Research projects & supervision summary

Current HDR Students: 
Rebecca McKee (PhD, 2023-): Small RNA exchange between honey bees and their parasite Varroa destructor (University of Sydney; co-supervisor A. Ashe)

James Damayo (PhD, 2024-): Diverse antiviral RNA interference pathways reveal the host-specificity of viruses in Varroa destructor and Apis mellifera (University of Sydney; co-supervisor A. Ashe)


Check the BEE Lab website for supervision details of Honours and HDR students.

RESEARCH PROJECTS & ACTIVITIES

  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    A new and targeted approach to improve control of the cattle tick
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Development of Safer Ecofriendly Selective Pesticides to Safeguard Managed Honeybees
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Disentangling the Relationship Between Deformed wing virus, the Honey Bee Host (Apis mellifera) and the Viral Vector, the Ectoparasitic Mite Varroa destructor
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Diverse antiviral RNA interference pathways reveal the host-specificity of viruses in Varroa destructor and Apis mellifera
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Epigenetics and Spatial transcriptomics of male pregnancy in the pot-bellied seahorse (Hippocampus abdominalis)
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    Quantifying Viral Infection at the Level of Single Cells
  • RESEARCH-BASED DEGREE SUPERVISION
    RNA interference and the endogenous small RNAs of the honey bee mite Varroa destructor