• Entomological Society of Québec – 2016
Three undergraduate students presented excellent posters at the annual meeting of the Entomological Society of Quebec.
• International Congress of Entomology – 2016
Boasting the largest assembly of entomologists the world had ever seen, The International Congress of Entomology was held in Orlando, Florida, USA, during the last week in September 2017. During the symposium, Colin and hosted and he and Thomas Théry presented at the Synthesis in Sternorrhyncha Systematics symposium. Auxiliary meetings were held in conjunction with the ICE, […]
• Thomas Théry wins excellence in teaching award
Thomas won the University of Montreal’s President’s prize for excellence in teaching by a teaching assistant.
• Synthesis in Sternorrhyncha Systematics
The full program for the symposium, Synthesis in Sternorrhyncha Systematics, has now been approved! The symposium will take place at the International Congress of Entomology in Orlando, Florida, the afternoon of September 29. It will bring together systematists working at all different levels (fossils, morphology, phylogenetics, speciation, and more) on all four groups of Sternorrhyncha (aphids, psyllids, scale insects, […]
• Presentations at the Joint Annual Meeting of the Entomological Societies of Canada and Quebec
The Joint Annual Meeting took place in Montreal the 8th to the 11th of November. Four lab members presented their work. Pedro Paulo Castro-Grillo, an undergraduate student in his last year, presented a poster on his work on hickory Phylloxera. You can view his poster on line: Poster_Phylloxera_Jam_2015. Thomas Théry presented the results of the first chapter of his PhD […]
• The enigmatic organ that makes the springtail a collembolan
Entomology Today published a nice blog featuring our new paper on the function of the springtail’s collophore. It featured a collaboration with the USDA and an undergraduate student author.
• Étienne Normandin: Collection manager
We have recruited Étienne Normandin to be the manager of the Ouellet-Robert collection. Welcome Étienne! Send him your congratulations: qmor.umontreal@gmail.com
• A nice exposé of the lab in the student journal
The «ARNmessager» is a biology student journal. They published a very nice exposé of the Favret Lab and the insect collection. (in French)
• Mylène wins the IRBV photo contest
Undergrad honors student Mylène Durant won first prize in the IRBV photo contest (December 2014). Her picture features some of the organisms in her study, the ant Formica glacialis tending the aphid Aphis fabae. In the photo they are located on Borago officinalis.