2018
Congratulations to Matt Kamiyama for becoming a Master in Entomology! – Dec 2018
We are excited to announce that Matt officially defended his thesis, “Susceptibility of Wisconsin tart cherry to Drosophila suzukii and survey of native natural enemies.” His public research presentation wowed the crowd, so stay tuned for his publications to be released soon! We are sad to see him leave the lab and we will surely miss all the laughter he brings to our meetings, but we look forward to seeing where his future endeavors take him. You rock Matt!
Welcome New Lab Members! – June 2018
In celebration of three new members joining our ranks, the Guedot family enjoyed a nice night on the Terrace. We warmly welcome our new summer lab assistant, Michaela Taddeini, and two new Master’s students, Samuel DeGrey and Nolan Amon. Check out their bios to learn more about the amazing work they have done and the exciting projects they are starting with our lab. Cheers and welcome to Madison!
Biotechnology Youth Apprenticeship Presentation– May 2018
This week Robin Alcorta, presented his work at the Biotechnology Youth Apprenticeship Presentation Session. Mentored by Ben Jaffe, Janet Van Zoeren, and Abby Lois, Robin has processed pollen and spotted wing drosophila samples, managed a brown marmorated stink bug colony, and is currently conducting an experiment on hatching conditions of flea beetle eggs. Our lab is looking forward to another year with Robin on our team!
Field Season Begins – May 2018
After a long winter, spring has finally decided to come to Wisconsin, and it brings field season with it! We are so excited to start the packed season of studies and to bring new members to our lab in June. Stay tuned for new bios from our awesome new additions and cheers to the winter crew (pictured below)!
This year, the annual meeting took place in our home city of Madison and our lab played a large role in its success! Our very own, Christelle Guédot, was chair of the Local Arrangements Committee. Also serving on the Local Arrangements Committee, our lab’s Bonnie Ohler, Ben Jaffe, and Matt Kamiyama worked hard to plan early career professional and student events. In addition, each member of our team presented their research through a talk or poster, and Bonnie Ohler and Matt Kamiyama competed at this year’s Linnaean games. We are always happy to share our research with the scientific community, but this year we are a little extra proud! Check out some highlights from the Linnaean games (pictured)!
