Assistant Professor at the University of Toronto interested in molluscan systematics, evolution & genomics
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Kara Layton
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The Layton Lab is *almost* ready for #CSEE2026 but first these freshwater mussel swab kits need to go out to collaborators! Then, you can find us in the Gastropod session on Tuesday @ 1:30pm and the Marine Science session on Wednesday @ 8:30am! 🧬 🐌 🐚 🦪
Loved seeing one of my favourite invert groups pop up in this morning’s #BES2025 lecture from Joe Roman. Lots of incredible whale ecology with some Osedax thrown in there 🪱
Thanks to wonderful co-authors and collaborators @lancasterlt.bsky.social, Peter Cosgrove, Barbara Morrissey and Victoria Pritchard!
Kicking off #BES2025 with the Georgina Mace Lecture from Sandra Diaz about 🌱 functional traits & their interaction with people & climate
Thanks also to @vicgillman.bsky.social for the excellent cake! 🌊🦀
I’m so thrilled to share @vicgillman.bsky.social first first-author paper just published in Conservation Genetics 🎉🧬🦪 (not a FW mussel). This is just the tip of the iceberg of what’s to come from Victoria - stay tuned!
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
CONGRATS 🎉 to Dr. @vicgillman.bsky.social on passing her viva with no corrections! I’m so proud of you and so lucky to have been part of your journey! Special thank you to co-supervisors @lancasterlt.bsky.social & Vicky Pritchard and examiners @gretabocedi.bsky.social & @fishyomics.bsky.social!
Now for some local fieldwork - summer undergrads in the Layton Lab are characterizing Cepaea 🐌 morphs in our own backyard @utmbiology.bsky.social
Congrats to Dr. @ethan-ross.bsky.social on the successful completion of his viva! I’m so lucky to have been part of your journey - the future is so bright for you. Very special thanks to co-supervisors @sigwartae.bsky.social & Stu Piertney and examiners @marianilab.bsky.social & Beth Scott!
Another fantastic field expedition with @mollusksatamnh.bsky.social, this time collecting slugs, snails and micros in Guadeloupe. Thanks very much to Seaslugs Guadeloupe for their support, we look forward to visiting again next year! 🐚 🧬
Kara Layton
Conservation Genetics - Climate change is a global threat that is already impacting populations and species across diverse ecosystems. Local adaptation of populations, identified through...
