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Lucy Hayward

The University of Melbourne

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Evolutionary Biology· 1 Microbiology· 1

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Research Focus:development & morphogenesis· 2 Research Focus:ecology & biodiversity· 2 Approach:experimental assay· 2 Research Focus:host-pathogen & immune response· 2 Organism:Drosophila· 1

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Perran A. RossiD· 2 shared Xinyue GuiD· 2 shared Alexander O. GilliD· 1 shared Ary A. HoffmaniD· 1 shared Belinda van HeerwaardeniD· 1 shared Lauren Coakley· 1 shared Mel S. BerraniD· 1 shared Monica StelmachiD· 1 shared

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2025-2026 · peak 1/yr

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Novel but stable endosymbionts have contrasting effects on aphid dispersal and plant feeding damage in the cereal pest Diuraphis noxia

Xinyue Gu, Alexander O. Gill, Qiong Yang, Perran A. Ross, Lucy Hayward, Monica Stelmach, Paul A. Umina, Sheik Nadeem Elahee Doomun, Mel S. Berran, Lauren Coakley, Sonia Sharma, Ary A. Hoffman

This study shows that introducing novel endosymbionts into the aphid Diuraphis noxia alters its dispersal ability and plant feeding damage, with Rickettsiella increasing damage and Regiella reducing it.

eLife · Oct 21, 2026Peer-reviewedMicrobiology

Spiroplasma and heat hardening can buffer insect male fertility loss at high temperatures

Sian Macdonald, Lucy Hayward, Xinyue Gu, Perran A. Ross, Belinda van Heerwaarden

This study shows that Spiroplasma and heat hardening protect male fertility in Drosophila species under heat stress, reducing climate change risk in D. birchii.

bioRxiv · Jul 22, 2025 · PreprintEvolutionary Biology