{"id":54,"date":"2024-07-06T14:25:24","date_gmt":"2024-07-06T13:25:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/insectdoctors.eu\/?page_id=54"},"modified":"2025-03-19T15:51:12","modified_gmt":"2025-03-19T14:51:12","slug":"insect-doctors-research","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/insectdoctors.eu\/?page_id=54","title":{"rendered":"Research"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"267\" src=\"https:\/\/insectdoctors.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2bf0d6fb-e93f-47b1-8bc5-c2ad7d46c8b5_shutterstock_1159790683_871ceeb7_1920x500-1024x267.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-55\" style=\"width:817px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/insectdoctors.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2bf0d6fb-e93f-47b1-8bc5-c2ad7d46c8b5_shutterstock_1159790683_871ceeb7_1920x500-1024x267.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/insectdoctors.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2bf0d6fb-e93f-47b1-8bc5-c2ad7d46c8b5_shutterstock_1159790683_871ceeb7_1920x500-300x78.jpg 300w, https:\/\/insectdoctors.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2bf0d6fb-e93f-47b1-8bc5-c2ad7d46c8b5_shutterstock_1159790683_871ceeb7_1920x500-768x200.jpg 768w, https:\/\/insectdoctors.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2bf0d6fb-e93f-47b1-8bc5-c2ad7d46c8b5_shutterstock_1159790683_871ceeb7_1920x500-1536x400.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/insectdoctors.eu\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/07\/2bf0d6fb-e93f-47b1-8bc5-c2ad7d46c8b5_shutterstock_1159790683_871ceeb7_1920x500.jpg 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading alignwide has-text-align-center has-theme-palette-2-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-2be8561d832f20a1acc7c13817d5efa0\">Research Work Packages<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\">The research has been divided over three work packages each with five PhD research projects. The insects we studied includes caterpillars (e,g, wax moths and the beet army worm) mealworms, crickets, mosquitoes, parasitoid wasps, houseflies, mediteranean fruitflies and tsetse flies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-theme-palette-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-8852143327d19468d8075757c785c2ee\" id=\"1_Pathogen-host_interactions_R-anchor\"><strong><a href=\"http:\/\/185.138.80.120\/~insectdoct\/ins\">1. Pathogen-host interactions (RP1-5)<\/a><\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:100%\">\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">Discovering interactions between pathogens and insect hosts, <br>and determining which abiotic and biotic factors trigger disease outbreaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-e1485a7b wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-theme-palette-2-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/insectdoctors.eu\/?page_id=58\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Go to WP1 research descriptions<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Project 01 Nudivirus replication mechanism<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Project 02 Behavioural manipulation and co-evolutionary processes between fungi and flies<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Project 03 Interactions between pathogens infecting crickets: who paves the way for the other?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Project 04 Microsporidia infection and virulence at varying population densities<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"margin-top:0;margin-right:0;margin-bottom:0;margin-left:0;padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Project 05 Impact of multiple biotic and abiotic stressors on pathogenesis in mealworms and wax moths<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-theme-palette-7-background-color has-background\" style=\"padding-top:0;padding-bottom:0\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-theme-palette-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-38bc3040637908848691458aeee1d47d\" id=\"2_Covert_infections_and_pathog-anchor\"><strong>2. Covert infections and pathogen detection (RP6-10)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">Understanding the molecular mechanisms behind latency \/ persistence (covert infections) <br>and how to discover \/ detect pathogens to prevent disease outbreaks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-theme-palette-2-background-color has-background has-text-align-center wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/insectdoctors.eu\/?page_id=188(opens in a new tab)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Go to WP2 research descriptions<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Project 06 Molecular mechanisms behind maintenance of covert DNA virus infections in Lepidoptera<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Project 07 Tsetse fly associated&nbsp;covert&nbsp;viruses and endosymbionts<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Project 08 Covert infections with RNA viruses in the Mediterranean fruit fly<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Project 09 Virus&nbsp;discovery&nbsp;in&nbsp;reared insects&nbsp;<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Project 10 Development of diagnostics tools for pathogen detection in a variety of mass reared insects <\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n<\/div><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-group has-theme-palette-9-background-color has-background\"><div class=\"wp-block-group__inner-container is-layout-constrained wp-block-group-is-layout-constrained\">\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading has-text-align-center has-theme-palette-1-color has-text-color has-link-color wp-elements-fb165c390dcaad6a91f0f7ea4a481236\" id=\"3_Increasing_insect_resistance-anchor\"><strong>3. Increasing insect resistance against pathogens (RP10-15)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center has-medium-font-size\">The interactions between pathogens and the insect microbiome <br>and how nutritional adaptations can increase fitness of reared insects.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-content-justification-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-buttons-is-layout-16018d1d wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-theme-palette-2-background-color has-background wp-element-button\" href=\"https:\/\/insectdoctors.eu\/?page_id=193(opens in a new tab)\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Go to WP3 research descriptions<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Project 11 Exploring nutritional adaptation of host-specific and generalist insect-pathogenic fungi <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Project 12 The role of&nbsp;microbiota in host&nbsp;resistance&nbsp;against bacterial and fungal pathogens in wax moths <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Project 13 Food and probiotics in insect health and pathogen resistance <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Project 14 Microbiota mediated food protection against lepidopteran pathogens<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li style=\"padding-top:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-right:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-bottom:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20);padding-left:var(--wp--preset--spacing--20)\">Project 15 Experimental evolution of insect gut symbionts to improve fitness under SIT and transgenic mass release<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Research Work Packages The research has been divided over three work packages each with five PhD research projects. The insects we studied includes caterpillars (e,g, wax moths and the beet army worm) mealworms, crickets, mosquitoes, parasitoid wasps, houseflies, mediteranean fruitflies and tsetse flies. 1. 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