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Lewis & Clark College The Pioneer Log
This year’s SpiderFest, held in the lab of Assistant Professor of Biology Greta Binford, drew about 100 people of all ages from throughout the community. The event featured demonstrations of venom “milking” and spiders camouflaging themselves with sand, as well as science-themed games and treats.

Lewis & Clark College Expertise & Excellence
Autumn presented as part of Oregon Museum of Science and Industry Science Pub, a monthly event designed for a general adult audience to learn about advances in science and technology from leading researchers and scientists in an approachable, relaxed setting that includes food and drinks. Event took place at Portland’s Mission Theater & Pub, 1624 NW Glisan.

Discovery Science Channel
“In this episode of Weird Connections we reveal how geckos will soon save lives. These sticky lizards are among the best climbers in the natural world. And they could be the key to every-day heroes one day climbing like Spiderman. And what kick starts it all? An undergrad student pulling geckos off walls…”

Oregon Field Guide, OPB TV
Watch as Oregon Field Guide visits Dr. Greta Binford’s research lab and joins her for a spider hunt in the Andrews Experimental Forest.

Dr. Greta Binford’s life and work are profiled in the March 5, 2007 issue of The New Yorker magazine.

On Point, NPR
Listen online to Dr. Binford’s hour-long interview with Tom Ashbrook in which she discusses her work with spiders.

Northwest Science and Technology   A profile of Dr. Binford and her work with brown recluse spiders.

The New York Times 
“We showed that you can dip a gecko’s feet in some of the nastiest dirt ever, and after five steps the dirt just falls off,” said Dr. Kellar Autumn, a biologist at Lewis & Clark College. “Our mathematical models suggest that this may be a consequence of their structure, rather than some special chemical.” The study, being published today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences…

Discover
Read about Dr. Greta Binford’s research into the evolution of hobo spider venom.

Lewis & Clark College Chronicle 
The array of test tubes and glass vials lining the shelves of a small, temperature-controlled chamber in the Biology-Psychology building hold hundreds of the world’s most reviled yet ecologically vital organisms: spiders. Most are no bigger than the spiders you might find in your home. But for Greta Binford, assistant professor of biology, these tiny creatures hold clues to a big mystery…

Lewis & Clark College Chronicle
Last summer in Costa Rica, while many tourists were stretching their legs on white-sand beaches, Melissa Bodner ’04 and Kate Baldwin ’05 were in search of eight-legged creatures. The two research assistants, who accompanied Lewis & Clark Assistant Professor of Biology Greta Binford, rose early to poke sticks into cliff-top crevasses or comb through leaves…