<![CDATA[The Bowers Lab - News from the Bowers Lab]]>Mon, 27 Nov 2023 12:56:30 -0800Weebly<![CDATA[Deane is awarded Graduate School Mentoring Award and Megan is awarded Graduate School Teaching Excellence Award.  Spring 2016.]]>Wed, 18 Oct 2017 20:48:05 GMThttp://www.bowerslab.org/news-from-the-bowers-lab/deane-is-awarded-graduate-school-mentoring-award-and-megan-is-awarded-graduate-school-teaching-excellence-award-spring-2016
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]]><![CDATA[Caitlin Kelly has paper published in Journal of Chemical Ecology:]]>Wed, 18 Oct 2017 20:36:53 GMThttp://www.bowerslab.org/news-from-the-bowers-lab/caitlin-kelly-has-paper-published-in-journal-of-chemical-ecology-ca-kelly-and-md-bowers-2017-the-perennial-penstemon-variation-in-defensive-chemistry-across-years-populations-and-tissues-j-chemical-ecology-43599-607C.A. Kelly and M.D. Bowers.  2017.  The perennial Penstemon:  Variation in defensive chemistry across years, populations, and tissues.  J. Chem. Ecol. 43:599-607.]]><![CDATA[Post-doc Adrian Carper receives grant from Boulder County Open Space]]>Thu, 18 Feb 2016 00:08:28 GMThttp://www.bowerslab.org/news-from-the-bowers-lab/post-doc-adrian-carper-receives-grant-from-boulder-county-open-spaceAdrian, Virginia Scott, and Deane receive a grant from Boulder County Open Space to investigate the conservation value of woody debris remaining from the 2013 flood for cavity-nesting bees.
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]]><![CDATA[Deane is elected a Fellow of the Entomological Society of America]]>Thu, 18 Feb 2016 00:00:37 GMThttp://www.bowerslab.org/news-from-the-bowers-lab/deane-is-elected-a-fellow-of-the-entomological-society-of-americaAt the December, 2015 meeting of the Entomological Society of America, Deane was honored by being elected as a Fellow.
]]><![CDATA[Susan Whitehead accepts faculty position at Virginia Tech University!!!]]>Wed, 17 Feb 2016 23:56:41 GMThttp://www.bowerslab.org/news-from-the-bowers-lab/susan-whitehead-accepts-faculty-position-at-virginia-tech-universityFormer member of the lab, Susan Whitehead (currently a post-doc at Cornell), accepts a tenure-track faculty position at Virginia Tech!!  Congratulations Susan!!
]]><![CDATA[Post-doc Peri Mason has paper published in Ecology Letters!]]>Wed, 17 Feb 2016 23:56:24 GMThttp://www.bowerslab.org/news-from-the-bowers-lab/post-doc-peri-mason-has-paper-published-in-ecology-lettersPeri has a paper published in Ecology Letters!! 
Mason, P.  2016. On the role of host pphenotypic plasticity in host shifting by parasites.  Ecology Letters 19:121-132.
Way to go Peri!
]]><![CDATA[Caitlin Kelly has manuscript accepted in Ecological Entomology!]]>Wed, 17 Feb 2016 23:51:08 GMThttp://www.bowerslab.org/news-from-the-bowers-lab/caitlin-kelly-has-manuscript-accepted-in-ecological-entomologyCaitlin's paper on the preference and performance of specialist, Euphydryas anicia  and generalist, Estigmene acrea, caterpillars on two species of Penstemon has been accepted for publication in Ecological Entomology!!   Kelly, C. and M.D. Bowers.  2016.  Preference and performance of generalist and specialist herbivores on chemically defended host plants.  Ecological Entomology.
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]]><![CDATA[Toby Hammer receives NSF Dissertation Improvement grant!!]]>Wed, 17 Feb 2016 23:50:39 GMThttp://www.bowerslab.org/news-from-the-bowers-lab/toby-hammer-receives-nsf-dissertation-improvement-grantToby received a Dissertation Improvement Grant from the National Science Foundation.  This project will investigate whether gut microbes affect caterpillar herbivory and fitness.  He will be working with the tobacco hornworm, Manduca sexta (Sphingidae) and its host plant, Datura wrightii (Solanaceae).]]><![CDATA[Toby Hammer has paper published!]]>Mon, 23 Feb 2015 18:33:51 GMThttp://www.bowerslab.org/news-from-the-bowers-lab/toby-hammer-has-paper-published
Toby's paper, "An endophyte-rich diet increases ant predation on a specialist herbivorous insect", just came out in Ecological Entomology!  You can find it at:  Ecological Entomology 2015, DOI: 10.1111/een.12186.  Congratulations Toby!


]]><![CDATA[Ken Keefover-Ring accepts tenure track position at the University of Wisconsin!!  Congratulations Ken!!!]]>Wed, 11 Feb 2015 21:13:44 GMThttp://www.bowerslab.org/news-from-the-bowers-lab/ken-keefover-ring-accepts-tenure-track-position-at-the-university-of-wisconsin-congratulations-kenToday Ken signed on the dotted line to accept a joint, assistant professor position at the University of Wisconsin.  He will be jointly appointed between the Departments of Botany and Geography!!  The question is:  are they ready?  Yay Ken!]]>