2nd annual canoe and whitewater clinic
Posted on. . 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.
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Lab attending the 2019 SSE meetings in Providence RI
Posted on. . 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.
Parker Young receives the 2018-19 Outstanding MS Student Award!
Posted onWoot woot!
Olivia Phillips presents her research at UC’s Showcase
Posted onOlivia presented the results of her research at UC’s Undergraduate Scholarly Showcase on April 22, 2019. Her work breaks new ground in the field of nutritional immunology. Olivia graduated Spring 2019 with the BS degree. Congratulations Olivia!
The NSF awards the lab two REU supplements for 2019
Posted onNina Shemancik and Harman Singh will receive REU (Research Experience for Undergraduates) summer fellowships to conduct full-time research in the lab over summer 2019. Harman and Nina are dedicated UC undergrads whose interests focus on the genetic and physiological bases of costs of parasite resistance […]
Karl Grieshop wins the 2019 John Maynard Smith Prize in evolutionary biology
Posted onDr. Karl Grieshop, who earned his MS in the Polak Lab, is the 2019 winner of the prestigious John Maynard Smith (JMS) Prize, awarded by European Society for Evolutionary Biology (ESEB). Karl currently is a postdoctoral fellow at Stockholm University & the University of Toronto. […]