Congratulations to Chase Stratton, who just graduated with his Ph. D.!
(pictured below with Kristian Brevik)
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Students at the Gund get a deep understanding of complex global issues, hands-on training in interdisciplinary research and problem-solving with world-class scholars, and real-world experience collaborating with government and business.
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Follow our lab adventures this summer on Instagram and Twitter! We are active this year in US, Mexico, and Canada.
Lab Instagram: @InsectAgroEco
Twitter: @Yolanda_H_Chen
Photo: Zach Cohen
The Colorado potato beetle, Leptinotarsa decemlineata, genome paper has just been published in Scientific Reports. Sean Schoville, University of Wisconsin and I coordinated a group of 58 scientists from 33 institutions to manually annotate the genome.
Although the beetle has been notorious for its ability to rapidly evolve to a range of different types of environmental conditions, climates, host plants and insecticides, we were surprised that we did not find that the beetle had more genes for detoxifying pesticides compared to other more innocuous beetle species.
https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-018-20154-1
University of Madison Press release
Colorado potato beetle genome gives insight into major agricultural pest
UVM Communications Story
http://www.uvm.edu/~uvmpr/?Page=news&storyID=25516
Science Daily Coverage
https://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2018/01/180131090308.htm
