Congratulations to Noa on defending her thesis on beetle-fungal symbioses! An excellent excuse for the lab to come together around pizza, cake and sect: a winning trifecta!
Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute
The lab took its inaugural research trip to Panama back in November! We had a blast sciencing up and down the isthmus with Donald Windsor of the Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute.
Pictured (left to right): Hassan Salem, Inès Pons, Noa Breitenbach, and Marleny García-Lozano.
New publication: Beetle-bacterial symbioses
Beetles are hosts to a remarkable diversity of bacterial symbionts. We review the form and function of these partnerships, and how they promote beetle adaptation and fitness. Out today in the Annual Review of Entomology!
Lab piñata comes to life
A vaccinated Mutualisms Lab antagonises a Covid-themed piñata. Courtesy of Marleny Garcia-Lozano, our papier-mâché wrangler!
