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17 Mar 2010: axyridis. Chemical insec-ticides are considered undesirable due to the potentially harmfuleffects on people and pets when used inside buildings. ... Our results suggest that C. hippodamiae has great potential tocontrol the spread and increase of the

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20 Jun 2022: The Jiggins Lab Webpage. People.

9 Jun 2022: The Jiggins Lab Webpage. Our lab studies the evolution and genetics of hosts and parasites, mostly using insects as a model system. Which genes cause variation in susceptibility to infection and why is this variation maintained in populations? How

6 May 2020: The Jiggins Lab Webpage. Osama Brosh. Research Interests. I am a current PhD candidate studying the genetics of immunity. My research focuses on the effect of transposable element insertions on virus resistance in Drosophila melanogaster. Education

7 May 2020: The Jiggins Lab Webpage. Dr Francis Jiggins. Employment. 2017- present Professor of Evolutionary Genetics. 2012-2017 Reader of Evolutionary Genetics. 2009-present - Fellow of Emmanuel College, University of Cambridge. 2009-2014 Royal Society

7 May 2020: The Jiggins Lab Webpage. Alex Leitao. Research Interests. I have started my research career by studying the development of immune cells in Drosophila melanogaster. During my PhD, supervised by Elio Sucena, I showed that functional immune cells can

31 Jan 2017: The Jiggins Lab Webpage. Andrew Quinn. Research Interests. Drew works on the role of changes in gene expression due to selection on cis-regulatory elements in the evolution of immune system. This involves using high-throughput RNA sequencing to

10 May 2020: The Jiggins Lab Webpage. Dominique Ding. Research Interests. I am a PhD candidate in the group. My current project has been on the evolution of Drosophila immunity through changes in gene expression. We hope to unveil the roles of regulatory

6 May 2020: The Jiggins Lab Webpage. Cambridge Evolutionary Genetics. This is a group of labs in Cambridge working on evolutionary genetics that holds a journal club every fortnight and an annual symposium.. Collaborators. Designed and updated: September 1,

31 Jan 2017: The Jiggins Lab Webpage. Lucia Tagliaferri. As a Research Laboratory Technician I provide diverse technical and maintenance support to the lab studying the evolution and genetics of hosts and parasites, mostly using insects as a model system. Before

10 May 2020: The Jiggins Lab Webpage. Elves Duarte. Research Interests. I am interested in studying the interaction between insects and microorganisms, namely between mosquitoes and the intracellular bacterium Wolbachia. The ultimate goal is to establish

7 May 2020: The Jiggins Lab Webpage. Arunkumar Ramesh. Research Interests. I am interested in the genetic architecture of variability in resistance to infection within a population. Why susceptible individuals persist in a population when resistance to

9 Sep 2010: The Jiggins Lab Webpage. Kim Kang Wook. Research Interests. Research interest. The evolution of insect immunity genes. Bioinformatics. Molecular ecology. Education. 2003 PgDip in Quantitative Genetics and Genome Analysis, The University of Edinburgh

9 Sep 2013: The Jiggins Lab Webpage. Sophie Smith. Research Interests. Sophie provides support to research in the Evolutionary Genetics Laboratory in Madingley. She is primarily working on the mosquito Aedes aegypti. Education and Employment. BSc. MSc. Designed

10 May 2020: The Jiggins Lab Webpage. Gaspar Bruner. Research Interests. I am broadly interested in symbiotic interactions, partially in tropical insects. My main interest is to understand how mutualist or parasitic partners affect the behavior, ecology and

12 Sep 2012: The Jiggins Lab Webpage. Jewelna Osei-Poku. Research Interests. Jewelna is interested in understanding the genetic basis of vector-pathogen interactions particularly that which underlie the competence of mosquitoes to transmit diseases. Currently

9 Sep 2010: The Jiggins Lab Webpage. Laura Jane Michie. Research Interests. LJ's Ph.D. is a study of colour polymorphism in three species of ladybird, including the invasive harlequin ladybird, Harmonia axyridis. As ladybirds are aposematic (brightly coloured

9 Sep 2010: The Jiggins Lab Webpage. Claire Webster. Employment. 2007-present Research Technician, Institute of Evolutionary Biology, University of Edinburgh. 2005 – 2006 Honours Project Student then Research Technician Chris Jiggins Group, Institute of

8 Apr 2013: The Jiggins Lab Webpage. John McGonigle. Research Interests. I have an interest in host-parasite evolution, insect immunity and parasitology. My current research focuses on investigating the genetic basis of host resistance to parasites. My work