

Autumn's 3rd grade frog outreach
The 3rd graders at the Summit School in Spokane loved meeting Autumn's smooth-sided toad, Phil, and learning all about frogs! Apparently...


Lab Social - dinner and a play
Walke Lab social event celebrating the new year and the critical scientific contributions of Dr. Rosalind Franklin in the play Photograph...

Macee presents at the Entomological Society of America conference
Graduate student Macee presents her NSF honey bee microbiome and pesticide research at the Entomological Society of America conference in...

Talon and Jeni represent EWU CSTEM at the AISES National Conference in Palm Springs, CA
It was an honor to represent EWU College of STEM at the AISES* National Conference in Palm Springs, CA. Seeing the incredible talent of...

Microbiome stewardship
I am honored to be a part of this incredibly talented international team of microbial ecologist sharing our perspective on microbiome...

Krista Dodd earns her M.S.!
Congratulations to Krista Dodd on graduating with her Biology Masters in Science degree! Her thesis project focused on amphibian skin...


Jeni gives seminar at WSU Entomology and receives a "sweet" gift!
Thank you Washington State University Department of Entomology for the invitation to give a Hyde Seminar talk (https://entomology.wsu.edu...


Congrats Shelby Fettig, M.S.!
Congratulations to Shelby for successfully defending her master's thesis! Shelby conducted a field experiment with honey bees and found...


Western Apicultural Society, nice to meet you!
I was pleased to join Dr. Michelle Taylor and present at the Western Apicultural Society mini-conference to over 400 attendees. Many...

ESA Conference - Virtual edition!
Dr. Walke presented at the virtual Ecological Society of America conference in August 2020. She presented her research on environmental...