What's new in the Poynton Lab

September 2025

Several members of the Poynton Lab participated in the UMass Boston Beacon Bash 5k and Helen came in 4th! Thanks Bryce for coming back to run with us!

Welcome Paula Diez Sanchez and Tiya Verde!

Paula is a first year PhD student in Marine Science and Tiya is completing her capstone project as Environmental Science BS student. Welcome to the Poynton Lab!

August 2025

Congratulations to Taryn Broughal for completing her Master's project, OBSERVING GENETIC RESISTANCE TO RUNOFF PESTICIDE USE IN THE NON-TARGET SPECIES COMPLEX HYALELLA AZTECA IN THE NEPONSET WATERSHED and her earning Master's degree.

July - August 2025

Tyler and Helen taught a new course on Nantucket, MA, Aquatic Invertebrate Biodiversity. We learned morphological identification of aquatic insects and crustaceans and used DNA fingerprinting to confirm IDs. Thanks to the amazing students who made the class unforgettable!