Abstract. Most research on host–parasite interactions has focused on tightly coevolved species pairs, yet many parasites are generalists that infect a wide

September 2025: Dr Arun Prakash, a Darwin Trust PhD student, has been retrospectively awarded the prestigious award from the Royal Entomological Society for his 2021 thesis ''Immune Regulation Of Dise...

Variable pathogen exposure history contributes to individual immune differences, complicating epidemic forecasting. This Essay argues that experimental disease ecology can offer powerful tools and app...

From student to researcher, a career in science can come with a high price tag. This Perspective explores how persistent financial barriers limit who can succeed in science, revealing how wealth shape...

Providencia rettgeri is a rod-shaped, urease-producing, Gram-negative bacterium. It is motile, owing to the presence of flagella, which aid in its movement and colonisation of a wide range of environments. It is prevalent in hospitals and other healthcare settings, particularly on medical equipment, and therefore plays an increasingly important role in nosocomial infections. P. rettgeri produces mannose-resistant Proteus-like (MR/P) fimbriae, which allow adhesion to uroepithelial mucosal cells and to exfoliated urinary cells, contributing to its role in urinary-tract infections.

Interpret and diagnose linear mixed-effects models fitted with lme4. Provides tools for summarizing model output, visualizing assumptions checks, and performing hypothesis tests.

Predicting transitions between health, disease, and death across biological systems remains an important challenge with significant implications for both ecological management and medical intervention...

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The mission of the Research Centre in Biodiversity and Genetic Resources is to develop world-class research in the areas of biodiversity and evolutionary bi

Pathogens exert strong selection on hosts that evolve and deploy different defensive strategies, namely minimizing pathogen exposure (avoidance), directly promoting pathogen elimination (resistance) a...

Author summary When we are vaccinated, our immune response is able to respond quickly if we are ever exposed to the same pathogen in the future. Unlike humans, the immune systems of invertebrates, suc...

For all its prominence in research, E. coli does not reflect Earth’s rich microbial diversity. Scientists are rethinking what can—and should—constitute a model organism moving forward.

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Author summary The strength of immune response and the disease symptoms vary among individuals even when exposed to the same pathogen. Much of this variation is due to the genes directly involved in a...

Abstract. Our ability to predict the emergence of novel viruses relies on there being generalizable patterns in the susceptibilities of hosts to novel infe

PhD Summer School on Host-Microbe Symbioses Gulbenkian Institute for Molecular Medicine (GIMM) & Católica Biomedical Research Centre (CBR) July 06 -19, 202...