Graduate student opportunities in the evolutionary genetics of
> host-parasite interactions at the University of Arizona
>
> The Schlenke Lab studies host-parasite interactions using Drosophila
> (fruit flies) as model hosts. We have developed parasitoid wasps, which
> lay their eggs in fly larvae and consume their hosts from the inside
> out, as model parasites. Flies mount cellular and behavioral defense
> responses against wasps, but wasps have adaptations for finding host fly
> larvae, suppressing host immunity, and manipulating host behavior. We
> use a variety of “omics” tools to understand the molecular genetics of
> fly-wasp interactions, and look for patterns of immunity and virulence
> coevolution across fly and wasp phylogenies. For more information,
> visit our lab website at: https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcals.arizona.edu%2Fresearch%2Fschlenke%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cmiranda.l.davis%40uconn.edu%7C6e4063bf860e4df93fb408d759427460%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C1%7C637076014260868807&sdata=neeN5APGpo9%2BfmgUOukvhGNlCXnU1kxb2OSrYPn%2FAwU%3D&reserved=0
>
> If you are interested in our lab please contact Todd
> Schlenke (schlenke@email.arizona.edu).  Candidates may apply
> through the Entomology and Insect Science (EIS) Graduate Program
> (https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Finsects.arizona.edu%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cmiranda.l.davis%40uconn.edu%7C6e4063bf860e4df93fb408d759427460%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C1%7C637076014260868807&sdata=AMcH8miT2SH1Sm8ZB0nvEP4syd8jcw7QapKuXMP8hyU%3D&reserved=0) or the Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
> Graduate Program (https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Feeb.arizona.edu%2Fgrads&data=02%7C01%7Cmiranda.l.davis%40uconn.edu%7C6e4063bf860e4df93fb408d759427460%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C1%7C637076014260868807&sdata=%2FSTFJ9em0Tc4PFYItjuYJKWG%2Ft6Ogp5fcQmk5fNJmqc%3D&reserved=0).  The application
> deadline for both programs is December 1st.
>
> Dr. Todd Schlenke
> Associate Professor
> University of Arizona
> Department of Entomology
> Department of Ecology and Evolutionary Biology
> https://nam01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fcals.arizona.edu%2Fresearch%2Fschlenke%2F&data=02%7C01%7Cmiranda.l.davis%40uconn.edu%7C6e4063bf860e4df93fb408d759427460%7C17f1a87e2a254eaab9df9d439034b080%7C0%7C1%7C637076014260868807&sdata=neeN5APGpo9%2BfmgUOukvhGNlCXnU1kxb2OSrYPn%2FAwU%3D&reserved=0
> 520-621-7167
>
> Todd Schlenke <schlenke@email.arizona.edu>
>

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