Cassandra was interviewed for a “Meet the Speaker QA&” during her visit to the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics.

Cassandra was interviewed for a “Meet the Speaker QA&” by Daniel Ming-Kang Lee, a postdoc in the lab of Alex Meissner at the Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics. Read the interview here!

Isobel’s work on determining sex in ticks is discussed by the Harvard Gazette!

Isobel‘s molecular method for telling male and female ticks apart, and its relevance to understanding and treating Lyme disease, is discussed by the Harvard Gazette! Read the article here.

Welcome sabbatical visitor Enrique Martín-Blanco!

Welcome to Enrique Martín-Blanco! He is a senior research group leader at the Molecular Biology Institute of Barcelona in Spain, and is visiting us on a six-month research sabbatical to investigate the evolution of nervous system morphogenesis in arthropods.

Congratulations to Isobel Ronai on her LSRF Fellowship!

Congratulations to postdoc Isobel Ronai, who was awarded a postdoctoral fellowship from the Life Science Research Foundation! Read more about Isobel’s work in this article from the Harvard Gazette.

Welcome new postdoc Damien Markus!

Welcome new postdoc Damien Markus, an expert in Drosophila developmental genetics!