News
- New publication on bryophytesSalces-Castellano A., T. Kasprzyk, B. Goffinet, T. Kiebacher, N. Patel, Y. Liu, S. Dong, A. Guisan, F. Collart & A. Vanderpoorten. 2026. Strong elevation-dependence of cross-taxon diversity patterns in plants. Ecological Indicators 193: 115833. pdf. Abstract reads: Cross-taxon congruence, the degree of similarity in the diversity patterns across taxonomic groups, raises fundamental questions on the […]Posted on November 12, 2026
- Successful sale of bryology books to support studentsThe lab recently received a bryological library from the estate of John and Jean Kekes. The books were to be sold and the funds destined to support student projects in the lab. We have now completed the sale of about 70 bryological books and raised about $3,700. An additional $500 were donated through the estate […]Posted on June 16, 2026
- New publication on bryophytesHuang D. Zhou X., S. Dong, W. Sheng, Q. Zuo, L. Zhang, W.-Z. Ma, G. K. Golinski, A. Vanderpoorten, B. Goffinet, Y. Liu, T. Peng. A family-level phylogeny of liverworts (Marchantiophyta): new insights from mitochondrial sequences. Journal of Systematics and Evolution (accepted March 3, 2025) pdf Abstract reads: Liverworts, with approximately 7300 species worldwide, exhibit […]Posted on March 16, 2026
- New publication on mossesMilis A., M. Hofmann, P. Mäder, J. Wäldchen, M. De Haan, P. Ballings, I. Van der Beeten, B. Goffinet & A. Vanderpoorten. 2026. Towards the automatized identification of moss species from their spore morphology. Annals of Botany 137(1): 171–180. pdf. Google scholar Abstract reads: Background and Aims: Automatized species identification tools have massively facilitated plant […]Posted on January 13, 2026
- New publication on mossesBuck W.R. & B. Goffinet. 2026. Addendum to the new checklist of the mosses of the continental United States and Canada. The Bryologist 129(1): 1–3. pdf Introduction reads: The recent checklist of mosses of continental United States and Canada (Buck & Goffinet 2024) included 1565 species, 12 subspecies, 34 varieties and one form for a […]Posted on January 12, 2026
The research interests in this lab
cross organismal lines with projects focusing on liverworts, hornworts, mosses or lichen-forming fungi and span the fields of floristics and phylogeography, systematics and phylogeny, genome evolution and developmental biology. See Google Scholar site.
Goffinet Lab
| Phone: | 860 486-5290 |
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| Email: | bernard.goffinet@uconn.edu |
| Address: | Mailing: Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology 75 NorthEagleville road University of Connecticut Storrs CT 06269-3043 Office: Storrs Campus Biology Pharmacy Bldg Room 300 Lab: rooms 312 & 316 |




