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Ann T. Tate
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Immune system evolution and host- parasite interactions. Associate Prof at Vanderbilt U
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Pls RT: We are recruiting a postdoc (and potentially an RA or staff scientist) to work on the evolution of stage-structured immune systems! Experimental evolution, natural variation in immunity, and/or evo genomics in flour beetles (Tribolium). See ad here: my.vanderbilt.edu/tatelab/join...
Scale highlighting trade-offs between larval and adult beetles in response to infection A teaser of panels illustrating potential approaches to studying stage-structured immune systems, including transcriptomics, experimental evolution, and experiments in wild-derived populations
August 15, 2025 at 8:50 PM
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Congratulations to Dr. Reese Martin on an amazing Ph.D. defense! 🎉 Reese's dissertation explored the impact of genetic pleiotropy on immune system evolution... (🧵 1/4)
Tate lab group members with the new Dr. Reese Martin
November 11, 2024 at 8:16 PM
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Tenured! Thankful for my amazing lab members past and present, supportive colleagues, and patient family for helping me get this far!
May 21, 2024 at 8:56 AM
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🧪 Our new paper on estimating the shape of the trade-off between investment in immunity and other fitness-related traits! Justin Critchlow, Arun Prakash, and K. Zhong used dose-dependent RNAi to dysregulate the brakes on beetle immune signaling. Check it out: journals.plos.org/plospathogen...
Figure showing the costs of increasing investment in immunity.
March 6, 2024 at 8:38 PM
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Congratulations to the new Dr. Justin Critchlow! It was a great defense, we are proud of you, and we'll miss you!
October 25, 2023 at 12:59 AM