Proud mentor moment! Huge congratulations to Ahsley Webster for defending her MS thesis on ectoparasites of insects. Her dedication and stellar presentation skills truly shone today. Excited to see where her research journey with avian hosts takes her next.
Water levels were high on this particular day, meaning water was muddy yet the paddling exciting through the riffles, which admittedly were still not frequent enough. Nevertheless, we honed our strokes, mastered slipping in and out of eddies, and trained to chart a course through […]
SCIENCE DAY open to the public featured socially distanced activities at open-air stations scattered across the grounds of the University of Cincinnati’s Field Station at Miami Whitewater Park, Ohio. Ashley presented the lab’s research on mites and flies on May 8, 2021, which also turned […]
Congratulations to Alicia Cleaver, Polak Lab alumna, who’s recently been notified of her acceptance to veterinary school! In Alicia’s own words…: “Just wanted to share the good news- I will be attending Purdue University College of Veterinary Medicine starting this fall. Thank you so […]
As this parasitic mite in the genus Gamasodes feasts on fly “blood,” it induces a cascade of host immune genes while altering ejaculate characteristics. The question, therefore, now is whether parasitized males express compromised competitive fertilization success. The article, published in Parasitology, discovers new targets […]
J Evol Biol 2019;00:1-13 DOI: 10.1111/jeb.13546
. . Perfect day for our annual 12-mile river journey. Fishing along the way with some skills training in whitewater paddling and canoe recovery in a capsize situation.
. . A talk and two posters presented by lab members on various aspects of our model fly-mite symbioses. Mechanisms of defense against mites, and associated costs of resistance were central themes.