Jonathan Z. Shik

Antscan provides 2,193 standardized whole-body 3D synchrotron micro-CT datasets across 792 ant species (212 genera), pairing morphological volumes with automated deep-learning segmentation and genome sequencing projects.

This study traces the evolutionary origins of acetic acid bacteria, showing they transitioned from plant-associated lifestyles to fermented foods, not from social insect hosts.

This study tests whether an economic spectrum explains variation in ant ecological strategies, finding parallels with plant leaf economics spectra.

This study shows that fungal pathogens navigate host nutritional landscapes, with specialists and generalists differing in nutrient prioritization during development.

This study identifies genomic signatures of domestication in a fungus farmed by leafcutter ants using long-read sequencing, revealing gene expansions and losses linked to cultivation adaptation.