Celina passed her appraisal exam with flying colors and is now a doctoral candidate.  Well done Celina!

Shantel’s most recent paper “Size-dependent predation alters interactions between parasites and predators” has now come out in the September issue of the Canadian Journal of Zoology.  Great work Shantel!

Size-dependent predation alters interactions between parasites and predators

Shantel’s second paper from her undergraduate research has just been accepted by the Canadian Journal of Zoology!  This paper, based on her senior thesis research finds that dragonfly larvae are voracious predators on trematode cercariae and that smaller larvae eat more than large larvae when Daphnia are available as alternative prey. Nice work Shantel!

Catania, S.V.L., J. Koprivnikar, and S.J. McCauley. Size-dependent predation alters interactions between parasites and predators.

Three members of the lab presented at the Ontario Ecology, Evolution, and Ethology meeting this weekend and Celina was on the organizing committee.  Rosie gave an outstanding talk on her translocation work from last summer, Shantel gave a fantastic lightening talk on her senior project research, and Ilia gave a wonderful poster that was awarded 1st runner-up in the undergraduate poster presentations.  They all made the lab proud.  It was a great conference and everyone was thoroughly impressed by the EE&E research being done in Ontario!

Tharusha and Ilia both gave outstanding talks at the BIO481 Symposium yesterday based on the senior projects they completed in the lab. Excellent work by both of them!

Dachin has completed her PhD appraisal exam and is now officially a doctoral candidate!  Well done Dachin!

Ilia Ferzoco is the recipient of a Koffler Scientific Reserve Undergraduate Student Research Award.  She will be conducting research at KSR this summer, following up on work she began last summer at KSR as an ROP student.  Congratulations Ilia!

Tharusha has been admitted to UTSC’s Master of Environmental Science Program in the Conservation and Biodiversity field.  Congratulations and well done Tharusha!

Celina is the recipient of the Canadian Society of Zoologists Public Awareness award.  Well done Celina!

Celina has been awarded a Godfrey Hewitt Mobility Award from the European Society for Evolutionary Biology.  Well done Celina!