My research proposal to work with Nicole Gerardo was recommended for funding by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation! We will investigate the genomic and metabolic underpinnings of parasite specialization in fungus-farming ants.
Read MoreThere and Back Again: Field Trip New Zealand
Field season in New Zealand is a wrap!
Much of the work was made possible through a collaboration with Mike Cripps at the AgResearch Laboratories.
Micropia
Aileen and I snuck a visit to Micropia, Amserdam's brand new microbial zoo. To learn more about the exhibit, checkout Ed Yong's excellent write-up in The New Yorker.
Summer School at the Marine Biological Laboratory
This summer, I took part in the fifth edition of the STAMPS course offered at the Marine Biological Laboratory in beautiful Woods Hole, MA. STAMPS is short for Strategies and Techniques for Analyzing Microbial Population Structures.
Where is Waldo?