September: Vicki’s paper, published in Biology Letters, concerning the potential impacts of climate change on avian influenza transmission in Delaware Bay has generated much media interest. See UM news service and Science Daily.

June: Daniel Streicker’s paper on the effects of culling on rabies in Peruvian vampire bats is published in Proceedings of the Royal Society of London – Biological Sciences, receiving considerable press attention (UM news service press release, Coverage in Science, Nature and BBC).

June: We are pleased to welcome Doug Jackson to the lab, as a postdoctoral fellow. He will be joining us in August.

May: Pej is invited to join the editorial board of Proceedings of the Royal Society of London – Biological Sciences.