2024
Cristina Mercado, Yasmin Ortiz and Nolan Webb joined the lab. Welcome!
The paper “Orco-dependent survival of odorant receptor neurons in ants” was published in Science Advances.
2023
Dr. Bogdan Sieriebriennikov joined the lab in October 2023. Welcome!
Adithi Jeevan and Catherine Liu joined the lab in April 2023. Welcome!
The CAMTech fund was renewed to study olfactory neurons and receptor proteins in pest ants.
2022
Dr. Hua Yan received R01 from NIH, which was highlighted in the News on departmental website.
The paper “Insulin signaling in the long-lived reproductive caste of ants” was published in Science.
2021
Multiple papers were published in 2021. Thank all lab members for their efforts!
Kayli Sieber was awarded NIH T32 fellowship on Training Program in Chemosensory Science. Congratulations!
Paige Borcyk joined the lab in May 2021. Welcome!
2020
Kayli Sieber and Nick Newell joined the lab in August 2020. Welcome!
Dr. Maya Saar joined the lab in January 2020. She gained her PhD at Tel Aviv University in Israel. Welcome!
2019
Dr. Hua Yan has been funded by CAMTech, a NSF Industry / University Cooperative Research Center (I/UCRC), to study olfactory system and behavior in ants.