Ysabel Giraldo of the James Traniello Lab was selected as the winner of the 2015 Belamarich Award for outstanding doctoral dissertation in Biology for her thesis “Neuroanatomical and Neurochemical Correlates of Senescene and Social Role in the Ant Pheidole Dentata”
Post-defense, Giraldo is currently working as a NIH NRSA Postdoctoral Fellow in the lab of Prof. Michael Dickinson at the California Institute of Technology. Her research focuses on the behavioral neurobiology of social interactions larval Drosophila melanogaster. In particular, she is examining the sensory regulation and neural control of competitive and cannibalistic behavior among larvae.
Congratulations, Ysabel. We wish you the best in your future endeavors!