NEWS

This spring we experienced a larger than normal population boom of crane flies (commonly called skeeter eaters, mosquito hawks, mayflies,...

The whole lab traveled to the 2023 Entomology Conference in National Harbor, MD! We were refreshed and inspired by learning from great...

Patrick and Dr. R had a wonderful time at the 2023 Gordon Conference on Animal-Microbe Symbioses in Lucca, Italy. Highlights of the trip...

Spring 2023 was a semester full of achievements and milestones for the lab! Graduate students Aly, Bibek and Rachel all passed their...

A huge welcome to Benoit (Ben) Bechade, who joined the lab as a postdoc in March 2023! Ben is an expert in analyzing multivariate -omic...

Delighted to announce that Hunter Lab and Ravenscraft Lab have been awarded a USDA NIFA grant to study symbiont transmission constraints...

The lab had a fantastic time at the 2022 Entomological Society of America Conference in Vancouver, BC! The venue was beautiful, the food...

I am thrilled and honored to announce that I was awarded an NSF CAREER grant to study the prevalence, magnitude, and importance of gut...

Check out Patrick's first paper from his dissertation, "Prevalence of an Insect-Associated Genomic Region in Environmentally Acquired...

Check out our paper in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, "Development of Common Leaf-Footed Bug Pests Depends on the Presence and...

Dr. R was honored to present an invited talk at the 2021 Texas Native Plant Society's state-wide annual symposium (remotely, due to...

We're very behind on updates because Fall and Winter 2021/2022 were especially eventful! This is the first of several catchup posts....

I've been remiss in announcing many wonderful things that have happened in the lab this summer and fall! We welcomed Patrick Stillson as...

Excited to share our new paper on the symbiosis between Burkholderia and little-studied stilt bugs in the genus Jalysus....

Check out this thoughtful and nuanced article on transient and low-titer microbiomes! I'm honored to be quoted along with a group of...

Our research on the net effect (or lack thereof) of the gut microbiota in adult butterflies was recently spotlighted on the Molecular...

I am thrilled to announce that I'll be joining the Department of Biology at the University of Arlington, Texas as an assistant professor...