Biology and Evolution of Symbiosis (BESymb)-
New work published: Evolution of alternative genetic codes in leech endosymbionts
Obligate vertically-transmitted endosymbionts are weird… Given their particular lifestyle and mode of inheritance, they have evolved all sorts of particular genomic features (small to tiny genomes,...
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New work published: Aphids, aphids, and more aphids!
After many years of work, our paper on co-obligate symbioses across aphids is finally out in bioRχiv!. Aphids are a large family of hemipterans with around...
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New work published on face mites!
Demodex folliculorum mites, members of the arachnid class, inhabit the skin of (almost) all humans and other mammals. They spend their whole lives as living as...
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New work published: Antimicrobial resistance genes in Yellow-legged gull chicks’ cloacal swabs
If you are interested in cloacal swabs, bacterial culturing, and/or antimicrobial resistance, we’ve got you covered! In this collaborative venture published in Ecology and Evolution, isolated...
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A long pandemic year, but fruitful nonetheless
Definitely a rough year: further lockdowns, difficulties doing field work, and a lab move. Nonetheless, some good things actually managed to happen during this time. Back...
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Another November passed, and two works published!
This work was the result of a many many months of exhausting genome assembly, annotation, comparative genomics, and phylogenetics. In this work, we analysed the genome...
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Back from the GRS/GRC Animal-Microbe Symbioses and elected as next co-chair for the 2021 GRS!
Back home from the GRS/GRC Animal-microbe symbioses meeting of 2019, great as always. It certainly felt long, but the science and networking was great. I ran...
