Laura García-Velázquez, a graduate student talks about her recent paper Climate and soil micro‐organisms drive soil phosphorus fractions in coastal dune systems– the first article published from her PhD! About the paper The importance of understanding soil P cycle is likely to increase in the coming decades due to the increasing atmospheric deposition of N caused by agricultural and industrial activities. Due to this, it … Continue reading Laura García-Velázquez: Evaluating the drivers of soil P pools in coastal ecosystems

Dr. Shichang Zhang of Hubei University discusses with us his team’s most recently accepted article, “Detritus decorations as the extended phenotype deflect avian predator attack in an orb-web spider”, his interest in the natural world, as well as his opinion on the best and worst parts about being an ecologist.

Dr. Anderson Feijó, a postdoctoral researcher at the Beijing’s Institute of Zoology of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, discusses his article, “Divergent adaptations in resource-use traits explain how pikas thrive on the roof of the world”, his current research, as well as advice for fellow researchers.

In this insight, we discussed with Rony Izhar and Chen Gilboa the background behind their paper “Disentangling the steps of the infection process responsible for juvenile disease susceptibility”.

Dr. Rony Izhar is currently a research assistant in the School of Zoology in Tel Aviv University. She completed her PhD under the supervision of Dr. Frida Ben-Ami, studying the effects of host age on parasite evolution. She is interested in ecology, evolutionary biology and behavioral sciences.

Chen Gilboa currently works at a Global Contract Research Organization (CRO) as an Administrative Trial Assistant, focusing on drug development and management for oncological patients. Prior to this role, Chen served as a data and help desk support manager at a local CRO. Chen completed her MSc in the School of Zoology in Tel Aviv University, under the supervision of Dr. Frida Ben-Ami. Her thesis focused on the influence of host age on disease spread.