Élio Sucena

This study shows that past adaptation to systemic infection affects the speed and mechanism of adaptation to oral infection in Drosophila, with sex-specific outcomes and trade-offs.

This study investigates disease tolerance in Drosophila by exposing it to heat-killed Pseudomonas entomophila, finding that mortality and fecundity reduction depend on exposure duration, sex, and bacterial virulence, with microbiota exacerbating effects.

The paper shows ecdysone regulates antimicrobial peptide expression during Drosophila metamorphosis, linking hormonal signaling to immune function and bacterial control.