Monthly Archives: March 2015

Extreme Bees in Extreme Environments: A visit with Laurence Packer, bee biologist extraordinaire

Last week, Laurence Packer visited our department to deliver a seminar about close encounters with extreme bees.  These bees live in extreme environments, like the Atacama Desert in Chile, usually the driest place on earth.  Many of the bees Laurence … Continue reading

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More good lab news – NSERC grad fellowship for PhD student, David Awde

Everyone in the lab was delighted this week that Dave was awarded an NSERC Post-Graduate Scholarship, which will support him for the next three years.  Dave switched to the PhD programme in September 2015, and this funding is perfectly timed … Continue reading

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PhD student, Jess Vickruck, now has her own webpage!

Check Jess’s new independent webpage. The grad students grow up so fast.  Sniff.

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