News

Caroline Amoroso was awarded an NRSA F32 Postdoctoral Fellowship from NIH! She’s already started on her super cool plan to work with the Gibson and Antonovics labs to study the evolution of parasite avoidance using both theoretical and empirical approaches with C. elegans. Congratulations Caroline – we’re all thrilled to get the chance to work with you on this!

Akosua officially completed her undergraduate degree this semester. Congratulations! She’ll spend the next semester prepping for medical school and working at the UVA hospital. We’ll miss having you around, but look forward to hearing about your upcoming adventures!

We’d forgotten that the lab existed prior to the arrival of technician superstars Sarah and Juliana, but apparently it’d only been a year. Thanks for supporting science and smiles you two!

It’s official – a long-time member in spirit, Caroline officially joined the Gibson lab as a postdoc today! We’re pumped to continue the work we’re doing together!

We’re thrilled to have new folks in the lab this fall! Abbey Ramirez and Irish Amundson joined us as first-year PhD students, and Jai Singh, Tori Feist, and Leila Shepard joined as undergraduate researchers. Welcome to the team!

Anna, Emily, and Emma graduated this spring – congratulations!!! You will be missed, but we’re excited for the big next steps you’re taking!

Anna’s featured in UVA Today’s Class of 2021 series – congratulations Anna!

https://news.virginia.edu/content/class-2021-dental-school-bound-grad-combines-love-means-medians-and-molars

To pursue a Masters of Public Health at the Mailman School of Public Health. Way to go Emily!!! Congratulations!

Read about Sophie’s work as a College Science Scholar and the contribution of undergraduates to the lab: https://give.as.virginia.edu/news/story/science%E2%80%99s-secret-society

Congratulations to Anna Nguyen on getting into dental school! Anna has decided to attend UCSF’s School of Dentristy, and she’s excited to start there next fall, after blowing through UVA in just three years. Way to go Anna!