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Annual Invasive Species Symposium

May 6, 2025

In late April, Dr. Aníbal Pauchard, a professor at the Faculty of Forestry Sciences at the University of Concepción in Chile and Director of the Institute of Ecology and Biodiversity, visited the Invasive Species Collaborative at Virginia Tech.

April 30, 2025

The Invasive Species Collaborative had an amazing time coordinating not one, but two events on April 25 and 26. The Collaborative also had the sincere pleasure of hosting Dr. Aníbal Pauchard, an international expert on biological invasions.
Booth Lab

April 21, 2025

A study published in the Journal of Medical Entomology details how a team of Virginia Tech researchers discovered a gene mutation that could contribute to insecticide resistance in bed bugs.

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Gabrielle Ripa, a Ph.D. student at Virginia Tech and an affiliate of the Invasive Species Collaborative, is studying invasive non-native plant species in restored and unrestored streams in Maryland’s Chesapeake Bay watershed. Ripa is placing bioacoustic recorders at various locations, and the data will be used to analyze the effect invasive plants have on the soundscape of an ecosystem.