Julien Varaldi

This study investigates an RNA virus in a parasitoid wasp, finding it enhances egg hatching and reduces mealybug immunity.

This study identifies 18 viral genes endogenized in 41 Cynipoidea wasps around 75 million years ago, linking viral domestication to wasp diversification.

The paper compares transcriptomic responses to pyrethroid treatment in two closely related bed bug strains with differing resistance, finding few constitutive gene differences but many induced genes related to detoxification.

The paper analyzes heritable virus communities in a Drosophila-parasitoid system, finding species as the main driver of viral structure and higher viral diversity in parasitoids.

The paper investigates the link between endoparasitoid lifestyle and the endogenization and domestication of dsDNA viruses in Hymenoptera genomes.

The paper introduces DROP, a curated molecular reference database for Drosophila parasitoids, to improve molecular identification and taxonomic accuracy.

This paper identifies a virus as the origin of behavior-manipulating viral-like particles in parasitoid wasps and shows the virus is still transmitted and manipulates wasp behavior.