Updates of the Insect Doctors research
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An update from an almost Insect Doctor
21 November 2022 - It is quite surprising how fast the PhD journey runs… Or at least this is how I feel, ESR12, as I am officially into the last year of my PhD. -
Insect Doctors in the larger context
11 October 2022 - During the summer of 2022, I had the luck to attend two large international conferences: the Insects to Feed the World: IFW 2022 in Quebec, Canada and... -
Automated optical sensors distinguish between fungus-infected and healthy insects
07 October 2022 - My name is Sam Edwards and I am ESR2 in the INSECT DOCTORS programme and am based at both the University of Copenhagen and the University of Exeter.... -
How does the insect destroying fungus, Entomophthora muscae, manipulate the behaviour of houseflies?
30 June 2022 - My name is Sam Edwards and I am ESR2 in the INSECT DOCTORS programme and am based at both the University of Copenhagen and the University of Exeter.... -
Covert viral infections in the Mediterranean Fruit Fly: a relevant agricultural pest
13 May 2022 - My name is Luis, and I am a PhD candidate at the INSECT DOCTORS program. I am co-supervised by the University of Valencia and Wageningen University.... -
Diversity and dynamics of the Insect microbiome
06 May 2022 - My name is Loretta Mugo-Kamiri, ESR 14. During the past 20 months of my PhD, I have been working on Spodoptera exigua at the Univeristy of Tours,... -
Covert Baculovirus infection – where are you?
22 April 2022 - I have completed my first year of my PhD! There have been many ups and downs while trying to understand how covert baculovirus infections are... -
Experiences, learning and different species of Metarhizium fungi
22 February 2022 - As of this month (February), I’ve completed half of the time allotted towards my PhD project. Over this year and a half, I’ve attended... -
Food and probiotics in insect health and pathogens resistance
02 February 2022 - I am Carlotta Savio, Early Stage Researcher 13 within the INSECT DOCTORS program. The research project is mainly carried out at INRAE center at Jouy... -
Impact of temperature and carbon dioxide on host-pathogen interactions in Tenebrio molitor
28 January 2022 - My name is Pascal Herren and I am Early Stage Researcher 5 in the INSECT DOCTORS program. I am based at the UK Centre for Ecology & Hydrology and...