SPEER Lab

Symbioses and Parasite Ecology and Evolution Research Lab

Lab News


Aug 1, 2026

Speer Lab is at the BioARC Year 1 exchange program. What is BioARC? Here is the website to learn more! https://bioarc.owlstown.net/courses/5217-bioarc-knowledge-exchange-2026



Apr 14, 2026

Congratulations to Cheyenne Graham for publishing her first first author publication! https://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/ece3.73500



Apr 13, 2026

Congratulations to Erin Larson for receiving the Hooper Undergraduate Research Award at NAU to complete his own research on Microbiome-Parasite interactions within triatomine vectors in the US!



Apr 12, 2026

Congratulations to Anna Kang for receiving the NSF Graduate Research Fellowship Program (GRFP) to conduct research on the effects of induced temperatures on Rhipicephalus sanguineus microbiome and metabolic rate! https://news.nau.edu/grfp-2026/



Apr 11, 2026

Congratulations to Anna Kang for receiving an award for their presentation at the Southwestern American Society for Microbiology Conference today!


Contact


[Contact picture]
SPEER Lab
Kelly Speer, Assistant Professor

[email protected]


Biological Sciences & Pathogen and Microbiome Institute

Northern Arizona University


Curriculum vitae