Gries Lab

The Gries-lab (sfu.ca/gries-lab.html) is seeking a full-time postdoctoral fellow in synthetic chemistry for 1 yr (possibly extendable). Tasks: Syntheses of small organic chemicals. Start time: ASAP. Salary: $50,000-55,000 CAD & benefits. Send application to gries@sfu.ca

With great joy I can announce that I defended my Master of Pestmanagement at @SFU in the @GriesLab on spider management! It was a fun ride to do while working on my PhD! Thanks to everyone who cheered me on!

New Research: Staphylococcus microbes in the bovine skin microbiome attract blood-feeding stable flies: The human skin microbiome reportedly contributes to the attraction of mosquitoes to human hosts. We tested the hypothesis that bovine skin… #Ecology frontiersin.org/articles/10.33…

Recently had the pleasure of publishing my first paper with some amazing co-authors from the @GriesLab. It's about stable flies and their attraction to microbes from cow skin and it's super gross. Please feel free to check it out if that's your thing 😀 #insects #microbiology

We're back with the first lab meeting of 2023! No research talks but we discussed our goals for the upcoming year! #GriesyFridays #ThereWillBeSweets

Are you at #EntSoc22, interested in mosquito ecology (particularly their interactions with plants), and considering graduate school? Let’s get in touch and chat!

🚨Grad school position alert🚨 Get in touch with Gries lab alum @DanPeach3 for this awesome position!

I am very honoured and grateful to have received this award, named in the memory of Dexter Johnson. Thank you @EntSocBC and @DanJohnsonAB. #EntSoc22

Thank you very much to all the judges and organizers at #EntSoc22! I am honoured to have received this award! Thank you!

@UCDavisEntomolo @EntsocAmerica @CanEntomologist @EntSocBC Thank you!

@GriesLab @EntsocAmerica @CanEntomologist @EntSocBC Congrats!

The Gries Lab had a fantastic time at #EntSoc22! We are pleased to have delivered 18 talks, 6 of which placed in the student competition! Thank you very much to the organizers from @EntsocAmerica @CanEntomologist and @EntSocBC!

@FliesFacility @EntsocAmerica @CanEntomologist @EntSocBC Thank you!!

@GriesLab @EntsocAmerica @CanEntomologist @EntSocBC Your lab continues to do great work!!

Lastly, we have @AsimRenyard, who received the Dexter Johnson Award in Insect Science from @EntSocBC! Congrats, Asim!

Then we have MPM student, @EmmanuelHung1 who received the Graduate Student Scholarship from @EntSocBC! Well done, Emmanuel!

We are pleased to say that three of our lab members have received scholarships this year at #EntSoc22! A 🧵,

Congrats to our winners @cegooding, @EmmanuelHung1, @AsimRenyard, Eve Meyer, Miele McGowan, and Jenelle Breen! And well done to all participants in the student competition!

If you'd interested to see the full slate coming from the Gries lab this year please see the following link: cdmcd.co/3wnRqX We hope to see you there! #EntSoc22

The Gries lab has been hard at work with numerous prep talk for the #EntSoc22 meeting! At the last few lab meetings we heard from @emmkovacsss, @Saif_Nayani, @sammeraj4, @AndiFischer10, @cegooding, @EmmanuelHung, @EmilyLemke15 and many others not on twitter!

And that's it! Thanks to all the co-authors and others who helped with these projects like @GriesRegine and those not on twitter. Also thank you to the organizers @EntSocBC @EntsocAmerica @CanEntomologist

Still in the clickbait symposia we have @KendalSingleton! Her talk "Spectral sensitivity of North American pest click beetle species (Coleoptera: Elateridae) and their behavioural responses to different wavelengths of light" Weds, Nov 16th at 3:20pm Rm204 #EntSoc22 @PIE_Entsoc

Talk tweets incoming! The Gries lab will be coming in hot with numerous talks during the #EntSoc22 conference. @EntSocBC @CanEntomologist @EntsocAmerica