Nancy A. Moran

Lab Members

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

honey bee on landing board of hive entrance

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Postdocs

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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

Assistant Professor of Practice

Bugs in Bugs Stream
Freshman Research Initiative

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Ercik V. da Silva Motta

ERICK V. da SILVA MOTTA

Research Affiliate
Postdoctoral

2018-2019 Harrington Graduate Fellow
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Zheng Li

ZHENG LI

NSF Postdoctoral Fellow

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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.

Yulin Song

Yulin Song

Postdoctoral Fellow

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Qiang Huang

Qiang Huang

SENIOR RESEARCH Fellow

My research focuses on the co-evolution of bees and parasites. Mostly addressing social evolution and immune responses towards hive parasite (Small hive beetles), ectoparasite (mites) and intracellular parasite (Microsporidian), as well as effective control using symbionts.

Jerry Maaeda

JERRY MAEDA

Graduate Student, Cell & Molecular Biology

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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Amanda Santini

Amanda Tristão Santini

Visiting Researcher
Graduate StudenT
Universidade Federal de Viçosa

 

Tyler de Jong

Tyler de Jong

Research Associate

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Allen Xue

Allen Xue

Undergraduate Research AssistaNT,
Biology

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Mary Kate Kelly

Mary Kate Kelly

Undergraduate Research Assistant,
biology

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Ryan Arnott

Ryan Arnott

Undergraduate Research AssistaNT,
biology

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Kathleen Sotelo

KATHLEEN SOTELO

Undergraduate Research AssistaNT,
biology

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Hillary Ovalle

HILLARY OVALLE

Undergraduate Research AssistaNT,
biology

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Tiffany Lu

TIFFANY LU

Undergraduate Research AssisTANT,
biology

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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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