Anai covered in a Scripps Student Spotlight

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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 defends her MS thesis!

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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!

Becky, Adrienne, Ryan go to SCAS/SCSP

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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.

Dan wins SCAS Student Research grant

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Congratulations to Dan, for winning a research grant from the Southern California Academy of Sciences! This grant will really help him do some of his research dealing with eusocial trematodes.