News and Updates
Check out the lab's latest projects and accomplishments in insect-microbe symbiosis and population genetics research:
August 2023
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!
July 2023
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!
November 2022
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
September 2022
Jocelyn was hosted by Kelly Hamby to give an invited seminar for the Department of Entomology at the University of Maryland!
September 2022
Benjamin Rosengard joins the lab! He is analyzing the microbial composition of the invasive tawny crazy ant for his senior thesis.
August 2022
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/
July 2022
Jocelyn R. Holt started as an EEB (Ecology and Evolutionary Biology) Faculty Fellow in the Department of Biosciences at Rice University!
June 2022
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.
June 2022
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".
May 2022
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".
May 2022
Jocelyn is nominated and inducted into Gamma Sigma Delta, the Honor Society of Agriculture.
October 2020
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/
September 2020
Jocelyn is nominated and becomes a member of Sigma Xi, The Scientific Research Honor Society.
June 2020
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)"
