Lots of good things have happened since the last update…here is a long-overdue list!
- Former postdoc Annika Nelson started as an Assistant Professor at TCU. Check out her lab website!
- Jen received a grant from the California Native Plant Society to fund her bee research
- Nickole received the Miguel Velez Scholarship from UCI, as well as a Best Early Career Researcher Poster award at ISME
- Former undergrad Perla Vazquez participated in a post-bac summer research program at the University of Georgia and is applying to grad schools
- Former undergrad Alejandro Vazquez conducted honeybee field research in North Dakota with the USGS
- I received a two-year grant from USDA to develop probiotics for bumble bees
- A couple new papers/preprints are now live
- UCI undergrad Aidan Lee is joining the lab this fall. Welcome Aidan!