Prashant P. Sharma
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        • Harvestman Hox genes
        • Scorpion Hox genes
        • Evolution of the chelicera
        • RNAi in Phalangium opilio
        • Deutocerebral appendages
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Hood same, number same. But it's all good.
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Commencement 2023 with distinguished guests.
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Congratulations, Emily!
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Proud advisor moment!
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Winter Commencement 2023. Featuring Dr. Emily Setton, her faculty escort, and some dope wizard robes.
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Kaitlyn Abshire showing live snails to students at the UW Madison Science Expo.
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Outreach event at Madison East High School.
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Students handling live vinegaroons at the UW Madison Science Expo.
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Kaitlyn wins the Constance Boone Award! (2023 AMS meeting)
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American Malacology 2023! (It's not a peace sign or pedipalps--it's ommatophores)
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Sharma Lab 2023, with the newly minted Dr. Emily Setton! (Fun fact: This is the first lab photo we have ever taken!)
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Emily Setton, Ph.D. dissertation defense
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Graduation swag!
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Congratulations, Dr. Setton! Proud advisor moment!
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The moment of triumph!
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Dr. Gainett, with pink-robed faculty escort.
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Three generations of harvestman biology!
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Gonzalo Giribet with newly minted Dr. Gainett.
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Graduation with distinction! Congratulations, Hugh!
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Ben and Emily, Uruguayan coast of the Atlantic.
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Lunch in the Old City of Montevideo.
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Ties. Not mandatory; they just look good at the party.
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Emily Setton and the evolution of body plans.
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Ben and Hugh, totally not being distracted by their advisor.
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Cappuccinos in Montevideo.
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Ben Klementz and the origins of the patella.
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Guilherme Gainett and the evolution of harvestman eyes.
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Hugh Steiner, machine learning, and spider conservation.
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Emily in the Old City of Montevideo.
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The chelicerate evo-devo squad, 2023. (It's not a peace sign, it's a pair of pedipalps.)
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Ben Klementz with living legend Mark Harvey.
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Sunday street market in Montevideo.
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Benjamin Klementz, securing the bag.
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Lab badminton party, June 2022.
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Best student prizes to Pietro, Ben, and Nicolás!
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We're getting tapas!
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Blind spiders at ICA2023.
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Lab badminton party, June 2022.
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Lab badminton party, June 2022.
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SICB 2022 in Phoenix, AZ. We are very coordinated.
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Meeting our academic cousins in the Boyer Lab at SiCB 2022.
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Gavish-Regev and Sharma Labs' excursion to Mt. Guy, South Island, New Zealand, February 2019.
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Emily deconstructs the genetics of spider legs. New Zealand, February 2019.
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Guilherme revitalizes the study of whip spider development. New Zealand, February 2019.
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Andrew applies rare genomic changes to decipher chelicerate phylogeny. New Zealand, February 2019.
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Joint harvestman-collecting trip with the Boyer, Giribet, Hormiga, and Sharma Labs. New Zealand, February 2019.
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Keeping up with the literature. Christchurch, New Zealand, February 2019.
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The legendary Dr. Yasuko Akiyama-Oda with Emily Setton, a junior disciple of the Parasteatoda model.
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SICB meeting in San Francisco, 2018
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Thanksgiving party!
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Arachnid evo-devo team in South Island, New Zealand, February 2019.
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Plato, sporting UW swag.
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Red chinos: mandatory lab attire. Christchurch, New Zealand, February 2019.
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The biggest of the Aphonopelma hentzi hatchlings.
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This is what our spider embryos see when they first hatch...
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Spider hatchlings, hanging out. Photo by G. Gainett.
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