Conotelus obscurus (Coleoptera: Nitidulidae). This flower-dwelling beetles harbours Metschnikowia borealis, a Nearctic endemic yeast species. [photo: André Lachance]

Dr. Marc-André Lachance
Yeast Ecology and Evolution

PEOPLE

Current Collaborators

1. W.T. Starmer, Department of Biology, Syracuse University.  Ecology and evolution of yeasts associated with insects.

2.  C. A. Rosa, Department of Microbiology, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil. Tropical yeast ecology.

3. F. Wiens, Central Institute of Mental Health, Psychopharmacology, J5, D-68159, Mannheim, Germany. Mammalian evolutionary ecology.

4. C.M. Herrera, Estación Biológica de Doñana, Isla de La Cartuja, Avda. Américo Vespucio s/n, E-41092 Sevilla, Spain. Ecology of plant-animal interactions.

Graduate Students:

1. Tanya Berkers, MSc candidate: Natural history of beetle-yeast-flower-nematode interactions.

2. Lulu Wang, MSc candidate: The role of antimicrobial peptides in determining yeast-beetle specificity.

 

 

 

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