Matt Ballinger

ACCE+ DLA programme: Symbiosis in a thermally variable world at University of Liverpool on FindAPhD.com PhD Project - ACCE+ DLA programme: Symbiosis in a thermally variable world at University of Liverpool, listed on FindAPhD.com

PhD studentship position- Symbiosis in a thermally variable world.

Goal: to understand how & why insect symbiosis is disrupted by low/high temperature.

Pays Stipend + fees; International students eligible.

Webinar for questions: 5th December at 12 noon UK time.

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likewise John!

a very quick response from #Drosophila acutilabella saves it from becoming a #parasitoid wasp incubator! see first comment for a successful oviposition.

we've not seen this response from a female fly yet, and so far we have not seen it from males of any species other than D. affinis, which is shown in this video. affinis is also the only species we've found locally infected, but more than half a dozen species are permissive hosts in the lab.

great list! looking forward to seeing it grow...

Check out this fly boxing away a parasitic wasp who is trying to lay eggs in its abdomen.
I've watched a lot of fly behavior, but never seen anything like this. Makes you wonder how much we miss by studying lab organisms in isolation from their natural threats.
Vid from: doi.org/10.1038/s415...

Genome dynamics across the evolutionary transition to endosymbiosis Endosymbiosis—where a microbe lives and replicates within a host—is an important contributor to organismal function that has accelerated evolutionary …

Fun new paper led by @greghurst.bsky.social &co using genomics to show that facultative symbiont genomes get bigger as they adapt to life inside a host (through HGT & loss of CRISPR) before undergoing genome reduction as they become obligate #symbiosky #microsky
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Footprints of worldwide adaptation in structured populations of D. melanogaster through the expanded DEST 2.0 genomic resource Large scale genomic resources can place genetic variation into an ecologically informed context. To advance our understanding of the population genetics of the fruit fly Drosophila melanogaster , we p...

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This is dissected from a fly's abdomen. The circles are teratocytes, they're bloated cells derived from membranes of the wasp embryo. After the larva hatches, they secrete gene products to support the parasitism and harvest resources from host hemolymph. More here: www.nature.com/nature/volum...

Still got room for a heritable microbes guy?

Parasite burden of a single adult Drosophila melanogaster infected by the braconid wasp, Syntretus perlmani. Only one larva finishes developing in Dmel (you can see the unsuccessful competitors in this photo). Look at all of those teratocytes! Maybe more larvae means more teratocytes for the winner.

PhD position available in our lab in 🇨🇭! Interested in microbial ecology and evolution in the context of #Symbiosis, #Microbiota, #Bees? Like to analyze shotgun metagenomics data with the possibility for fieldwork and experiments? This is for you. Apply here: shorturl.at/swHf1 #SymbioSky

The #Drosophila Immunity Handbook 🧵

This project started as a review with the aim, in some sense, to update Lemaitre and Hoffmann (2007; Ann Rev Imm). Then it kinda... got out of hand. But the reason that happened is because Hannah is amazing.

Find the free PDF here btw: bit.ly/DrosImmBook
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Good to know! I have some other videos that are not included in the article. I'll keep this in mind when I post them.

Such a nice post, thank you Tapani!

I'm not too familiar with bluesky's media type restrictions, but I tried to upload a gif and a video yesterday, it didn't seem to work. would love to see them here for easy access though!

thanks Morgan! we're thrilled that Nature is using their reach to highlight undescribed insect biodiversity.

Thank you for the nice shout-out, Mark! Here is an oppressively large Syntretus perlmani larva emerging from Drosophila acutilabella.