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Robert Holdbrook

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Ecology· 1 Physiology· 1 Zoology· 1

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Approach:experimental assay· 3 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 3 Assay:behavioral assay· 1 Organism:Drosophila· 1 Organism:non-human primate· 1

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Awawing A. Andongma· 2 shared Catherine E. Reavey· 2 shared Joanna L. Randall· 2 shared Judith A. Smith· 2 shared Kenneth Wilson· 2 shared Sheena C. CotteriD· 2 shared Stephen J. Simpson· 2 shared Akram Alghamdi· 1 shared

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Awawing A. Andongma

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Combining in vivo and in vitro approaches to better understand host-pathogen interactions

Robert Holdbrook, Catherine E. Reavey, Joanna L. Randall, Awawing A. Andongma, Yamini Tummala, Stephen J. Simpson, Judith A. Smith, Sheena C. Cotter, Kenneth Wilson

This study combines in vivo and in vitro approaches to show that host nutrition primarily affects bacterial growth in a host-parasite system, rather than host immune responses.

bioRxiv · Apr 19, 2024 · PreprintEcology

Nutribloods: novel synthetic lepidopteran haemolymphs for understanding insect-microbe interactions in vitro

Robert Holdbrook, Joanna L. Randall, Catherine E. Reavey, Awawing A. Andongma, Annabel Rice, Judith A. Smith, Stephen J. Simpson, Sheena C. Cotter, Kenneth Wilson

The paper introduces synthetic haemolymphs (nutribloods) to study how nutrient profiles affect microbial growth in insect-pathogen interactions.

bioRxiv · Apr 17, 2024 · PreprintPhysiology

Immune stimulation reduces sleep and memory ability in Drosophila melanogaster

Eamonn Mallon, Akram Alghamdi, Robert Holdbrook, Ezio Rosato

This study shows that immune stimulation in Drosophila reduces sleep and memory, using a genetic system to activate the immune response without infection.

PeerJ · Jun 10, 2014Peer-reviewedZoology