It was a wonderful and productive fours years and although I new this moment will eventually happen, it is sad to see postdocs Kyle Benowitz and Fernando Diaz leave the lab. I am very proud of them for all the success and work they have achieved while in the lab at the University of Arizona. This is especially the case given all that they had to deal with over the last year and a half with the COVID-19 pandemic. It was a tough year to be looking for academic jobs, but they persevered. And although we will still be collaborating on projects and manuscripts for sometime, I will miss their presence and impact on my lab. Kyle is heading to Austin Peay State University as an Assistant Professor in the Department of Biology, and Fernando will be a Visiting Assistant Professor of Biology at Colgate University. Wishing them the very best, much success and happiness.
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