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Connie O'Connor joins elite company with Alice Wilson Award

Oct 21, 2013 - McMaster researcher and postdoctoral fellow Connie O'Connor has received a 2013 Alice Wilson Award thanks to her advanced research involving cichlid fish unique to east Africa's expansive Lake Tanganyika.
Connie O'Connor joins elite company with Alice Wilson Award

Connie O'Connor pauses for a photo near Lake Tanganyika in Zambia

What can a small African fish tell us about the everyday social interactions of vertebrates? A lot more than we thought.

McMaster researcher and postdoctoral fellow Connie O'Connor has received a 2013 Alice Wilson Award thanks to her advanced research involving cichlid fish unique to east Africa's expansive Lake Tanganyika.

The award recognizes three women of "outstanding academic qualifications" who are beginning a career in academia at the postdoctoral level, and is presented by the Academy of Science of the Royal Society of Canada.

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