Projects

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  Understanding the nexus of nutrition, the microbiome, and xenobiotics susceptibility in the honey bee

  Core Project

  Adam Dolezal at UIUC and Irene Newton at IU are studying how nutrition, viral infection, and a beneficial bacterium impact honey bee health.

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  Jekyll and Hyde: How a honey bee-associated microbe alters host gene expression

  Seed Project

  This study examines how honey bee larvae respond to different levels of the symbiont Bombella apis, which can act as both a mutualist and a pathogen, focusing on gene expression and development.

Publications

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  Parish et al., 2022

  Parish, A. J., Rice, D. W., Tanquary, V. M., Tennessen, J. M., & Newton, I. L. G. (2022). Honey bee symbiont buffers larvae against nutritional stress and supplements lysine. ISME Journal, 16(9), 2160–2168.

  https://doi.org/10.1038/s41396-022-01268-x