David Loehlin successfully defended his PhD thesis earlier today!  A reception is set for 4PM in the graduate student lounge followed later this evening by a party at Jack Werren’s house.  David will be with us for a few more weeks before he plans on heading to the University of Wisconsin, Madison to do a postdoc with Dr. Sean B. Carroll.  During his postdoc, he’s interested in studying the genetic mechanisms behind how new patterns (such as the wing spots in certain Drosophila species) originate.