Even after a long morning processing small mammals for a tick ecology project, Karen Poh, Ph.D., (left) and members of the Veterinary Entomology Laboratory (led by Erika Machtinger, Ph.D.) are all smiles! “Starting at 5 a.m. can be challenging, but also fun when you have great people to work with,” Poh says. Pictured are (back row, left to right)Anna Marie Wise, Kylie Green, and Chloe Roberts and (front row, left to right) Poh, Mia Esoldo, Desmyn Moore, and Zoey Cole.