Mason Posner teaches anatomy and physiology, marine and vertebrate biology at Ashland University in Ohio. He does research on the evolution and function of the vertebrate eye lens and has interests in undergraduate research and teaching technology. He leads a science communication capstone courses that teaches Biology majors how to develop science blogs
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Mole crab molts litter the beaches

What a difference a month makes.  Back in April I brought my marine biology class to the Outer Banks of North Carolina for our end of semester field trip.  We saw lots of surf clam shells on the beach then, and some arks, but not a lot of other diversity in shells.  And the month [...]

The lab heads to ARVO

My lab topped off a great academic year with a trip to Fort Lauderdale, Florida for the ARVO vision research meeting.  This was actually my first time bringing undergraduate students to this meeting.  Jackie Skiba and Amy Drossman did a fantastic job presenting their research on thermal adaptation in fish lens alpha crystallins.  I heard [...]