- New Postdoc, Dr. Alex Ochoa arrived in June to work on the Sistrurus conservation genetics project.
- Lisle attended the Latin American Herpetology Congress, Quito, Ecuador in July and the Brazilian Toxinologists Congress in Florianopolis, Brazil in August.
- Mike Broe and Lisle attend a meeting of NSF-FAPESP Venom Grant Participants at the Instituto Butantan, Sao Paulo in September.
- New PhD student Alyssa Hassinger arrived in August.
- Lab hosted (along with the Chavez Lab) a visit by Dr. Nick Casewell to Ohio State in October.
- Jamin and Scott presented papers at the Student Conference on Conservation Science at the American Museum of Natural History in NYC in October.
- Jamin presented a paper at the North American Society for Bat Research, Knoxville TN in October.
- Lisle and Steve Smith organized and hosted the Annual OBCP Meeting in November at the OSU 4H Center. Scott, Jamin and Alex gave presentations at the meeting.
- Lab undergraduate, Marissa Monopoli was awarded an OSU Honors and Scholars Enrichment Grant in December to work with Jamin on the molecular analyses of bat diets.
- Lab was awarded a Competitive State Wildlife Grant for collaborative work on bats with groups at OSU and University of Maryland Center for Environmental Sciences in December. This will fund Jamin’s PhD research.