a Masters in Biomedical Engineering...
by | Apr 22, 2019
Sara Siwiecki (’18) once worked in the lab studying the biophysics of mucous expansion in hagfish slime. Now, she has been awarded a National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship – a highly competitive and distinguished award. She will use this to...
by | Jan 31, 2019
Read this article from The Atlantic describing the wonders of hagfish slime (and quoting Dr. Fudge!): https://www.theatlantic.com/science/archive/2019/01/hagfish-slime/581002/
by fudge | Dec 21, 2018
Dr. Fudge appeared on the podcast “Academic Minute” recently, where he discussed the results of a recent paper led by MSc student Sarah Boggett on the biomechanics of predator-prey interactions between hagfishes and sharks. You can listen to the podcast...
by fudge | Aug 7, 2018
The Fudge Lab officially moved into the Keck Center for Science and Engineering.
by fudge | Aug 7, 2018
PhD student Sarah Schorno’s latest publication is on the cellular basis of refilling in hagfish slime glands. This paper represents a major leap forward in our understanding of how hagfishes recharge their slime glands after a sliming event. Here is the link to...
by fudge | Aug 7, 2018
The Fudge Lab was awarded a grant from the National Science Foundation for a project entitled “Biogenesis and evolution of hagfish slime and slime glands.” The project is a collaboration with Dr. David Plachetzki at the University of New Hampshire and will...
