Ashley Yates, a fourth year PhD fellow in the Translational Plant Sciences graduate program at The Ohio State University, was recently published in Current Opinions in Insect Science. The paper, titled Mechanisms of aphid adaptation to host plant resistance, is Ashley’s first primary author publication. Ashely is a member of TPS faculty Dr. Andy Michel’s laboratory. Her research focuses on interactions between aphids and aphid-resistant soybean. Interested readers can access the article free-of-charge until March 24, 2018.