After five years as the lab manager, Brian Caudle has gone on to graduate school at Florida State University. His choice of state is ironic given his past statements (see below) about his need for snow!

I am the lab tech for the Cannatella Lab. Not being a herpetologist, and working with a fairly large group of people who are has enabled me to learn about the wonderful diversity of life that is the amphibians. More interested in the world that exists beyond our visual capacity as a tool for unfolding the answers to questions addressing the underlying fundamental processes which drive evolution on the molecular level, I would much rather work with a bacteriophage or microbe. My position here at UT has allowed me to fine tune some molecular biology related lab skills through the training of visiting scientists who enter the lab for very limited amounts of time. Also troubleshooting hundreds of similar reactions for a wide variety of different amphibian species has given me a new understanding of the breadth of diversity in the living world.

Future Plans:
I plan to pursue a higher degree in the near future focusing on experimental evolution in some other state than Texas. (Sorry, but I NEED my snow in the winter!!!)

Publication(s):
1. Rokyta, D. R., Joyce, P., Caudle, S. B., Wichman, H. A. An empirical test of the mutational landscape model of adaptation using a single-stranded DNA virus. Nature Genetics 37, 441-444
2. More to come soon