An article in Quanta Magazine features our NASA-funded research on the structural properties of glass sponges: https://www.quantamagazine.org/the-curious-strength-of-a-sea-sponges-glass-skeleton-20210111/

Zach Peagler and Layne Buttram receive $3,000 Mentor-Potégé award to support research on fire ant antimicrobials

Three new MS students are starting in the Penick Lab Fall 2020 to study honeycomb, urban pollinators, and ant evolution. Welcome to Grace Cope, Francis Mullan, and JP Hellenbrand!