Alison has received the competitive OEB 3rd Annual Irwin Martin award, for $2500. Luis has received an OEB $1000 dissertation grant plus a $500 Biology Research grant. Congratulations to both of them!
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Adler lab research featured!
pollinator website is live!
Thanks to Hannah Whitehead in her role as Honeybee Extension Educator, we have a new clearinghouse for a wide range of bee and pollination resources: ag.umass.edu/resources/pollinators
Liam Cleary to work with Dr. Ned Friedman as DaRin Butz intern at the Arnold Arboretum of Harvard
Caro Munoz Agudelo and Justin Roch are awarded Natural History Collections Fellowships!
Caro and Justin were both awarded Natural History Collections grants for their summer research asking how sunflower crops, landscape context, and farming practice affect bee diversity, abundance and health. Congratulations to both of them!
Congrats to Lily! Tufts vet school this fall!
Graduating senior and honors thesis student Lily Coppinger will begin vet school at Tufts in fall 2019!
Alison Fowler wins $1000 PreDissertation grant!
Stephanie Lopez wins $400 Research Assistant Fellowship from UMass Honors College!
Alison Fowler wins first prize at the Life Sciences Graduate Student Symposium!
For her talk entitled, “Diet-mediated pathogen resistance in bumble bees.” Alison’s talk won first prize out of all the talks at this day-long event, organized by the Life Science Graduate Research Council.
Blueberry crop domestication and bee health – new paper published!
We have a new paper showing that domestication changes nectar and pollen chemistry, reducing a compound that helps bees fight infection! Read it here!