Charissa de Bekker
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Charissa de Bekker is an Assistant Professor at Universiteit Utrecht in the Netherlands. Her research primarily focuses on the interactions between fungi and their insect hosts, particularly in relation to parasitism and behavior manipulation. Recent articles include investigations into the ecological effects of fungal infections on ant behavior and the genetic mechanisms behind host manipulation by Ophiocordyceps species.
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CAREER: Connecting behavioral phenomes with functional genomes in ants, manipulated by a fungal parasite
Open Date: 2020-08-01
Close Date: 2025-07-01
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Fur Anti-Fouling via Physiological Mechanisms
Open Date: 2018-09-01
Close Date: 2021-08-31
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Unraveling the mechanisms of parasitic behavioral manipulation using functional genomics
Open Date: 2018-05-01
Close Date: 2019-04-01
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What makes parasitic manipulation of host behavior tick?
Open Date: 2015-09-01
Close Date: 2016-12-01
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Genetic analysis of the circadian clock in the parasite-host interaction between Ophiocordyceps unilateralis s.l. and its Carpenter ant host
Open Date: 2015-01-01
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Collaborators (5)
Robin A. Ohm
Assistant Professor
Utrecht University
Carolyn Elya
Assistant Professor
Harvard University
Geoffrey Attardo
Assistant Professor
University of California, Davis
Biplabendu Das
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Ian Will
University of Oxford
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