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Anthony Receives CFANS Alumni Society Award

Tue, 07/25/2017 - 17:15

We are happy to announce that Ph.D. candidate Anthony Auletta has been named a recipient of the CFANS Alumni Society Graduate Student Professional Development Award! This award, offered through the Alumni Society of the College of Food, Agriculture, and Natural Resource Sciences (CFANS), comes with $500 to use towards travel or professional skill-building activities. Anthony plans to use the award to attend the 2017 Annual Meeting of the Entomological Society of America (ESA), which is being held this November in Denver, CO. Congratulations, Anthony!

Anthony Receives the Rockstein Fellowship

Thu, 05/25/2017 - 15:15

2017 is shaping up to be an excellent year for all of us in the Mesce Lab! The next stop on the Congratulations Train goes to Ph.D. candidate Anthony Auletta, who received the Morris & Elaine Soffer Rockstein Fellowship in Entomology at yesterday’s Hodson Alumni Event & Student Awards Ceremony. The Rockstein Fellowship is intended to honor Entomology Ph.D. students who have demonstrated excellence in research and contributions to the department, and comes with a $2000 honorarium. Woot woot, Anthony!

ConGRADulations, Zoë!

Thu, 05/18/2017 - 20:30

Congratulations to former arachnid care specialist Zoë Harvey, who graduated from the U earlier this month with a B.S. in Technical Writing & Communication and a minor in Entomology! Zoë joined the lab in early 2015 to help us care for our growing spider collection, and we have greatly enjoyed having her in the lab. Now that she has graduated, she is set to start an exciting new job as a digital marketing specialist and writer here in the Twin Cities. We wish her luck in her new position, and are glad to hear that she’s staying in the area… because that means she can still pop by the lab for a visit here and there!

Tony Says, “See-attle You Later!”

Thu, 04/27/2017 - 13:15

We are very pleased to announce that lab manager Tony Bigelow has accepted an offer to join the Graduate Program in Neuroscience at the University of Washington as a Ph.D. student this coming fall! While it will be bittersweet to see Tony leave the lab later this year, we know that he will do great things in Seattle and are very proud of him. Congratulations, Tony!

Morgan Represents at the Minnesota Modulation Symposium

Sat, 04/15/2017 - 18:45

Ph.D. candidate Morgan Newhoff made the lab proud again earlier this week, when her poster presentation (“An Investigation into the Cellular Mechanisms Underlying Ultrasonic Neuromodulation”) won third place at this year’s Minnesota Neuromodulation Symposium, which was co-sponsored by the Institute for Engineering in Medicine (IEM) and the MnDRIVE Initiative here at the U. Mazel tov, Morgan!

Morgan Receives Prestigious MnDRIVE Fellowship

Sun, 03/19/2017 - 19:00

Congratulations once again to Ph.D. candidate Morgan Newhoff! Morgan has just received a very prestigious MnDRIVE Graduate Fellowship in Neuromodulation! This highly competitive award, which is offered through the Minnesota Discovery, Research, and Innovation Economy (MnDRIVE) Initiative, is a one year, $43K fellowship that includes funds for research supplies and travel, in addition to a stipend. We in the lab are extremely proud of Morgan for this incredible accomplishment. Way to go!!

Another Candidate Enters the Race!

Fri, 11/25/2016 - 14:30

A lab celebration is in order this weekend, because Ph.D. student Morgan Newhoff successfully passed her oral examination earlier in the week and advanced to Ph.D. candidate status! Congratulations, Morgan!

Morgan Takes Home the Gold

Mon, 09/26/2016 - 14:46

A hearty huzzah is in order for Ph.D. student Morgan Newhoff! Her poster presentation, Ultrasonic modulation of a single identified neuron in an intact invertebrate system, won first place in the Neuroengineering Section at this year’s Institute for Engineering in Medicine Annual Retreat, which was held here at the University of Minnesota this past Monday. Congratulations on taking home the gold, Morgan!

Anthony Passes Oral Exam!

Sat, 08/20/2016 - 13:33

Congratulations to Ph.D. student Anthony Auletta, who just yesterday passed his oral examination, allowing him to advance to Ph.D. candidacy. Way to go, Anthony!

Anthony wins ICA Poster Competition

Wed, 07/13/2016 - 12:42

Congratulations to Ph.D. student Anthony Auletta for winning 1st place in the “Morphology, Physiology, & Silk” section of the Graduate Student Poster Competition at the 20th International Congress of Arachnology in Golden, CO!

Ph.D. student Anthony Auletta with undergraduate mentors Dr. Linda Rayor & Dr. Cole Gilbert
at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, following the ICA Student Awards ceremony

The award, presented during the ICA banquet at the Denver Museum of Nature & Science, includes a $200 cash prize and a signed copy of Common Spiders of North America by Richard Bradley.

Way to go, Anthony!

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