Nicole Gerardo
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Nicole Gerardo's Degrees
- PhD Ecology and Evolutionary Biology Cornell University
- Bachelors Biology University of California, San Diego
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(Suggest an Edit or Addition)According to Wikipedia, Nicole M. Gerardo is an entomologist and Professor of Biology at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia. In 2021, she became editor of the Annual Review of Entomology. Early life and education Gerardo earned a B.A. in Ecology and Evolutionary Biology from Rice University in Houston, Texas in 1997. She received her Ph.D. in Integrative Biology from the University of Texas at Austin in Austin, Texas in 2004.
Nicole Gerardo's Published Works
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Published Works
- Genome Sequence of the Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum (2010) (1176)
- The Evolution of Agriculture in Insects (2005) (515)
- Immunity and other defenses in pea aphids, Acyrthosiphon pisum (2010) (402)
- Animal Behavior and the Microbiome (2012) (382)
- Symbiosis and Insect Diversification: an Ancient Symbiont of Sap-Feeding Insects from the Bacterial Phylum Bacteroidetes (2005) (309)
- The Genome Sequence of the Leaf-Cutter Ant Atta cephalotes Reveals Insights into Its Obligate Symbiotic Lifestyle (2011) (250)
- An out-of-body experience: the extracellular dimension for the transmission of mutualistic bacteria in insects (2015) (219)
- Fungus-farming insects: Multiple origins and diverse evolutionary histories (2002) (174)
- Non-immunological defense in an evolutionary framework. (2011) (167)
- Horizontally transferred fungal carotenoid genes in the two-spotted spider mite Tetranychus urticae (2012) (145)
- Specificity in the symbiotic association between fungus-growing ants and protective Pseudonocardia bacteria (2011) (138)
- Leucoagaricus gongylophorus Produces Diverse Enzymes for the Degradation of Recalcitrant Plant Polymers in Leaf-Cutter Ant Fungus Gardens (2013) (91)
- Symbiont-Mediated Protection against Fungal Pathogens in Pea Aphids: a Role for Pathogen Specificity? (2013) (88)
- Characterisation of immune responses in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum. (2011) (87)
- Variation in Pseudonocardia antibiotic defence helps govern parasite-induced morbidity in Acromyrmex leaf-cutting ants. (2009) (80)
- Ancient Host–Pathogen Associations Maintained by Specificity of Chemotaxis and Antibiosis (2006) (75)
- Mechanisms of symbiont-conferred protection against natural enemies: an ecological and evolutionary framework. (2014) (71)
- Exploiting a mutualism: parasite specialization on cultivars within the fungus–growing ant symbiosis (2004) (71)
- The symbiont side of symbiosis: do microbes really benefit? (2014) (70)
- Small genome of the fungus Escovopsis weberi, a specialized disease agent of ant agriculture (2016) (63)
- Complex host-pathogen coevolution in the Apterostigma fungus-growing ant-microbe symbiosis (2006) (59)
- Aphids indirectly increase virulence and transmission potential of a monarch butterfly parasite by reducing defensive chemistry of a shared food plant. (2011) (55)
- Experimental Evolution as an Underutilized Tool for Studying Beneficial Animal–Microbe Interactions (2016) (46)
- Discovery of Paratelenomus saccharalis (Dodd) (Hymenoptera: Platygastridae), an Egg Parasitoid of Megacopta cribraria F. (Hemiptera: Plataspidae) in its Expanded North American Range (2013) (46)
- The Combined Effects of Bacterial Symbionts and Aging on Life History Traits in the Pea Aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum (2013) (43)
- Aphid facultative symbionts reduce survival of the predatory lady beetle Hippodamia convergens (2014) (40)
- GENETIC VARIATION IN RESISTANCE AND FECUNDITY TOLERANCE IN A NATURAL HOST–PATHOGEN INTERACTION (2014) (38)
- Escherichia coli K-12 pathogenicity in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum, reveals reduced antibacterial defense in aphids. (2011) (38)
- Partner associations across sympatric broad‐headed bug species and their environmentally acquired bacterial symbionts (2014) (37)
- Plasticity, not genetic variation, drives infection success of a fungal parasite (2015) (37)
- Diet–microbiome–disease: Investigating diet’s influence on infectious disease resistance through alteration of the gut microbiome (2019) (36)
- Transcriptional profile and differential fitness in a specialist milkweed insect across host plants varying in toxicity (2017) (35)
- Symbiont Digestive Range Reflects Host Plant Breadth in Herbivorous Beetles (2020) (35)
- Aphid reproductive investment in response to mortality risks (2010) (33)
- Transcriptomics of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) reveals that toxic host plants alter expression of detoxification genes and down-regulate a small number of immune genes. (2019) (29)
- Evolution of animal immunity in the light of beneficial symbioses (2020) (28)
- Labile associations between fungus-growing ant cultivars and their garden pathogens (2007) (25)
- A need to consider the evolutionary genetics of host–symbiont mutualisms (2020) (21)
- Establishment and maintenance of aphid endosymbionts after horizontal transfer is dependent on host genotype (2017) (19)
- Patterns of Specificity of the Pathogen Escovopsis across the Fungus-Growing Ant Symbiosis (2016) (19)
- Life‐history strategy determines constraints on immune function (2017) (18)
