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I just learned about our 53rd publication from the Meta-analysis class. Nice job, Andrea!

Paez, A. M., M. Sundaram, and J. R. Willoughby. 2021. Comparison of minimally invasive monitoring methods and live trapping in mammals. Genes 12(12):1949. (Website)

Sarah Zohdy’s meta-analysis class group project has been published. Congrats to Jordan for leading a bunch of awesome students to get this paper out! This is our class’ 52nd paper. Wow! As a special bonus, I just heard Sarah on NPR discussing her CDC research about mosquitos.

Eckert, J., S. Oladipupo, Y. Wang, S. Jiang, V. Patel, B. McKenzie, N. Lobo, and S. Zohdy. In press. Which trap is best? Alternatives to outdoor human landing catches for malaria vector surveillance: a meta-analysis. Malaria Journal

Alan has recently learned that he is the recipient of one of the highest honors available to faculty at Auburn University – The Gerald and Emily Leischuck Endowed Presidential Awards for Excellence in Teaching – which recognizes faculty who are effective teachers, advisors, and mentors. The College of Agriculture recently advertised the award, too. Cash was able to join me for a fancy lunch with Dr. Leischuck, AU President Chris Roberts, AU Provost Vini Nathan, and past recipients of the award. Fun event!

Matt Gladfelter and Edna Fernandez-Figueroa recently shared their research at the 11th U.S. Symposium on Harmful Algae in New York. Matt walked away with the Best Student Talk Honorable Mention Award. Congrats, y’all.

Alan has passed the FAA Part 107 test to finally get his hands on the controls of the lab’s drones. This is something Alan has aspired to do for years. The test wasn’t too hard after reading this guide. Get your license today.

Jinhai’s class project has been published in Animal Nutrition! Congratulations, Jinhai. This is the 51st publication from my Meta-analysis class. Also, this is our fastest class project (May 2022) to publication (September 2022). Incredible!

Wang, J., A. E. Wilson, B. Su, and R. A. Dunham. In press. Functionality of dietary antimicrobial peptides in aquatic animal health: Multiple meta-analyses. Animal Nutrition

Kevin Wang and I have gotten a new internal grant to determine how bioavailable “dissolved” phosphorus in aquaculture ponds really is. We think we might be over-estimating the actual amount of orthophosphate that is available for phytoplankton by using ~1um glass-fiber filters when processing samples.

I just got back from a nice trip to Qui Nhon, Vietnam, to present some of the lab’s research on algal blooms as part of a workshop on environmental pollution. This was my first long distance trip since covid and glad to have had the opportunity to meet scientists from around the world. Eating awesome Vietnamese food was a bonus. The beautiful dogs and cats were spectacular.

Today, I start my side job as a Panel Manager for the USDA NIFA Small Business Innovation Research Topic Area 8.7 Aquaculture program. Should be fun running proposal review panels again!

The lab is growing again! We welcome four new MS students – Jenifer, Kate, Michael, and Ashley – and two new undergraduates – JT and Katherine.