Candice Kuo
Contact
Campus: The Assembly, 5051 Centre Ave
Office: 3002-D
Pittsburgh, PA 15213
Ph: 740-706-2308
Education
- B.S. - Biological Sciences - University of Pittsburgh (2015)
- B.A. Student - Psychology - Southern New Hampshire University (2024)
- M.S. Student - Psychology - Southern New Hampshire University (2025)
Academic Affiliation
- Academic Program Supervisor
Selected Publications
- Keiser, Carl & Shearer, Taylor & DeMarco, Alexander & Brittingham, Hayley & Knutson, Karen & Kuo, Candice & Zhao, Katherine & Pruitt, Jonathan. (2016). Cuticular bacteria appear detrimental to social spiders in mixed but not monoculture exposure. Current Zoology. 62. zow015. 10.1093/cz/zow015.
- RETRACTED ARTICLE: Lichtenstein, James & Dirienzo, Nicholas & Knutson, Karen & Kuo, Candice & Zhao, Katherine & Brittingham, Hayley & Geary, Sara & Ministero, Sam & Rice, Henry & David, Zachary & Scharf, Inon & Pruitt, Jonathan. (2016). Prolonged food restriction decreases body condition and reduces repeatability in personality traits in web-building spiders. Behavioral Ecology and Sociobiology. 70. 10.1007/s00265-016-2184-1.
- Click here for the link to the retraction note.
- Modlmeier, Andreas & Laskowski, Kate & Brittingham, Hayley & Coleman, Anna & Knutson, Karen & Kuo, Candice & McGuirk, Matthew & Zhao, Katherine & Keiser, Carl & Pruitt, Jonathan. (2015). Adult presence augments juvenile collective foraging in social spiders. Animal Behaviour. 109. 9-14. 10.1016/j.anbehav.2015.07.033.
Lab Information
- Organizes the Immunology Seminar Series
- Organizes the Immunology Faculty Research in Progress (RIP) Series
- Organizes the Immunology Student/Postdoc RIP Series
- Assistant Coordinator for the Program in Microbiology and Immunology (PMI)
- Coordinator for the Microbiology and Immunology Diversity Scholars (MIDS) program for underrepresented minority (URM) students
- Processes the educational enrichment fund for PMI
- Maintains the department website and email distribution lists