New paper by Kendal Singleton, Regine Margret Gries, EmilyLemke & coauthors shows which pheromone component "clicks" for the Elaterid Agriotes ferrugineipennis! Link: rdcu.be/cS3O3

At last Friday's lab meeting, we heard an impressive prep talk from honors student Justin Long. Justin defends his thesis tomorrow and it will for sure be an exciting seminar!

👏Congratulations to Keiran Maskell who is the recipient of a 2022 Biological Sciences Undergraduate Research Award Research Topics: - Tick bait (for pest control of Ixodes scapularis & I. pacificus) - GMO development in hop (Humulus lupulus) and +

After a lot of work and more than a few speed bumps, we're excited to announce the launch of our redesigned website (buff.ly/3UY83y3). We welcome everyone to check it out!

The Gries lab has been hard at work with numerous prep talk for the #EntSoc22 meeting! At the last few lab meetings we heard from Emma Kovacs, Saif Nayani, sanam meradj, AndiFischer, Claire Gooding, @EmmanuelHung, EmilyLemke and many others not on twitter!

At every AGM (even the huge joint meetings) the ESBC awards a number of student awards. We want to congratulate this years winners. Starting with the newly renamed Dexter Johnson Award. We have two winners this year Asim Renyard and Debra Wertman. #EntSoc22

Lastly, we have the two winners of the ESBC's graduate student award. Congratulations to Emmanuel Hung and Sophia Fan! #EntSoc22 (Emmanuel couldn't attend due to TA duties so enjoy this photo of him with a kitty)

We also want to shout out Dan Peach and his award from Entomological Society of America for exceptional service as co-chair for #EntSoc22!

*phone rings in middle of the night* me: *answers phone* hey this is josh with toxicology doc: hey josh we have a kid here with cyanosis, blue tongue, blue lips—uhh hold on a sec *whispering in background* me: ? doc: nvm they had a blue jolly rancher bye

Recently had the pleasure of publishing my first paper with some amazing co-authors from the Gries Lab. It's about stable flies and their attraction to microbes from cow skin and it's super gross. Please feel free to check it out if that's your thing 😀 #insects #microbiology

That's it for #ESBC2023! It was a great meeting at a great venue! Thanks to all the presenters for their amazing talks, and thanks to everyone for attending. See you all next year!

It’s great to the see the Gries Lab tradition of excellent science puns and references is alive and well! Here’s two great examples from Saif Nayani and sanam meradj. Also loved how often the Simpsons was worked in when explaining the “mystery” factor. #ESBC2023

The ESBC congratulates all the student award winners at #ESBC2023, including (left to right) Charlotte Pinard, Claire Gooding, sanam meradj, Saif Nayani, Jacob McPherson and Karina Torres (not pictured).

🚨 California reports first local dengue case 🚨 👩‍⚕️ Pasadena health department confirms the infection and conducts surveillance 🦟 👉 Avoid mosquito bites and eliminate breeding sites 🚫 👉 Know the symptoms and seek medical help if needed 🏥 Read more: cdph.ca.gov/Programs/OPA/P…

Saif Nayani places second at the Three Minute Thesis (3MT) National Final! Read more on our Kudos page: sfu.ca/.../news.../ku…

Celebrating Biology Professor, Isabelle Côté and the achievements of the Salty Science crew who rowed across the Atlantic to raise awareness for ocean conservation! Read more at our Kudos page: sfu.ca/biology/news-e…

Our latest study, "Activation of immune pathways in common bed bugs, Cimex lectularius, in response to bacterial immune challenges - a transcriptomics analysis," is now published in Frontiers in Immunology. Read more here: frontiersin.org/journals/immun… #BedBugs #Immunology #Research

Emmanuel Hung Wins at the Annual Symposium of the PPMABC!!🙌🔥 Read more on our Kudos page: sfu.ca/biology/news-e…