ERATO Evolving Symbiosis Project International Seminar Series #09

Prof. Alex Wilson (University of Miami, USA)
“The Host/Symbiont Interface”

Abstract：Endosymbiosis is old, and often essential for host reproduction and/or survival. All obligate endosymbionts face the challenge of evading host immunity while securing sufficient host resources to persist. All hosts of endosymbionts face the challenge of maintaining growth and reproduction - while housing an obligate endosymbiont. Wilson will talk about her group’s work in the aphid/Buchnera model of endosymbiosis – work that has focused on elucidating the mechanisms that operate at the host/symbiont interface to support host development, growth and symbiont transmission.

ERATO Evolving Symbiosis Project International Seminar Series #09
Sponsored by ERATO FUKATSU Evolving Symbiosis Project
https://www.jst.go.jp/erato/fukatsu/english/

Co-sponsored by ERATO NOMURA Microbial Community Control Project
https://www.jst.go.jp/erato/nomura/en/index.html

Co-sponsored by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas "Post-Koch Ecology”
https://postkoch.jp/about/

Co-sponsored by Microbiology Research Center for Sustainability (MiCS), University of Tsukuba
https://www.mics.tsukuba.ac.jp/en

Co-sponsored by Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research on Innovative Areas "Constrained & Directional Evolution”
http://constrained-evo.org/english.html