Macee and Talon graduate with their Masters!

We are so proud of Macee and Talon for successfully defending their theses and graduating. We will miss these two so much!

Macee conducted a series of field and laboratory studies evaluating the interactions between pesticides and the gut microbiome in honey bees. Macee's study was NSF-funded and in collaboration with researchers at Virginia Tech. She is a pro in the lab, a fun personality, and will be missed!

Talon investigated the interactions among tetrodotoxin, chytrid infection, and bacterial microbiomes in newt skin microecosystems. This was a highly-collaborative study with many labs across the country, including the Piovia-Scott and Woodhams labs. Talon is now pursuing a PhD with one of his co-authors from this study, Molly Bletz, at Penn State University as a BIOMS predoctoral fellow (BIOMS:The Biotechnological & Integrative Opportunities in Microbiome Sciences Training Program).