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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

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,

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

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

11 May 2020: The Jiggins Lab Webpage. Research. Genetic variation in susceptibility to parasites. In most organisms there is a lot of genetic variation in the susceptibility of individuals to parasitism. Yet this appears paradoxical. Being resistant is clearly

10 May 2020: The Jiggins Lab Webpage. Carlos Luque. Research Interests. I am involved in the design and optimization of gene editing tools in Drosophila melanogaster, such as CRISPR/Cas9. We are harnessing the power of fly genetics to improve these techniques,