Lab News

May 2024

Sanket Shinde, Ph.D. candidate, received the Milton E. Mohr Fellowship from the Nebraska Center for Biotechnology at the University of Nebraska-Lincoln. Congratulations Sanket!

April 2024

Dr. Joe Louis gave an invited presentation at the International Plant Resistance to Insects (IPRI) symposium, which was held at the World Vegetable Center in Tainan, Taiwan, April 22-25, 2024. During his trip to Taiwan, Louis was also invited to give talks at the Departments of Entomology at the National Chung Hsing University (Taichung) and the National Taiwan University (Taipei). Louis also connected with a former post-doc from his lab, Dr. De-Fen Mou, at the IPRI meeting.

Left: Dr. Joe Louis gave an invited presentation at the International Plant Resistance to Insects (IPRI) symposium, held at the World Vegetable Center in Tainan,Taiwan, April 22-25, 2024. Center: Dr. Joe Louis was recognized for his presentation at the National Chung Hsing University at Taichung, Taiwan. Right: Dr. Joe Louis greets Dr. De-Fen Mou (Lab Alumnae) at the IPRI meeting.

Left: Dr. Joe Louis gave an invited presentation at the International Plant Resistance to Insects (IPRI) symposium, held at the World Vegetable Center in Tainan,Taiwan, April 22-25, 2024. Center: Dr. Joe Louis was recognized for his presentation at the National Chung Hsing University at Taichung, Taiwan. Right: Dr. Joe Louis greets Dr. De-Fen Mou (Lab Alumnae) at the IPRI meeting. 

Kashish Verma (M.S. student) and Sanket Shinde (Ph.D. candidate) were selected as winners at the UNL 2024 Student Research Day Competition. Congratulations Kashish and Sanket!

 

Congratulations to Edith Ikuze for successfully defending her Master's thesis!

Edith Ikuze graduation photo

Sanket Shinde received the 2024 Gamma Sigma Delta Graduate Student Award. Congratulations Sanket!  He is pictured here with IANR Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Mike Boehm, Chapter President-Elect and Entomology Department Head, Dr. John Ruberson, and Chapter President, Dr. Paul Read (L-R).

Sanket Shinde received the 2024 Gamma Sigma Delta Graduate Student Award. Congratulations Sanket!  He is pictured here with IANR Vice-Chancellor, Dr. Mike Boehm, Chapter President-Elect and Entomology Department Head, Dr. John Ruberson, and Chapter President, Dr. Paul Read (L-R).

March 2024

Dr. Lise Pingault was awarded a competitive grant from the UNL Center for Transformative Teaching. Way to go, Lise!

February 2024

Dr. Pritha Kundu has been selected as the president of the UNL Collective Research Organization of Plant Scientists (CROPS) Board in 2024. Congratulations Pritha!