Imroze Khan

The paper examines microbiome composition and stability in Indian honeybees foraging in a homogeneous landscape, finding host identity shapes microbiome structure more than foraging behavior or resources.

This study shows that diet and temperature interact to affect infection outcomes in Drosophila, with low-carbohydrate diets improving survival but losing this benefit in mated flies under thermal stress.

This study examines evolutionary costs of immune adaptation against single vs coinfecting pathogens in beetles, finding no trade-offs in major fitness traits but reduced quinone production and reproductive costs under limited resources.

This study shows that mutations in different antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) in Drosophila affect sleep and sleep-dependent functions differently, with Group C mutants showing unique sleep and memory impairments despite reduced sleep.

This study shows that Drosophila melanogaster selected for increased early-life reproduction under protein limitation show reduced immune resistance and survival after infection, with these effects being sex-specific and mitigated by mating.

This study shows that microbiota influences sex-specific infection outcomes in mealworm beetles, with females being more susceptible and microbiota depletion reducing this dimorphism.

This study shows that host evolution against coinfections is influenced by the growth and virulence dynamics of individual pathogens, with fast-acting pathogens hindering adaptive success.

The study shows that chronic juvenile malnutrition in Drosophila leads to improved early-life pathogen tolerance but increased late-life infection susceptibility.

The paper presents an improved genome assembly and annotation of the red flour beetle from India, including the first Y chromosome assembly, which enhances genome analysis and evolutionary studies.

This study shows that early-life inflammation increases immunopathological costs, leading to faster aging in beetles, and that reducing immune effector activity mitigates these effects.

This study quantifies immune priming responses in red flour beetles across life stages and populations, finding variable protection and sex-specific associations.