Alison Ravenscraft
Dr. R interviewed about local bug news
This spring we experienced a larger than normal population boom of crane flies (commonly called skeeter eaters, mosquito hawks, mayflies,...
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Alison Ravenscraft
Jul 71 min read
2023 Entomology Conference
The whole lab traveled to the 2023 Entomology Conference in National Harbor, MD! We were refreshed and inspired by learning from great...
Alison Ravenscraft
Jul 71 min read
2023 Gordon Conference
Patrick and Dr. R had a wonderful time at the 2023 Gordon Conference on Animal-Microbe Symbioses in Lucca, Italy. Highlights of the trip...
Alison Ravenscraft
Jul 72 min read
Spring 2023 update
Spring 2023 was a semester full of achievements and milestones for the lab! Graduate students Aly, Bibek and Rachel all passed their...
Alison Ravenscraft
Jul 71 min read
Ben joins the lab
A huge welcome to Benoit (Ben) Bechade, who joined the lab as a postdoc in March 2023! Ben is an expert in analyzing multivariate -omic...
Alison Ravenscraft
Jul 71 min read
USDA NIFA grant
Delighted to announce that Hunter Lab and Ravenscraft Lab have been awarded a USDA NIFA grant to study symbiont transmission constraints...
Alison Ravenscraft
Jul 71 min read
Entomology 2022 Conference
The lab had a fantastic time at the 2022 Entomological Society of America Conference in Vancouver, BC! The venue was beautiful, the food...
Alison Ravenscraft
Jul 71 min read
NSF CAREER award
I am thrilled and honored to announce that I was awarded an NSF CAREER grant to study the prevalence, magnitude, and importance of gut...
Alison Ravenscraft
Jul 72 min read
Patrick's paper published! Investigating a symbiosis-associated region in the Caballeronia genome
Check out Patrick's first paper from his dissertation, "Prevalence of an Insect-Associated Genomic Region in Environmentally Acquired...
Alison Ravenscraft
Jul 71 min read
Paper out in AEM: Caballeronia acquisition and identity affect host bug outcomes
Check out our paper in Applied and Environmental Microbiology, "Development of Common Leaf-Footed Bug Pests Depends on the Presence and...
Alison Ravenscraft
Jul 11 min read
Feeding your friendly backyard herbivore
Dr. R was honored to present an invited talk at the 2021 Texas Native Plant Society's state-wide annual symposium (remotely, due to...
Alison Ravenscraft
Jul 6, 20221 min read
2021 update
We're very behind on updates because Fall and Winter 2021/2022 were especially eventful! This is the first of several catchup posts....
Alison Ravenscraft
Nov 11, 20201 min read
Fall 2020 update
I've been remiss in announcing many wonderful things that have happened in the lab this summer and fall! We welcomed Patrick Stillson as...
Alison Ravenscraft
Jun 21, 20201 min read
Symbiosis of a strange little stilt bug
Excited to share our new paper on the symbiosis between Burkholderia and little-studied stilt bugs in the genus Jalysus....
Alison Ravenscraft
Apr 14, 20201 min read
Quanta article on transient, unstable, and missing microbiota
Check out this thoughtful and nuanced article on transient and low-titer microbiomes! I'm honored to be quoted along with a group of...
Alison Ravenscraft
Jul 11, 20191 min read
Research spotlight on the Molecular Ecology blog
Our research on the net effect (or lack thereof) of the gut microbiota in adult butterflies was recently spotlighted on the Molecular...
Alison Ravenscraft
Jul 10, 20191 min read
Ravenscraft Lab opens in September 2019!
I am thrilled to announce that I'll be joining the Department of Biology at the University of Arlington, Texas as an assistant professor...
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