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We are excited to have just received a City Market Co-op patronage Seedling Grant to fund more of our work on swede midge. The money comes from City Market members that forget to cash in their refunds as Co-op members. … Continue reading →

As testimony to the persistence of Colorado potato beetle as a global scourge, apparently the Ukranians are now calling the Russian separatists, “Koloradi”. Here is the story: http://www.rferl.org/content/ukraine-colorado-beetle-separatists/25365793.html

We are pleased to welcome the newest addition to the lab – Kristian Brevik! Kristian did his undergrad degree at Hampshire College, where he studied the domestication of a small mammal. He also happens to speak a few languages, including … Continue reading →

I am very excited to visit Switzerland tomorrow and give my first scientific talk on the European continent at the 15th International Symposium on Insect-Plant Relationships. This will probably be the largest assembly ever of researchers interested in how domestication … Continue reading →

Ph. D. assistantship in reproductive ecology and mating disruption In cooperation with Dr. Rebecca Hallett’s lab at University of Guelph, we will be recruiting for a highly motivated Ph. D. student, who has an interest in studying the reproductive ecology … Continue reading →