Marleny García-Lozano

This study shows that non-native symbionts can colonize a novel host but with outcomes dependent on genetic relatedness to the native symbiont.

This study determines the Paleocene origin of a symbiotic relationship between Cassidinae leaf beetles and their bacterial symbiont, showing how the symbiont enhances digestive capabilities and promotes host diversification.

This study identifies an extracellular symbiont, Stammera, that colonizes insect embryos before hatching, challenging the notion that extracellular microbes are only acquired post-hatching.