Our lab hosted the Fall meeting for our regional parasitological society. We had a pretty good time sharing things about the lab with the “club”, including a presentation, facilities tour, and lab demos of miscellaneous parasites. See the blurb at ASP’s news site for more info.

The SIO public relations team covered Anai in one of their Scripps Student Spotlights. You can read the article here “https://scripps.ucsd.edu/news/scripps-student-spotlight-anai-novoa.”

Becky successfully defended her thesis today! It is entitled “Behavioral defense against parasites: California killifish move, dart, and scratch more during trematode cercaria exposure and attack.” We’re currently turning it into an ms for publication. Congratulations Becky!

At the annual Scripps Undergraduate Research Symposium, Alex & James win one of four best poster awards. They presented their research on bean clam demography, elevational distribution, and parasitism. Congratulations!

Some of the lab went to Cal State Northridge yesterday to attend the annual meeting of the Southern California Academy of Sciences and the Southern California Society of Parasitologists. Becky and Adrienne gave talks dealing with various aspects of host behavior and parasites, and Ryan chaired the Parasitology sessions. Good times.