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Congratulations to Kate for recently publishing two more papers from her PhD work at Clemson University. Both papers deal with ecological/environmental parasitology of gut helminths of double-crested cormorants of the southeast USA, showing how various aspects of host biology and ecology influence their parasite infracommunities, likely via changes in the hosts’ foraging ecology. One paper is in Ecological Indicators: http://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1470160X16301121. The other is in Journal of Helminthology: https://www.cambridge.org/core/journals/journal-of-helminthology/article/the-influence-of-geographical-location-host-maturity-and-sex-on-intestinal-helminth-communities-of-the-double-crested-cormorant-phalacrocorax-auritus-from-the-eastern-united-states/0A3BB4D442BD2D9C0F32F4358D18D37C.

With the start of the new academic year, we have added a slew of new volunteers to the lab roster. In total there are 7 new undergrads on the Bird Project and 4 new undergrads working on more general lab activities. Welcome All!

The lab also welcomes a new Post-Doctoral Researcher, Dr. Lauren Nadler. Lauren will be working on the Euhaplorchis-Killifish-bird project.

Several of us go to the American Society of Parasitologists annual meeting, to give talks, chair sessions, and hang out with colleagues.

During the next few weeks, we’ll have collaborators here while we set up the next, big stage of our Euhaplorchis-killifish project. Visitors include Kelly Weinersmith, Oyvind Overli, and Siri Riise.