Inside the Tangled Bank of Arthropods

 

We unravel the molecular-genetic mechanisms of hybrid dysfunction, herbivory, and pesticide resistance. One of the major research lines dissects the mechanistic underpinnings of symbiont-host interactions. We use interdisciplinary approaches to study the molecular architecture of these complex traits.

 

 

 

HGT screen & PhD layman's summary

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Very happy to announce that our recent Horizontal Gene Transfer screen of the Tetranychus urticae genome has just been published in Insect Molecular Biology. One of our main findings is the identification of two unique pantothenate biosynthesis genes of bacterial origin in spider mite genomes. Please click here for further reading!

 

Also, the layman's summary of my PhD thesis I wrote for the Dutch Entomological Society has been published in their bi-monthly journal Entomologische Berichten. For a copy of my summary, please click here!