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May 5, 2026 - Congratulations to master's student, Serena Chang, on receiving a Milowski Data Science and Machine Learning award!
April 26, 2026 - The lab received a CSU Biotechnology research development grant to study the dynamics of salivary gland gene expression in Ixodes pacificus ticks.
May 2026 - Congratulations to all of the students who received Genentech Research Scholar Awards: Catherine Montoya, Jennifer Louie, Keira Denlinger, Serena Chang, and Melody Sen. Also congratulations to Aaron Han for receiving a URISE scholar award!
April 11, 2026 - Students presented their research at the 49th annual WCBSURC conference held at Sonoma State. Congrats to Keira and Oliver on their poster presentations!
April 2026 - Several lab members gathered in Salt Lake City, Utah for the PacVec annual conference. Grace Oram presented her research on host-targeted acaricides in a lightning talk. Naomi Putirka and Jennifer Louie shared their experiences at PacVec interns and CDC Public Health Entomology for All (PHEFA) fellows last summer.
March 2026 - Grace Oram presented her master's thesis research at CDC's Vector Week conference held in Fort Collins, Co. A major wind storm and brief fire evacuation warning meant that the in person poster session was cancelled but that didn't stop Grace's poster from winning an Honorable Mention award! Congratulations, Grace!
September 2025 - Welcome to new graduate students, Serena Chang and Sofia Trinidad-Rivera!
March 2025 - Great presentations were delivered by Grace Oram, Naomi Putirka, and Timara Vereen at the annual Northern California Parasitology conference held at SFSU. Timara Vereen won the top student price, the Balmuth Horen Award.
Thesis defenses!
Thesis defenses!
May 2025 - Congratulations to a bumper crop of students, Alexander Esquivel, Timara Vereen, Gerardo Ramos, Yuri Mahmoud, and Mariah Cuyson.
December 2025 - Congratulations to Maxwell Newton for successfully defending his thesis and graduating!
November 2024 - Tick Swarm! Swei lab students came out en mass to the Entomological Society of America #EntSoc24 meeting in Phoenix, Arizona. Mariah, Timara, Yuri, Alex, Anahei, and Gerardo presented posters at the MUVE poster competition to rave reviews. Great job everyone! And congratulations to Alexander Esquivel for receiving second place in the MUVE student poster competition! 🎉
August 2024 - Big congratulations to Mariah Cuyson and Timara Vereen on receiving ARCS scholarships to support their research!
May 24, 2024 - Congratulations to Alice Truong and Shannon Summers for successfully defending their master's thesis. Both were also honored with Distinguished Graduate Student awards as well!
August 26, 2023 - A big welcome to several new lab members. Gerardo Ramos, Anahei Lara, and Timara Vereen all joined our lab as Master's students. We also welcome a new postdoc, Dr. Heather Broughton! We are thrilled to have you all join the lab!
March 16, 2023 - The Swei lab and other labs at SFSU and the California Academy of Sciences hosted the 5th annual Bay Area EEID (BAEEID) conference in Cesar Chavez Student Union. Over 130 joined us for a day of research talks, lightning talks, and poster sessions.
January 2023 - We are excited to welcome four new graduate students to the lab. Welcome to the lab, Yuri Mahmoud, Alexander Esquiterval, Mariah Cuyson, and Maxwell Newton!
December 2022 - What an exciting end of the year. We had three students successfully defend their master's theses. Congratulations to Grace Shaw, Jacoby Clark, and Vincent Mai for excellent presentations!
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