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Department News
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Adler Lab Student Wins Award at National Entomological Society of America
A PhD student in the Adler lab, Seanne Clemente, won the first place award for best student presentation in the chemical ecology section at the National Entomological Society of America meeting. -
Organicin Scientific Formed by Two Recent UMass Alums
Organicin Scientific (a company formed by two recent UMass Alums, and participants in the Riley Lab) host interview. -
Phoenix Quinlan was recently spotlighted as an Early Career Researcher
Phoenix Quinlan was recently spotlighted as an Early Career Researcher by the Journal of Experimental Biology for a paper that she published in that journal titled, State-dependent, visually guided behaviors in the nudibranch Berghia stephanieae. -
Successful First Annual UMass Bioblitz
The First Annual UMass Bioblitz happened on Sept 23rd with approximately 70 participants!
Biology Spotlight
Biologist Lynn Adler awarded the Mahoney Life Sciences Prize
Lynn Adler has been awarded the Mahoney Life Sciences Prize for her pioneering work, which illuminates the relationship between pollinators, flowers and disease.

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