{"id":7,"date":"2015-05-05T16:01:40","date_gmt":"2015-05-05T20:01:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/?page_id=7"},"modified":"2024-02-08T17:02:53","modified_gmt":"2024-02-08T22:02:53","slug":"research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/research\/","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline\"><strong>LARGER PROJECTS<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group is-nowrap is-layout-flex wp-container-core-group-is-layout-6c531013 wp-block-group-is-layout-flex\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-thumbnail is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/files\/2023\/11\/lampyrid-flying-right-150x150.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4003\" style=\"width:146px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/files\/2023\/11\/lampyrid-flying-right-150x150.png 150w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/files\/2023\/11\/lampyrid-flying-right.png 159w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-container-content-006212af\"><strong>Lucidota Project:<\/strong>  Deploying integrative systematics to untangle <em>Lucidota<\/em>, the Gordian knot of Neotropical firefly taxonomy. Utilizing museum specimens and newly available material provided by Brazilian and Colombian collaborators to document the firefly groups across South America, discover new species, reveal their evolutionary relationships, and create tools to facilitate future research.  National Science Foundation #DEB &#8211; 2323041<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:150px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/files\/2018\/09\/image001-300x199.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-2720\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.5;width:160px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/files\/2018\/09\/image001-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/files\/2018\/09\/image001-208x138.jpg 208w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/files\/2018\/09\/image001.jpg 322w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/lep-net-project\/\">Lep-Net Project: <\/a><\/strong>&nbsp;Digitization of &nbsp;North American Lepidoptera specimens in the UGA Collection of Arthropods (UGCA). &nbsp;National Science Foundation Grant <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=1601002&amp;HistoricalAwards=false\">#DBI-1601002<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:150px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-full is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/research\/peet-portal\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"269\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/files\/2015\/05\/PEET-logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9\" style=\"aspect-ratio:1.35;width:148px;height:auto\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-medium is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/files\/2015\/05\/IMG_77001.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/files\/2015\/05\/IMG_77001-300x225.jpg\" alt=\"IMG_7700\" class=\"wp-image-1893\" style=\"width:260px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/files\/2015\/05\/IMG_77001-300x225.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/files\/2015\/05\/IMG_77001-184x138.jpg 184w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/files\/2015\/05\/IMG_77001.jpg 874w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/research\/peet-portal\/\">PEET Project, Cerylonid Series:<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>Building systematics expertise in Cucujoidea (Coleoptera): &nbsp;Monographic and phylogenetic research in the Cerylonid Series. &nbsp;National Science Foundation (PEET) Grant #<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=0329115&amp;HistoricalAwards=false\">DEB-0329115<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:150px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"174\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/files\/2015\/05\/Deretaphrus-small-cropped-174x300.jpg\" alt=\"Deretaphrus small cropped\" class=\"wp-image-440\" style=\"width:104px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/files\/2015\/05\/Deretaphrus-small-cropped-174x300.jpg 174w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/files\/2015\/05\/Deretaphrus-small-cropped-80x138.jpg 80w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/files\/2015\/05\/Deretaphrus-small-cropped.jpg 325w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 174px) 100vw, 174px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=0531768\"><strong>Assembling the Beetle Tree of Life:<\/strong><\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;A large-scale phylogenetic project to generate a robust estimate of beetle phylogeny that will provide a predictive basis for classification and&nbsp;integration of information on this ecologically and economically important group of insects. &nbsp;National Science Foundation (ATOL) Grant #<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=0531665&amp;HistoricalAwards=false\">DEB-0531768<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:150px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-medium is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/research\/the-virtual-roach\/\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"225\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/files\/2015\/05\/Virtual-roach-300x225.png\" alt=\"Virtual roach\" class=\"wp-image-1896\" style=\"width:150px;height:113px\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/files\/2015\/05\/Virtual-roach-300x225.png 300w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/files\/2015\/05\/Virtual-roach-184x138.png 184w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/files\/2015\/05\/Virtual-roach.png 415w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-medium is-resized\"><a href=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/files\/2015\/05\/FHM_VRoach2.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"286\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/files\/2015\/05\/FHM_VRoach2-286x300.jpg\" alt=\"FHM_VRoach2\" class=\"wp-image-1867\" style=\"width:207px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/files\/2015\/05\/FHM_VRoach2-286x300.jpg 286w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/files\/2015\/05\/FHM_VRoach2-131x138.jpg 131w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/files\/2015\/05\/FHM_VRoach2.jpg 660w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 286px) 100vw, 286px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/research\/the-virtual-roach\/\">The Virtual Roach:<\/a>&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>A Web-based Instructional Tool for the Study of Insect Anatomy. &nbsp;United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) Grant #98-38411-6727.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-28f84493 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:150px\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignleft size-medium is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"225\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/files\/2015\/05\/bolivia-2005-790-e1447363816535-225x300.jpg\" alt=\"bolivia 2005 790\" class=\"wp-image-1870\" style=\"aspect-ratio:0.7533333333333333;width:145px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/files\/2015\/05\/bolivia-2005-790-e1447363816535-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/files\/2015\/05\/bolivia-2005-790-e1447363816535.jpg 768w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/files\/2015\/05\/bolivia-2005-790-e1447363816535-104x138.jpg 104w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 225px) 100vw, 225px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\">\n<p><strong>BeetleBellYeasts 1 &amp; 2:&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/strong>A study of beetles and their yeast endosymbionts from basidiocarp habitats. &nbsp;National Science Foundation (BS&amp;I) Grants #<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=0072741&amp;HistoricalAwards=false\">DEB-0072741<\/a>&nbsp; &amp; &nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=0072741&amp;HistoricalAwards=false\">DEB-0117180<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nsf.gov\/awardsearch\/showAward?AWD_ID=0531768\"><strong><\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image aligncenter size-full noborder\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1003\" height=\"216\" src=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/files\/2024\/02\/LBJ-beetle-banner-final4_new-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-4242\" srcset=\"https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/files\/2024\/02\/LBJ-beetle-banner-final4_new-1.jpg 1003w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/files\/2024\/02\/LBJ-beetle-banner-final4_new-1-300x65.jpg 300w, https:\/\/site.caes.uga.edu\/mchughlab\/files\/2024\/02\/LBJ-beetle-banner-final4_new-1-768x165.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1003px) 100vw, 1003px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><em>From Jacobson G.G., 1905-1915. [The beetles of Russia, West Europe and adjacent countries]. Devrien, St. Petersburg, 1024 pp.]&nbsp;<\/em><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>LARGER PROJECTS Lucidota Project: Deploying integrative systematics to untangle Lucidota, the Gordian knot of Neotropical firefly taxonomy. Utilizing museum specimens and newly available material provided by Brazilian and Colombian collaborators to document the firefly groups across South America, discover new species, reveal their evolutionary relationships, and create tools to facilitate future research. 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