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| Title | Host–microbe interactions shaping development, behavior, and ecological functions of social bees |
| Author | Tori SCHUMMER |
| Director of thesis | Dr. Joanito Liberti |
| Co-director of thesis | |
| Summary of thesis | My research aims to connect hierarchical levels of biological organization: how microbiome symbiosis contributes to individual neurophysiology of social bees, how these effects influence colony-level behavior, and how microbially modulated colonies in turn affect ecosystem processes such as pollination. I will utilize multi-omic and microbiological analyzes and assays alongside behavioral tracking and colony performance experiments to disentangle causative associations between gut microbial symbionts and host health and behavior. |
| Status | beginning |
| Administrative delay for the defence | 2030 |
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