Ida joins us for three months to work on aspects of her post doc that deal with the neurological mechanisms by which our brain-encysting trematode parasite modifies the behavior of its fish host.
Ryan goes to Chile
Ryan goes to Chile to give talks and interact with colleagues–first to Concepción for a departmental seminar at the Universidad Católica de la Santísima Concepción, and then to Santiago to give a talk at the Federation of Latin American Parasitologists. Many thanks to Mario George-Nascimento for inviting him!
Kate moves to new professorship job!
After 3.5 years of postdocing with Ryan, we wish Kate “bon voyage” as she moves to join the faculty at Southern Arkansas University, where she is going to teach marine biology and parasitology!
Ben publishes paper on parasites & cannibalism
Is cannibalism risky in terms of causing the spread of parasites? In a new paper published in the American Naturalist, Ben and colleagues lay out evidence that cannibalism can actually be so bad for parasite transmission that cannibalism reduces the risk of infection.
The Vikings are here (again)!
Our collaborators from Oyvind Overli’s lab in Norway return this week to do stress tests and neurophysiology on our infected and uninfected experimental fish.