{"id":770,"date":"2014-03-30T19:43:54","date_gmt":"2014-03-31T02:43:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/aitkenlab\/?p=770"},"modified":"2014-03-31T08:02:06","modified_gmt":"2014-03-31T15:02:06","slug":"an-interview-with-jill-hamilton","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/aitkenlab\/2014\/03\/30\/an-interview-with-jill-hamilton\/","title":{"rendered":"An interview with Jill Hamilton"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, Aitken lab alum <a href=\"http:\/\/www.jillahamilton.com\/Site\/Welcome.html\">Jill Hamilton<\/a> published a paper in the <em>American Journal of Botany<\/em>, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.amjbot.org\/content\/100\/8\/1651.short\">Genetic and morphological structure of a spruce hybrid (<em>Picea sitchensis<\/em> \u00d7 <em>P. glauca<\/em>) zone along a climatic gradient<\/a>.\u00a0 I interviewed Jill about her paper and got the story behind the research last August. Listen to the interview:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/aitkenlab\/files\/2014\/03\/Interview-with-Jill-edited.mp3\">Interview with Jill Hamilton<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Jill is currently a postdoctoral fellow with Dr. Janice Cook at the University of Alberta where she is part of large genomics projects on both white spruce and lodgepole\/jack pine. She will be joining Johanna Schmitt&#8217;s lab at UC Davis this summer.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-770 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/aitkenlab\/files\/2014\/03\/IMG_4128-e1524259985974.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/aitkenlab\/files\/2014\/03\/IMG_4128-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-773\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/aitkenlab\/files\/2014\/03\/IMG_4128-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/aitkenlab\/files\/2014\/03\/IMG_4128-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-773'>\n\t\t\t\tSmaller than a thumb nail\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/aitkenlab\/files\/2014\/03\/IMG_4267-e1524259997380.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/aitkenlab\/files\/2014\/03\/IMG_4267-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-774\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/aitkenlab\/files\/2014\/03\/IMG_4267-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/aitkenlab\/files\/2014\/03\/IMG_4267-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-774'>\n\t\t\t\tTiny, tiny green buds hidden within bud scales\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/aitkenlab\/files\/2014\/03\/IMG_4555-e1524259966720.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/aitkenlab\/files\/2014\/03\/IMG_4555-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-775\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/aitkenlab\/files\/2014\/03\/IMG_4555-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/aitkenlab\/files\/2014\/03\/IMG_4555-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-775'>\n\t\t\t\tExcited about flushing buds\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/aitkenlab\/files\/2014\/03\/IMG_5174-e1524259950748.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/aitkenlab\/files\/2014\/03\/IMG_5174-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-776\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/aitkenlab\/files\/2014\/03\/IMG_5174-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/aitkenlab\/files\/2014\/03\/IMG_5174-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-776'>\n\t\t\t\tField Crew Extra-Ordinaire!!: Christine Chourmouzis, Lisa Erdle &#038; me!\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/aitkenlab\/files\/2014\/03\/IMG_6304-e1524259933857.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/aitkenlab\/files\/2014\/03\/IMG_6304-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-777\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/aitkenlab\/files\/2014\/03\/IMG_6304-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/aitkenlab\/files\/2014\/03\/IMG_6304-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-777'>\n\t\t\t\tNina Lobo: getting to know Spruce diameters at the Kitwanga provenance trial\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/aitkenlab\/files\/2014\/03\/IMG_4538-e1524259917154.jpg'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/aitkenlab\/files\/2014\/03\/IMG_4538-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-779\" srcset=\"https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/aitkenlab\/files\/2014\/03\/IMG_4538-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/blogs.ubc.ca\/aitkenlab\/files\/2014\/03\/IMG_4538-144x144.jpg 144w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 150px) 100vw, 150px\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<figcaption class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-779'>\n\t\t\t\tIntrepid Spruce hunters styling this years fashion of \u2018Safety First\u2019 in the Nass-Skeena woods\n\t\t\t\t<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last year, Aitken lab alum Jill Hamilton published a paper in the American Journal of Botany, Genetic and morphological structure of a spruce hybrid (Picea sitchensis \u00d7 P. glauca) zone along a climatic gradient.\u00a0 I interviewed Jill about her paper and got the story behind the research last August. 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