The Wasp Genome is Hot

Reuters’s ScienceWatch has selected the Werren Lab’s recent Science paper on Nasonia genomes as a “new hot paper.”  Their coverage includes an interview with Jack about this paper and its significance.  In other exciting news from the Werren Lab, Jack and Michael Clark received one of the University of Rochester Provost’s Multidisciplinary Award to study venom function and evolution in collaboration with Alan Friedman (protein biochemistry – URMC).