News
July 8, 2025:
The LagoLab, past and present, was well-represented at Evolution 2025!
Current LagoLab graduate students Diego, Laymon, and Kathe all presented their research in talks, and postbacc Leilani a poster! They all rocked their presentations! Laymon and former lab undergraduate Lauren both participated in the prestigious SSB Ernst Mayr Symposium- way to go! It was great catching up with former lab members Shelby and Laura too (and Laura’s graduate student!).
August 19, 2022:
A trip upriver to visit dead coffee plants
Laura, Aislinn, and Laymon spent some time in December 2022 visiting the herbarium at the Missouri Botanical Garden to study and sample specimens of Rubiaceae in conjunction with collaborator, Dr. Charlotte Taylor. We got to see a first edition Linnaeus publication while we were there!
August 19, 2022:
Welcome, Kathe & Aislinn!
The LagoLab welcomed two new PhD students in Fall 2022. Katherin Arango-Gómez is from Calí, Colombia, where she earned a BS at the Universidad del Valle. Her previous research focused on hybridization in Gesneriaceae. Aislinn Mumford is from Rhode Island, and recently completed an MS degree on domestication of kiwiberry at University of New Hampshire.
July 28, 2022:
Laymon and Laura receive an HHMI Gilliam Fellowship for Advanced Study!
A huge congrats to Laymon, who won an HHMI Gilliam Fellowship! Read more at the HHMI website and in this LSU press release.
July 27, 2022:
Botany 2022: A Success!
The LagoLab attend our first in-person LagoLab conference since January 2022: Botany 2022 in Anchorage, AK! Diego, Laymon, and Janet rocked their first in-person conference talks as graduate students. Congrats, team!!
May 17, 2025
Congratulations, Dr. Mansaray!
We celebrated Janet’s successful PhD completion in her LSU hood ceremony! She’s pictured here with soon-to-Dr. Laymon and me.