Category Archives: Gall Lab News

Our paper on the frequency sensitivity of Northern Saw-whet Owls is officially “In Press” at the Journal of Comparative Physiology.  Congratulations to Julia Beatini (Vassar ’18), the first author on the paper! Beatini J.R., Proudfoot, G.A., and Gall, M.D. In Press. Frequency … Continue reading →

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I’m in Minnesota for a few weeks this summer working on a project with Alex Baugh from Swarthmore and Mark Bee from the University of Minnesota.  We’re collaborating on a project to understand how phonotactic behavior, hormone levels, and peripheral … Continue reading →

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Congratulations to our graduates Jingyi Gao, Nick Fancher and Aaron Harvey.  They have all done awesome work in the lab and we wish them well in all their future endeavors!

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The Gall lab attended the Hudson Valley Life Sciences Group Meeting at SUNY New Paltz on April 28th. Vassar College was well represented as several other lab groups were also in attendance.  Our two seniors, Nick Fancher and Aaron Harvey, … Continue reading →

Congratulations to the Gall Lab’s Julia Beatini on her honorable mention in the Goldwater Scholarship competition!  Julia has been working on our saw-whet owl project since her sophomore year and is planning to pursue a Ph.D. in clinical psychology.

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Hi Everyone!  The Gall lab is back from the 2016 Animal Behavior Society Meeting. In attendance were Dr. Gall, Julia Beatini and Tim Boycott. We saw lots of great talks and got to connect with lots of friends and colleagues! … Continue reading →

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The Gall Lab has just published a paper entitled “Frequency sensitivity in the auditory periphery of male and female black-capped chickadees (Poecile atricapillus)”.  The first author is one of the first student members of the Gall Lab, Arick Wong. In … Continue reading →

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Congratulations to Jacob Damsky for presenting his thesis on the effects of anthropogenic noise on mobbing behavior in the tufted titmouse.  Jacob was joined by 19 other Vassar Biology Seniors in presenting a wide array of interesting research!  Best of … Continue reading →

The Gall Lab, in collaboration with Walt Wilczynski at Georgia State University has just published a paper entitled “Hearing conspecific vocal signals alters peripheral auditory sensitivity”.  But, what does that mean? Well, many animals (including humans) are exposed to the … Continue reading →