Nancy A. Moran

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Geopemphigus aphids in open gall

Nancy Moran

Nancy A. Moran

Professor, Integrative Biology

My long-term interests are in the evolution of biological complexity, such as that apparent in complex life histories, in intimate interactions among species, and in species-diversity of clades and communities.

My focus is on symbiosis, particularly that between multicellular hosts and microbes

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Eli Powell

Eli Powell

Research Associate

I have been helping to develop tools for studying the biological and functional complexity of microbes and their interactions with each other and their hosts in the guts of honey bees and bumble bees.
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Jo Anne Holley

Jo Anne Holley

Associate Professor of Practice

Bugs in Bugs Stream
Freshman Research Initiative

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PJ LARIVIERE

PJ LARIVIERE

USDA NIFA Postdoctoral Fellow

I’m broadly interested in both studying and engineering biological systems involving bacteria. Currently, I’m developing molecular tools for use in engineering symbionts of honey bees. Joint with Jeff Barrick

Yulin Song

Yulin Song

Postdoctoral Fellow

 

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Korin Jones

KORIN Jones 

Stengl-Wyer Scholar
Postdoctoral Fellow

Joint with Jeff Barrick

Lucio Navarro

Lucio Navarro

RESEARCH Fellow

Lucio currently works on developing symbiont-mediated RNAi to be used on various applications, including functional genomics and future insect pest management methods. Joint with Jeff Barrick

Jerry Maaeda

JERRY MAEDA

POSTDOCTORAL FELLOW 

I am broadly interested in the evolution of bacterial endosymbionts and their eukaryotic hosts. I am also interested in how insect physiology and development impact symbiont transmission and how these factors then shape endosymbiont evolution.

Laila Phillips

Laila Phillips

Graduate Student, Microbiology

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Allen Xue

Allen Xue

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE 

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Ethan Yu

ETHAN YU

RESEARCH ASSOCIATE 

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Nazhin Nikaeen

Nazhin Nikaeen

Research PROFESSIONAL

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Hillary Ovalle

HILLARY OVALLE

Undergraduate Research AssistaNT,
biology

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Aadhunik Sundar

Aadhunik Sundar

Undergraduate Research AssisTANT,
biology, PLAN II

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Cinthia Hernandez-Granillo

Cinthia Hernandez-Granillo

Undergraduate Research AssisTANT,
BIOLOGY

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Sylvia Tanguma

Sylvia Tanguma

Undergraduate Research Assistant,
biology

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Sabrina Sakurako Rinaldi

Sabrina Sakurako Rinaldi

Undergraduate Research AssisTANT,
biology

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Madison Wade

MADISON WADE

Undergraduate Research Assistant,
bioCHEMISTRY

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Elizabeth Forrester

Elizabeth FORRESTER

Undergraduate Research Assistant,
bioCHEMISTRY

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Kim Hammond

Kim Hammond

Research Associate


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Corey the Bug

Lab Mascot, 2016-2017

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