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.
The 2025 North American Microplastic Symposium at UC Davis on “Microplastic Pollution: Impact on the SF Bay Delta and Remediation Strategies“. Organizers Christina Pasparakis, Amelie Segarra, and Sascha Nicklisch pulled together a fantastic team of expert speakers to discuss the current state and future directions of microplastic research in aquatic ecosystems.
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.
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.
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 )
Sascha gives his presentation on “Smarter Mite Control: Blocking Varroa’s Chemical Defenses to Improve Treatment Effectiveness” at the 2025 Joint ABF/ABRC Conference in Reno, NV. (Left to right: Diana Cox-Foster, Julia Fine, Sascha Nicklisch)
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!
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”
Sascha joins the “Honey Bee Health” Task Force at the 2024 NAPPC conference and gives his Member Moment presentation on “Developing Synergistic Mite Control and Bee-Safe Screening Tools“. (Left to right: Clint, Sascha, Dewey Caron, Mike Studer)