Beetles secrete jelly to embed & sustain symbionts with impossibly tiny genomes.
But what is this jelly made of? And how does it help maintain a partnership that has lasted over 62 million years? Thrilled to share our latest, out now in Nature Communications!
European Congress of Entomology
Caught up with friends old and new at the European Congress of Entomology in Tours, France. Inès and Aileen both organised symposia and Hassan delivered the keynote of the Evolutionary Genetics symposium.
Hassan Salem, Hiroshi Arai, Aileen Berasategui, and Inès Pons cooling down with some ice cream.
New publication: Insect secretions stabilising obligate bacterial symbionts
How do insect secretions sustain obligate bacterial partners that can no longer sustain themselves? The lab’s latest synthesis covers the molecular bases of these investments in Current Opinion in Insect Science.
New lab member: Ruben Eichfeld
Welcoming Ruben Eichfeld to the lab. Ruben is joining us after completing his doctoral studies with Alga Zuccaro on the proteomics and biochemistry of host-microbe interactions. Welcome to Norwich, Ruben!
