Eli received the Comparative Lung Biology and Medicine Training Grant (T32) from the National Institutes of Health. His proposal on “Mechanisms of Biodistribution and Toxicity of Inhaled Pollutant-Absorbed Nanoplastics (PANs)” was funded to conduct research in collaboration with the Carney lab for a year.
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Congratulations to Leo! – 2025 EVE Scholar
Leo will be part of the 2025 EVE Scholars Program. This 10-week summer program will allow Leo to pursue his research interests in aquatic toxicology at the Bodega Marine Laboratory under the mentorship of Dr. John J. Stachowicz and Graduate student Serina Moheed.
Congratulations to Zeke! – 2025 George Alexeeff Memorial Fellowship
PhD student Zeke Spooner received the 2025 George Alexeeff Memorial Fellowship for his research proposal on “Determining the Extent of Microplastics Infiltration Into a Protected Marine Ecosystem”. From left to right Zeke Spooner, Jean Ackerman and Christina Pasparakis.
CA&ES Symposium Poster Gallery
The Nicklisch Lab participated at the UC Davis College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences 2nd Annual College Symposium Poster Gallery with their poster on “Enhancing knowledge of chemical exposures and fate in honey bee hives: Insights from colony structure and interactions”. From left to right Sascha Nicklisch and Angela Encerrado.
2025 Picnic Day
Nicklisch Lab participates at the ETOX booth during Picnic Day. Lisa and Vickey were able to showcase their work in protein expression, while the lab also put together a Jeopard-bee to share fun facts about honey bees with the community.
2025 Bowling Social
Nicklisch, Fine, and Ricigliano Lab’s bowling social. (Left to right top: Sascha Nicklisch, Lisa Hueck , Julia Fine, Eli Wooliever, Tina Truong, Vincent Ricigliano, Vickey-Luanne Harris, Leo Konefat. Left to right bottom: Eliza Litsey, Angela Encerrado, Laura Drouvillé, Michelle Lucadello, Gulab Boon-Long )
Nicklisch Lab Outreach: Inspiring young minds.
Angela Presents at the 2024 ESA meeting
Angela was invited to present at the “Emerging Professionals in Integrated Pest and Pollinator Management” symposium which was part of the Entomological Society of America Annual meeting at Phoenix, AZ.
The ESA Program Enhancement Funds (PEF) was a travel fellowship awarded Angela to help offset for the expenses of this trip, where she presented her research on “Multidrug resistance ABC transporter ortholog expression pattern across honey bee castes“.
Bee sure we will be back next year with more exiting research to share!
Congratulations to our Jastro & Shields award recipients!
Three AgChem PhD students received the 2024-2025 Jastro-Shields fellowship award for their research proposals on:
Zeke (left)– “Characterizing Microplastics Accumulation in Wild California Rockfish”
Eli (middle)– “ Investigating the Toxicity and Biodistribution of Pollutant-Adsorbed Nanoplastics (PANs) on Lung and Glial Cells ”
Angela (right)- “C14 as a Novel Method for Tracing Pesticide Mixtures in the Honey Bee Hive”
Congratulations to Tina! – PUF Recipient
Tina received the Provost’s Undergraduate Fellowship from the Undergraduate Research Center. This fellowship will allow Tina continue working on her project, “Impacts of ABC Transporter Expression on Okadaic Acid Bioaccumulation in Mytilus Seafood Species“.