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Lee Henry
@henrylabsymbio.bsky.social
Exploring endosymbiosis at Queen Mary University of London. Associate professor. Symbiosis, ecology, evolution, microbiology http://henry-lab.co.uk
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Finally made the switch....
To kick things off, here are a couple papers from the lab 🐜🦋https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02058-0
Symbioses shape feeding niches and diversification across insects - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Insects rely on symbiotic microbes for nutrition and defence. Analysing a large dataset of microbe–insect symbioses, the authors show that symbiosis evolved in response to nutrient deficiencies but it...
www.nature.com
Recent publication in @Ecology_Letters investigating how selection from enemies shapes defensive symbioses in nature. Big ups to Taoping Wu and crew. Check it out! 🦠 onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
December 22, 2025 at 5:22 PM
Finally made the switch....
To kick things off, here are a couple papers from the lab 🐜🦋https://www.nature.com/articles/s41559-023-02058-0
Symbioses shape feeding niches and diversification across insects - Nature Ecology & Evolution
Insects rely on symbiotic microbes for nutrition and defence. Analysing a large dataset of microbe–insect symbioses, the authors show that symbiosis evolved in response to nutrient deficiencies but it...
www.nature.com
December 22, 2025 at 5:11 PM