New paper on whether HAD has occurred in Acrobasis vaccinii
Exploring host-associated differentiation in the North American native cranberry fruitworm, Acrobasis vaccinii, from blueberries and cranberries Abstract The factors explaining host-associated...
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Lovely day for a snowshoe!
We had some prospective students visiting last week, and one lucky prospect got to snowshoe the hypotenuse! For those of you that don’t know what that means, we started at the closest entry to the...
View ArticleWelcome Hannah and Elissa!
We are excited to welcome Hannah Gaines Day and Elissa Chasen to the lab. Hannah is a postdoc and Elissa is a USDA research technician, both just completed their PhDs at UW-Madison. Hannah worked in...
View Article“Goodbye, Bug Guy”
The department’s beloved extension entomologist, Phil Pellitteri, retires this month. Read about his infectious passion for insects and his bedrock contributions to our community in the latest edition...
View ArticleNew Lab Publication
Great new paper relating to the work being done in the lab on food web ecology. Check it out! Chikaraishi Y., S.A. Steffan, N.O. Ogawa, N.F. Ishikawa, Y. Sasaki, M. Tsuchiya and N. Ohkouchi....
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Visiting friends and scholars!
The Steffan lab had the great honor of hosting several distinguished friends and scholars last week (12/1-12/6) from across the globe, across Lake Michigan, and across the country. Dr. Yoshito...
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Adventures with wild cranberry!
Shane Foye and Kyle Johnson recently explored some of Wisconsin’s finest wild cranberry bogs and sites. This trip will have been the first of many – beginning to search for wild nematodes to cultivate...
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First Annual (2015) Steffan-Raffa trip to UW Kemp Natural Resources Station
The breakfast table was a real feast each morning! Pictured (at half the table) are Elizabeth, Michael, Jeremy, Mike, Prarthana, and Maria. Wild patches of Vaccinium macrocarpon (cranberries!)...
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New publication!
Some exciting work led by the Steffan Lab was recently published at PNAS: Steffan, S.A., Y. Chikaraishi, C.R. Currie, H. Horn, H.R. Gaines-Day, J.N. Pauli, J.E. Zalapa, and N. Ohkouchi. 2015. Microbes...
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Lab get together for donut night: success!
Steffan lab gets together to celebrate the fall by making home-made apple cider donuts. Thanks for hosting Janet! From left to right: Lab guests Katy Thostenson and Sagan Friant, Elissa Chasen, Janet...
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