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Thienthanh passes her M.S. defense

July 8, 2020 Adriana De Bekker 0

Last Friday, Thienthanh Trinh successfully defended her M.S. thesis! She is the first graduate student from our lab to graduate so this is both a […]

A woman in a lab holding a container, seen in an article titled "Five Year Grant Will Deepen Research Into 'Zombie Ants'". .

NSF CAREER Award

January 14, 2020 Adriana De Bekker 0

Last Friday, we celebrated our NSF CAREER award! This award will fund our lab for the next five years to investigate the molecular aspects of […]

A group of people standing in front of a projector screen, holding certificates and posing for a photo at a student travel awards event.

Mycological Society of America Conference

August 15, 2019 Adriana De Bekker 0

At the 2019 MSA conference in Minneapolis, MN, Charissa joined a lineup of speakers on host-manipulating fungi, and grad student Ian presented a poster. It […]

A person is presenting a slide titled "Hybrid genome assembly and discovery of candidate manipulation genes in Ophiocordyceps zombie ant fungus" to an audience in a lecture hall.

Southeastern Society of Parasitologists Meeting

May 29, 2019 Adriana De Bekker 0

Grads Ian and Thienthanh attended this regional parasitology meeting in Athens, GA. Ian gave his first research talk at a conference, and both he and […]

A man stands smiling with a thumbs-up in front of a scientific research poster about changes in ant chronotypes with aging. The poster displays text, charts, and graphs.

Graduate Research Forum at UCF

April 8, 2019 Adriana De Bekker 0

de Bekker lab grads, Biplabendu, Ian, and Thienthanh put up posters at the UCF Graduate Research Forum. Elbow to elbow with grads from departments all […]

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Showcase for Undergraduate Research Excellence at UCF (SURE)

April 5, 2019 Adriana De Bekker 0

de Bekker lab undergrads, Brianna and Sara, presented posters at the UCF Showcase for Undergraduate Research Excellence. Undergraduate researchers from all departments across campus were […]