- The influence of symbiotic bacteria on reproductive strategies and wing polyphenism in pea aphids responding to stress (2019) (17)
- Condition-dependent alteration of cellular immunity by secondary symbionts in the pea aphid, Acyrthosiphon pisum. (2016) (16)
- Exposure to natural pathogens reveals costly aphid response to fungi but not bacteria (2014) (14)
- The power of paired genomes (2011) (12)
- The Bean Beetle Microbiome Project: A Course-Based Undergraduate Research Experience in Microbiology (2020) (11)
- Biogeography and Microscale Diversity Shape the Biosynthetic Potential of Fungus-growing Ant-associated Pseudonocardia (2019) (11)
- The give and take of host-microbe symbioses. (2013) (10)
- Q&A: Friends (but sometimes foes) within: the complex evolutionary ecology of symbioses between host and microbes (2017) (9)
- Even obligate symbioses show signs of ecological contingency: Impacts of symbiosis for an invasive stinkbug are mediated by host plant context (2019) (9)
- An integrative approach to symbiont-mediated vector control for agricultural pathogens. (2020) (8)
- The effects of Bacillus subtilis on Caenorhabditis elegans fitness after heat stress (2019) (8)
- Exposure to Bacterial Signals Does Not Alter Pea Aphids’ Survival upon a Second Challenge or Investment in Production of Winged Offspring (2013) (8)
- Harnessing Evolution to Elucidate the Consequences of Symbiosis (2015) (6)
- The importance of environmentally-acquired bacterial symbionts for the squash bug (Anasa tristis), a significant agricultural pest (2021) (5)
- Can a Symbiont (Also) Be Food? (2019) (5)
- Population genomics reveals variable patterns of immune gene evolution in monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) (2021) (4)
- Fungi inhabiting attine ant colonies: reassessment of the genus Escovopsis and description of Luteomyces and Sympodiorosea gens. nov. (2021) (4)
- Correction: Genome Sequence of the Pea Aphid Acyrthosiphon pisum (2018) (4)
- Symbiont Genomic Features and Localization in the Bean Beetle Callosobruchus maculatus (2021) (3)
- Moving past postcolonial hybrid spaces: How Buddhist monks make meaning of biology (2021) (3)
- Competitive Exclusion of Phytopathogenic Serratia marcescens from Squash Bug Vectors by the Gut Endosymbiont Caballeronia (2021) (3)
- The nature of parasite specialization in the fungus-growing ant symbiosis (2004) (2)
- Disease management in two sympatric Apterostigma fungus‐growing ants for controlling the parasitic fungus Escovopsis (2021) (2)
- The Importance of Environmentally Acquired Bacterial Symbionts for the Squash Bug (Anasa tristis), a Significant Agricultural Pest (2021) (2)
- How symbiosis and ecological context influence the variable expression of transgenerational wing induction upon fungal infection of aphids (2018) (2)
- Interactions among Escovopsis, Antagonistic Microfungi Associated with the Fungus-Growing Ant Symbiosis (2021) (1)
- Population genomics reveals complex patterns of immune gene evolution in monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) (2019) (1)
- Genomic diversification of the specialized parasite of the fungus-growing ant symbiosis. (2022) (1)
- Symbiosis research, technology, and education: Proceedings of the 6th International Symbiosis Society Congress held in Madison Wisconsin, USA, August 2009 (2010) (1)
- 806: Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) pneumonia rate in patients with MRSA in the nares (2013) (1)
- Timely antibiotic administration in febrile neutropenia. (2017) (1)
- Coevolution's conflicting role in the establishment of beneficial associations (2022) (1)
- The resilience of reproductive interference (2021) (1)
- Transcriptomics of monarch butterflies (Danaus plexippus) reveals strong differential gene expression in response to host plant toxicity, but weak response to parasite infection (2019) (1)
- An evolutionarily and ecologically focused strategy for genome sequencing efforts (2011) (1)
- Can We Quantify If It’s a CURE? (2023) (0)
- The effects of heat stress and symbiosis on pea aphid ( Acyrthosiphon pisum ) reproduction and survival across life stages (2018) (0)
- Interchangeable allies: Exploiting development and selection to swap symbionts (2015) (0)
- Effects of a field-sprayed antibiotic on bee foraging behavior and pollination in pear orchards (2023) (0)
- Uncovering the limitation of the aphid immune response (2009) (0)
- Evaluating coevolution in a horizontally transmitted mutualism. (2022) (0)
- Q&A: Friends (but sometimes foes) within: the complex evolutionary ecology of symbioses between host and microbes (2017) (0)
- Integrating Authentic Research Into the Emory-Tibet Science Initiative (2022) (0)
- Bacterial Growth in Milpa Polyculture and Monoculture Soils [Emory University] (2019) (0)
- How protective symbionts alter aphid immune responses (2016) (0)
- Evaluating the role of coevolution in a horizontally transmitted mutualism (2021) (0)
- Ant Fungus Gardens Recalcitrant Plant Polymers in Leaf-Cutter Diverse Enzymes for the Degradation of Leucoagaricus gongylophorus Produces (2013) (0)
- Prevention of Thromboembolism in Patients with Multiple Myeloma (2018) (0)
- Pathogen Specificity? for Fungal Pathogens in Pea Aphids: a Role Symbiont-Mediated Protection against (2013) (0)
- Analysis of Microbiomes Using Free Web-Based Tools in Online and In-Person Undergraduate Science Courses (2022) (0)
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