University of Wisconsin–Madison

Lab News

Un-BEE-lievable that it’s 2013 already

Kaitlin just produced and aired another Perpetual Notion Machine science radio show for WORT 89.9 FM in town, this time interviewing recent UW-Madison Entomology PhD recipient Dr. Sai Suryanarayanan and his current collaborator, Dr. Daniel Kleinman, about colony collapse disorder.  They’re actually in the Department of Community and Environmental Sociology, which may sound surprising. But! …

Bowling and bon voyage

The Gratton Lab recently went bowling together in Union South to thank Amanda for her years of hard work and positive energy as a lab assistant with us. She recently accepted a position with the WI Department of Natural Resources related to deer management.  Amanda was a Wildlife Ecology graduate of UW-Madison in 2011.   Thanks …

Seeds of Change

            Gratton lab members just attended Emma’s skit, as part of the fourth annual Agroecology Plays.  Emma is a Masters student in the UW-Madison Agroecology program.   Her group’s skit was about seed saving, genetic modification, and multinational corporations’ role in plant genetics and farm futures.    Agroecology-affiliated professors Michael Bell and Jack Kloppenburg made …

Science as storytelling

Kaitlin is producing/hosting this Thursday’s episode of the Perpetual Notion Machine, a local science radio show. She chose the theme ‘Science as Storytelling, Scientists as Storytellers,’ and presents three tales, each a different interpretation of science storytelling. Interviewed guests include a fellow Wisconsin Ecology grad student, Kara Cromwell of the Center for Limnology, and Nelson …

Gratton Lab “flies” down to ESA

During the past week, the Gratton Lab members attended the annual Entomological Society of America national conference in Knoxville, TN.  We had two car loads drive the 12 hours down to TN , with both presenters and non-presenters in attendance. This was the first time some of us (Maddy, Emma, Kaitlin) had been to this …