Holt Lab

Christina Ko and Rosa Sabel presented their research posters at the STEGG 2024 Conference. Way to go!

Congrats to Christina Ko for receiving a KSEA (Korean-American Scientists and Engineers Association) Award, Scholarship for Undergraduates!

Congratulations to Christina Ko on being award as Summer Research Fellowship to analyze mutation rates in sorghum aphids that feed on different host plants!

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Congratulations to Ricardo Castellon on graduating with a B.S. from Rice University. He joins Case Western Reserve University for a Master of Science in Anesthesia!

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Congratulations to Benjamin Rosengard on graduating with a B.S. from Rice University. He joins a graduate program at UC San Diego for a Master's of International Affairs!

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Great presentations by Thelonious Mercy, Christina Ko, and Annie Huddleston at the RICE Summer Research Symposium! Also a big Congrats to Annie Huddleston who won for her poster presentation!

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Read about Jocelyn's latest research  in a Blog Article written by Mihn Le in the Department of Entomology at the University of Maryland: https://entomology.umd.edu/news/seminar-blog-invasive-sorghum-aphids-genetic-and-microbiota-composition

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Jocelyn was hosted by Kelly Hamby to give an invited seminar for the Department of Entomology at the University of Maryland!

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Benjamin Rosengard joins the lab! He is analyzing the microbial composition of the invasive tawny crazy ant for his senior thesis.

Catch Jocelyn's latest interview with Antonino Malacrinò in Entomology Today's Standout ECP series. "How One Entomologist Followed a Passion to Understand Insect Interactions": https://entomologytoday.org/2022/07/28/entomologist-passion-insect-interactions-jocelyn-holt-standout-early-career-professional/

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Jocelyn R. Holt started as an EEB (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) Faculty Fellow in the Department of Biosciences at Rice University!

The symposium "The Impact of Mighty Microbes and Their Arthropod Hosts in Agro-Ecosystems" was accepted for the Entomological Society of America Meeting in Vancouver, Canada 2022. The symposium organizers are: Jocelyn R. Holt, Lina Bernaola, and Freddy Ibanez-Carrasco.

Jocelyn gave a virtual presentation at the Evolution Meeting 2022 titled "Genetically Differentiated Populations of Invasive Tawny Crazy Ant Detected Across Their Geographic Distribution in the US". 

Jocelyn was invited by Aggie Women in Entomology (AWE) to give a talk at the Entomological Society of America (EntSoc/ESA) in Vancouver during the symposium "Highlighting Women's Research: Abiotic and Biotic Stressors of Agricultural Food-Systems". 

Jocelyn is nominated and inducted into Gamma Sigma Delta, the Honor Society of Agriculture.

Jocelyn's USDA NIFA Predoctoral Fellowship and efforts towards diversity and inclusion in STEM were highlighted in an AGRILIFE Today article: https://agrilifetoday.tamu.edu/2020/10/27/aggie-awarded-grant-for-sugarcane-aphid-research/ 

Jocelyn is nominated and becomes a member of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society.

Jocelyn is awarded a USDA NIFA Predoctoral Fellowship for "Assessing Ecological Facilitation By The Symbiont Buchnera aphidicola In Genetically Distinct Sugarcane Aphid Populations (Melanaphis Sacchari)"