Jagan Ganapathy presented our ongoing study on “Unraveling molecular interactions of vaping cannabinoids with brain drug transporters: Expression and purification of human ABCB1 and ABCG2 transporters via Pichia pastoris for structure-function insight” at the Pichia 2024 in San Diego, CA.
Celebrating Women’s History month!
Angela Encerrado presented our newest publication on “Enhancing knowledge of chemical exposures and fate in honey bee hives: Insights from colony structure and interactions” , and shared more about the Nicklisch Lab efforts in bee research at the 2024 School of Medicine Basic Sciences Department’s Women’s History Month Symposium in Davis, CA.
NEW Paper is out. BEE sure to follow our research!
2023 AHPA Conference
The Nicklisch Lab and the Fine Lab at the 2023 American Honey Producers Association (AHPA) Conference in San Diego.
From left to right: Angela Encerrado, Eliza Litsey, Michelle Lucadello, Zach Lamas, Julia Fine.
Presenting at the 2023 ESA meeting!
The Nicklisch Lab presenting at our first Entomological Society of America Annual meeting. Bee sure we will be back next year with more exiting research to share!
From left to right: Julia Fine, Angela Encerrado, Sascha Nicklisch, Zach Lamas, Eliza Litsey.
Congrats to Zeke and Tina on their winning presentations at the 2023 NORCAL SETAC Annual Meeting
Dr. Nicklisch, Tina Truong, and Zeke Spooner (from left to right).
Congratulations to Zeke and Tina for being awarded 1st and 2nd place in Platform Presentation at the 2023 NORCAL SETAC Annual Meeting in Sacramento, CA.
Zeke, an incoming AgChem graduate student, presented his research idea on “Characterizing Microplastic Leachate Accumulation in Wild California Rockfish,” while Tina, a current undergraduate student, presented her research idea on “Life stage-dependent ABC Transporter Expression Levels and Okadaic Depuration Rates in Mytilus californianus.“
If you would like to learn more about either of these research projects, do not hesitate to reach out to us!
NEW Paper is out. Follow our research!
Angela Encerrado Presents at the First Annual ADEPT Symposium.
Presenting our ongoing study on “Using xenobiotic efflux transporters interactions as a proxy to predict pesticide bioaccumulation in honeybees” at the 2023 First Annual ADEPT Symposium in Davis, CA.
Congrats Zeke Spooner! – 2023 Citation for Outstanding Performance
Zeke received the Citation for Outstanding Performance in Environmental Toxicology 2023 for outstanding undergraduate students who have truly distinguished themselves, through academic excellence, leadership, and their involvement in research.
And so it begins: New collaboration between UC Davis, USDA-ARS and CAMS LLNL.
We are pleased to announce that the Nicklisch laboratory, represented by Dr. Nicklisch and Angela , have begun a new collaborative project with Dr. Buchholz at the Center for Accelerator Mass Spectrometry (CAMS) at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, in partnership with Dr. Fine from USDA-ARS.
The focus of this joint effort is the study of pesticides in honey bee hives, and the project has received funding from both the Pam-Costco fellowship and the LFRP fellowship. The research will be conducted over the next two years, with PhD candidate Angela Encerrado leading the project in Davis and Livermore.
This collaboration will bring together the unique expertise of the Nicklisch laboratory in analytical chemistry, the Fine laboratory in entomology, and the CAMS team’s expertise in accelerator mass spectrometry. The goal of the project is to better understand the exposure of honey bees to pesticides and to develop strategies for promoting sustainable agriculture.
We are excited to see the outcomes of this project and the potential positive impact it could have on honey bee populations and our environment.