Lillian and Alex Feir Graduate Student Travel Award in insect physiology, biochemistry, or molecular biology
 This award aims to encourage graduate students working with insects or other arthropods in the broad areas of physiology, biochemistry, and molecular biology to affiliate with ESA's Physiology, Biochemistry, and Toxicology Section and to attend the ESA Annual Meeting or an International Congress of Entomology. Elina Lastro Niño is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Entomology at Pennsylvania State University working under the guidance of Dr. Christina Grozinger. Her dissertation research involves behavioral, physiological, and molecular characterization of factors affecting honey bee queen post-mating changes and queen-worker interactions. She is particularly interested in understanding the underlying molecular pathways regulating these changes and whether these changes are evident after the queen commences oviposition. She also studies factors that alter queen pheromone profiles and how this in turn regulates worker behavior and physiology, which could affect colony success. Elina is also very involved with outreach and extension, and she has received numerous awards, scholarships, and fellowships. She will be presenting a talk entitled “Dissecting the factors affecting honey bee queen (Apis mellifera L.) pheromone production and queen-worker interactions” at Entomology 2011 in Reno, NV.
This award encourages graduate students working with insects or other arthropods in the broad areas of physiology, biochemistry, and molecular biology to affiliate with ESA’s Section B and to attend the ESA Annual Meeting or an International Congress of Entomology. Dorothy Feir established the award as a tribute to her parents who, at considerable self-sacrifice, encouraged education and travel experiences for their daughters. The amount of the award is based on the earnings from the endowment and varies each year.
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