Projects

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  Influence of the mobilome on the honey bee microbiome via longitudinal metagenomics and reverse ecology

  Core Project

  Researchers study how ecological and evolutionary factors shape the honey bee gut microbiome, focusing on mobile gene interactions through a longitudinal analysis of apiaries.

Publications

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  Miller et al., 2026

  Miller, D.L., Caesar, L., Ganote, C., López-Madrigal, S., Rice, D.W., Robinson, C.R.P., Seawright, A.M., Lewis, J.P., & Newton, I.L.G. (2026). Nested connections: Local phage and broad plasmid sharing in the honey bee mobilome. bioRxiv. 

  https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.10.31.685865
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  Robinson et al., 2025

  Robinson, C. R. P., Dolezal, A. G., Liachko, I., & Newton, I. L. G. (2025). Hi-C-resolved metagenomics reveals host range variation among mobile genetic elements within the European honey bee. mBio 16:e02243-25.

  https://doi.org/10.1128/mbio.02243-25
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  Robinson et al., 2025

  Robinson, C. R. P., Dolezal, A. G., Liachko, I., & Newton, I. L. G. (2025). Mobile genetic elements exhibit associated patterns of host range variation and sequence diversity within the gut microbiome of the European honey bee. bioRxiv.

  https://doi.org/10.1101/2025.01.31.635958
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  Robinson et al., 2024

  Robinson, C. R. P., Dolezal, A. G., & Newton, I. L. G. (2024). Host species and geography impact bee-associated RNA virus communities with evidence for isolation by distance in viral populations. ISME Communications, 4(1), 1-14.

  https://doi.org/10.1093/ismeco/ycad003